Shreveport news. [volume] (Shreveport [La.]) 1864-1865, 1864-10-25
! With loss Of WE cannon and so
killed, wounded and prisoners.


After this advantage the enemy
pressed In the direction nf the Boy
den plAhk road One mile. but were
met on kdbt II. Jones' plantation
by Wilcox and most prisoners ar
rived in town.
The fau<e. Toss rs very heavy {;
ours not fully kho~n, but compara-
lively slight.
q'ksre + sothe fighting mis- MORN
ing but the enemy hold the captnr-
I'd WORKS.
Petersburg, Oct. \. 5. y. M.--1he
enemy, after taking 6tr br-astwn- Ks
last night, pressed tM"a' ard some tw"
miles, tntit they were met and driv-
en- back upwards Of mile by our
forces. Early this morning our for
ces attacked the ertemy and succeeded
it, disl"dging him from Il portion Of
our lost works. but failed to retake
the whole works relinquished portion
last three words in.xplicabi- |. cap
tur.d upward OF four hundred, and
more prisoners hav. been captured
this morning.
The slaughter of the enemy in We
fight Of yesterday evening was very
heavy; our general officers say only
surpassed by SPottsylvania &. III.
The f,rc. of til. enemy engaged
was principally the 9Th and oh
corps.
Their. We're many new men among
them.
Nhe enemy are r,f1t'ins ears along
I'll. line I" til. place of fighting all
night and oil day. They are suppoS-
ed t" be reinforcing.
A Heavy rain has been falling ~
day.
Fighting was renewed this even
,fn~.
Our cavalry We're engaged heavily
Yesterday and to-day capt'rrtd a
number Of prisoners.
Yesterday, fought all day.
Richmond, Oct. 2.-forts, Gilmcr
and JoInSton have shcllca Fa,terv
Harrison nearly all day. Otherwise
al quiet in front.
Our troops on the exterior line ar.
in good spirits.
Petersburg Oct. "A telegram
erred in representing that our forces
had tor 4 while rrcaptured the relin.
pushed portion of our ereas,wori :
capttred from III. cavalry on Friday
The facts are, our infantry charged
and drove the enemy from The line of
breastworks which they had thrown
up III advance III OR last works.
Their. our forces held them yesterday
together with a nomber &c th,. enemy.
killed and wounded, hit r.'FinsuiShe,l
possession last nj IN. a1ta Yell back a
short di.tance. for proper reasons.
\" further efforts w.r. made 70 dis
lod &c TIN. er,>nt v from IT.. breast works
near McRae. Yesterday evening the
en- .my's cavalry p,es>,.l forward still
tntler on our right. s6,nr'ci- ht miles
below here driving back our cavalry
/ They however. being reinforced, II
turned and att-ra hard fight drove til,
enemy back, rc-establishing our lines
! from which. for n while, the cavalry
had been di~lodsrd daring TIL tigh,
Our cavalry captured about tire.
hundred prisoners.
Our loss was sl Sht "aaf Of tn,
enemy heavy.
Anon. the slain ar. Gen. Danna
haut and DIR. .Ino. Fountain. Iamp.
tons Medical Director
Onr loss since Thursday is MOI
over seven hundred.
Our cavalry lost one piece Of a',il
p !, when they w+"t<. dill ,l.r,i 81
Fort MrRar this morning.
The total numb of prisoners cap
tur.l Thus far i zoo.
Thr -n-,nv SHIELDED our p"~i'i ,.
near III" >c-n. at operations -:
| las. few DAYS for several hours Il.
forenoon. but it amounted to nothiu.
, fh. fighting may be resumed nj al,
moment.
\ friends sends us the following