Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-06-21
THE NEWS.
FROM I.ETsRs KG.

FEuN rETERsI TKG.
Thr in:'rgu l;"u oil communication with
p0'c.s.uGS, hy .Ie advance II the enemy ups
on 'lH nirit,i, ~ ThuraIay, rr,m Bermuda
Hundreds, shut us III frm any positive in.
teliigenro rjnccininE events before Petethurg
oa tsa' lag. Tie following despatch was re-.
csived 81 \ late h2uT on Thursday night, 1Iom
Gnn. Eva"ftgard. which conveys very crafty.
ins Intelligence o, the result Of the daS's ore-
ra!ion-:
psrGasnu 70, June lG-oi0 p. VI.
General EroqJ:
Sir-Fhe enemy made two attacks on our
li:ics :;::s afternoon. TLey were repalseL with
loss. We captured about four hundred pri-
sonors. Including eleven commissioned officers.
They bslhng &c the lat brigade Of Han cocks
corps. Al quiet at this moment.
(Sifncl) q. II. Bs.UaFs,ED
-! "..arttivrs nn ys=hsrlay morning. Gen
Lee makes brief montion in Ii despatch pub
liSh-d claonhcre
FROM cHEsTERFIELD.
The enemy driven hack On Thursday evening.
aiteroccupyng the railroad track. .at and about
Port WAltha!l junction, found themselves too
h,riiy pressed to maintain their position, and
toGarl night, backed ou:, in the direction Of
Port Walthail warmly pressed by our forces.
They had occupied tho railroad long enough,
however, t, tear up aboutla mile and half OF
the track and pull down some three hundred
yards of the telegraph wire. Small mutters,
since VIC have gotten used 10 them.
S:xsy,ii:o wounded (includipg officers ard
twenty SEX arr;Tnd from Chester yesterday
ut half PEE. eleven o'clock, The most of tho
former having teen wouuded in the engage
ment sf Thursday, a !eg haviug been wounded
in the skirmishing Of yesterday morning.
They SAY that t'o former Was q very lively
ah'.ir, and that the Yankees held out stub
boruly, though hotly pressed, until lutte in The
evening, when theg rc;Eented from their chief
position 1t Port Wal!hell Janctiln. The
principal lighting occurred about two miles
from Chester on the telegraph road, where the
enemy w-t. rerulsci and driven from two
lins. Of tresatw5rks. W faptuTc II l;'w rri-
soners, ami s'ns Of the Cnamy'S dead ard
wourtIed fell into our hands. The encmy's
troopa we're r3mmanded by'G5aersl Gilmore,
whose f5r2c tho prisoners stated, consisted Of
three tri gadea, Of less than one thousand men
each, Or about twent-Grs hundred, all told
Qnr force us stated ON yesterday. consisted CT
Pckett's Division Hunton's brigade being in
the advance suffered most; next Corae's; then
Burton's and then Ksmrer's. Onr whole loesaa
however, were aol very heavy.
The following despatch was received from
General Lss On yesterday:
IInR RS, sTc., June l., 1854.
HIS Ercellsncy Jefsrson Dauis:
A. II o'clock last night We took the breast.
ks at llow!ett's House. Other portions OF
tho came line were taken. The battery at
n,wlett's'i4 telng re.established.
Five vessels have been sunk by the enemy
in Tren:'a Reach. 1eu steamers are within
the Rench, behind the monitors.
Some fighting has occurred near Petersburg
this morning, without result.
have ordered THAT the railroad Mt Port
Wai,la9l Junction, destroyed By tho yneng
Yesterday, ho repaired and ro-opened.
r. f. LIE, General,
Tie Petersburg " Exer:ss" gives an &C,
count yf t!,e engagement of lhureday, ir~nl
@hia! no t.ae the following:
The canuoaaliug ccinln"nc=d Oh the City
Pint road ar an early hour in the morn
ing, and was followed by heavy skirmish-
ing, which continued during the forenoon.
In the afternoon furious assault was
made upon General IIoke's front, whose
Division occupied position facing bat.
teries from nine to twelve, inclusive, and
constitutinga a most important situation. The
enemy came up in three lines Of battle, and
made three chGrger, but we're each time
rcpulsed By heavy fire. which blazed from
along our lines, and sent the vsrdals back in
confusion. Our nsn occu pied e:.trenchments,
which had been hastily thrown up during
Wednesday night.
Oa our right, in the vicinity of Colonel
Avsry's farm, there was heavy firing during
the greater portion Of the day, but late in the
afternoon it became quite severe, tho enemy
attempting to carry our works by assault.
This portion of the line was occupied in he
morning chiefly by our militia forces, where
we regret to hear several severe casualties
occurred.
F. T. SCOTT and Nathan Hoag, citizens,
were killed several others, including Major
Archer, commanding militia, were slightly
wounded. 49,,
As soon as the regular troops could be