, 1864-08-15
From our Special Correspondents
Ii TIE FIELD, NEAR UToT CREEK, |
Aunnnf Eth 1874


The great flank movement having for its
object the possession of the railroad between
Atlanta and East Point, goes on ap.ce, and
so far with marked SUCCESS. In my last ]
mentioned that the 23d corps, which was on
the extreme left, had moved By the right
flank and taken up position on the extreme
right, on range Of hills overlooking Utoy
creek On the morning Of the Sd, the 14th
corps received marching orders. Tents were
struck, and in a few minutes after tie bugle
sounded the advance. After moving down
the Teemer's Ferry road in westerly direc.
tion for nbout one mile, the head Of the col.
gumn turned to the left, and after long and
tedious march over one: Of the roughest roads
imsgi Unable, took up position on the
crest Of . ridge on the south side of
Ctey creek, about three quarters of a
: mile north Of the SandtoWn road. Temporary
works we're pnt np,, and the men rested,
Yesterday morning the lines were straight
ened out, and IN the afternoon about 3 o'clk,
3;Hhe Esd and 18th Corps made rcconnoia.
ssnce in force. In order to develop the posi-
t1on of The enemy. This WIS found about
half n,ilc south of the sandtoHn road, on
range of hills. The works were judged to
he quite formidable, and the enemy returned.
This morning general advance Of. the two
corps was decided upon. and at an early
hour the columns were in motion, In the
fcllowing order from left to right: Cox's
and q. a. ke1ly's divisions Of the 23d, and
Bands and Davis divisions Of the 14th
Corps Johnson's division being refused to
the fight as reserve and protection to the
flank. A strong skirmish line was thrown
ont, and. as 1t advanced, the rebel akirmtsh-
ers, who had been thrown out far In advance
OF their works. were driven out, OF their
ttcopher ho1es," )" ana about 900 OF them were
captured The advance still pressed on, aud
opened up.a terrific artillery fire. But as
the rapee Wns yery.wid, very little loss was
incurred On our side
We are now within mile and one hslf OF
the coveted prize-the railroad-ana General
Sherman t9 9sse ~ e1ea tNat Mtse se
tour days Whether he will accomplish this
by stu moving to the hight or bY direct as.
eault remains to be eeen., Ole thing Is quite
Ct rtaln. tic rebels hare q very strong posi-.
ton in front Of the railroad, and any attempt
to take It By assault viii require vass sae. e.
position On the rebel left-opposed to our
The McCook expedition, which was re-
ported to have turned out very disastrous
II, has returned to Marietta with some 200
men. In my last iecapitulated the doinse
here.
The Chattanooga R11d-that perfpatetic
half sheet-of the Sd inst, says that stone,
man and 200 Of his cavalry we're captured
near Macon, whittier they had gone On raid
and freelngthe Union prisoners held there
IN confinement No official aaviccs have
been received here, and the rebel paper does
not eire any particulars. No paper Is being
published in Atlanta The Memphis 4ppea17
which valiantly proclaimed that it would
stay there until THE sound Of Yankee foot
steps Were heard in the suburbs, has incon-
t,nently ded, and taken up position In Grif-
1r, little town on the Macon road, about
| 50 miles from Atlanta.
The country in which we are now opera
tire is one OF surpasslng Wt1dness. The
forests haye prtmeVal appearance, and one
stelng house or living being The country"
Is slso extremely billy, being well suited for
! offensive operations. :: Cur.