Washington telegraph., 1864-10-12


SUHMARY OF NEws.-Two engage
:neats have occurred in the valley of
| Virginia between the forces of Early and
/ Sheridan. The frat was near Winches.
. ter on III. 10Th. |; lasted from osrly in
! the rn.rning until ) Z. VI. Slcriden in
his report claims that j, c1;n2lo.clv de-
! tca;ol Ear,y. driving him through Win
cAcster, capturing $500 p-.s pn,rs. 8
I places Of artillery. . battle hs-, anl y, 81
/ OF his wounded. Hc do9s m, give his
. own loss. blt s'ys it wac s.vorc, and
thai tho reb.ls wers in straag force and
very obstinate in their fighting. Gen.
| BarY's report admits that he was com
pel!el tore;ire in the evaning. Afiernight
he fell back - Nowtown. and next morn
ing to Fishers Hill. lie lost only 2
pieces Of artillery and saroi ell his
trains. Oar genora,s Rhodes AMI Good.
win and the Federal general ID. \ Rus
sci were killed. The Federal generals
Upton, Mcintosh and Chapman were
wounded. Early acknowledge his loss
to be severe, but does not give the mum
ber. Shcridan's army Is reported at
10000, and Barly's about ono third less.
OF the next battle We have only Fed
cral accounts, which ara always much
exaggerated. They represent that a por-
ton of Early's cavalry having been
turned OF towards Front Royal were
pursued and driven. That the infantry
made stand at Flint Hilla strongly Ga
trenchcd position beyond Strasburg.-
This was attacked On the evening of the
al ut aai tho crest tlllon aud held
by Fclcral troops. Next morning at 4
o'clack the enemy say Sheridan attacked
Early y's forces at Fishers Hill, a strongly
entrrnched position south of Strasburg,
and after Il fierce struggle ron Cd them
completely. Up TO : clock in the evs-
ming they say Early's forces hal been
pressed t. within six miles of Wood
stock. and only the darkness of the night
enabled Early TO save his army. A
glance at ~ common school maps will
On die any one moo clearly to under
and the positian. Tho fsderals claim
n signal victory. We cawait the southern
accounts in the hope Of finding that Ear
! ly's forccR arc not materially injured, but
suppose on the whole that he is giving
back before superior numbers.
A short time since party of Coated
crate cavalry attacked cattle guard n-al
! City Point, and safely carried Of. &C
eolding TO Federal accounts. 24S5 hea,
Of cattle, designed for the troops opera
ting against Richmond. The loss of til,
guard in the engagement was very largo
Six.een herdsmeh were captured anc
TWO killed. 4 good Laul
Forrest is on the war path again
Federal accounts from Nashville nno
Louisville represent that he crossed til,
T"unc'see river on Friday, the 23d, witt
5000 men. at Bates Landing, strucl
the abroad betwo "a Decatur and Aiken.
aid toe L up for miles. He then at
ia>knd Athens, captured the garrison :
that place, with an addition o force o
$40 mcn sent to reinforce it, and burne,
the depot, with several other buildings
They say that Forrest proolaims that h'
has force enough TO stay in Tennessee,
a. oDg as he pieascs, and that his inien
non Is to capture Pulaski, Franklin
Sl.elbyyille, and ali other inte. meuia
block houses on the road. At last ac
counts "thc rebels We're DESTROYING
Eik River bridge. and moving on Pu
laski. Forrest was at London, Tenncs
see. NLeeler's forces were reported tc
have gone TO Hood. A telegram from
Pnla>ki ieports hsavy firing i'll the di-
rection Of sulphur The feclerals wer,
sendinS out large forces from Nashville
under Honsseau, 10 defend the places on
the onncssec and Alabama railroad
2Ooo additional forces Of Forrest are re.
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