New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-28
Ra,,,o Of Pench.Tree rcek-Detailed Ac-
count Of Battle Near Atlanta, July 20
Splendid Repuise of the Rebel Army
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Man ATLANTA July 81, lst4.
The bloody campaign of Sherman has been
marked BY signal proof Of the unquenehSoe yNoI oil
bic Ia. D. Of their readiness TO give battle st ANY mo
men, Of tleir proof against surprise and Their tenc
ency 10 whip tho enemy under oil circumstances ana
against the most discouraging odds The tremendous
attack on our right the evening 81 tbe Goth, was one
of those rare instances in warfare who're the elaborate
plans u commander iot the destruction OF Lis adyer
ssy succeed in every preliminary yet fail totally A. Tie
ruitOD.
Hood whose reputation for doing desperate things
has elevated lin over the shoulder o! u man beside
whom he pigmy IN nearly all the essentials OF gen
ernship was the offensive under the guidance
OF the dangerous Bragg II evident nom the tone
Of their newspapers that something Kew Waf brewing
Our army elofing around Atlanta, praeiicng TO
some extent one 81 its delicate funk movements We
VII soduce the Yankee south Of that difficult little
stream Peach Tree Creek. planned The Rebel con
cisye. in such way that his army wiz be dIvided
| OF course lie will inuencL-be always does.
Bat on ths morning Of the day We conclude 10 fght
We shall make fens Oh Lis left wing, and induce him
20 send several dyisons 10 meet the battle We seem
to offer This done Of cOurse, his right wing advances
10 close the gar and to there is any impedmen
t. it's entry into Atlanta His right shall advance
aboyt mile capturing some prisoners. 70 inform them
that have body ~ troops within mile and half
AZ the same time, four fths OF our army shall be
messed within few hundred yards. cleverly under
cover. We shall poaace upon the advancing and IN
profected fraction az Shcrinaus Yankees, without
note of warning Gu, it of from lis bridges and viii roll
il back upon tic Ckstieloochee Our only fear Is thai,
the enemy will not walk into tie trap"
singular TO cay our army step Gy step. fell into Tie
Peach Tree Creek ST points where the Rebels mads
suspciousy feeble remittance. The whole army effected
three ues, which the Rebels refused to yield When.
on "wednesday morning. Hood made he fcnts against
our left Woods and Staneys divisions Of the +th Coz
went 10 its support The troops On Tie right consisting
Of B0oker's and falmsrs corps and Newtons division
OF the <h Corps alone remained on the night. and they
were ordered % advance.
With what extreme nicely We invoked ourselves In
A Ill II.
their trenches captured prtoners, and listened 10
their unanimous story that no considerable body Of
Rebels was witL.a mile and half Could bait be
swallowed With ID IRE than tbs mathematical exactnessi
The signal wa ven, and Ike storm the Rebel host
rushed UPON ines " complete their plan-bow
miscarriage possibet They poured down in torrent
like columns upon our few devoted divisions the
rght-aad in three four hours crushed. hnmil
sted. and parts Of the line routed Perhaps. In
rerusing tho details Of the fight, your readers viii
certain without difficulty who're they made their gIand
misoalculstloa.
The attack In that IL unexpected, was surprise
But II did not lind our troops without musheis in their
haads "a beyond easy reach Of their arms have not
seen the tine during this campaign when any portion
VI the army has not been in complete battle trim. IL 10
useless " deny TINT there vast deal ~ danger 10
the trs meDdols attack II successful. Sherman could
losger with his remaining forces csrryxon offensive
operations with sigor; and II tie Rebel army under
Hood could force him for moment 10 relax bic hold
its throat 1t would be the highest victory they have
dreamed Of.
Your kilograms have fully described the situation at
the beginning OF the fgat Briefly McPhcsons en-
tremc left lay acruss the Augusta Railroad Schoaeld
and other forces ioined him the right. Then oc.
cured ON interval OF three miles covcscd by pcke;s
from Sewons division. then the right wing composed
Of troops already enumerated who sustained the whole
weight OF tie fight TIE country In their front wire
broken and rolling forest he,ds Of corn barren
ridges marsby meadows and deep washed creeks being
well jumb,ed together in the topography.
Peael.Tfee Creek is q narrow. sluggish stream with
sudden banks hinged with brisr patvhes aud almost
iripassat.e underground. and would be- without
bridges fatal bar to the escape Of routed and pur.
sued army. In the rear Of Palmer. Hooker, and New.
ton there had been built ten bridges. re.derius
speedy retreat feasible provided 70 the bridge
was not denied.
ASSAULT ON NEWTON DIvHroS.
Eewton's splendid division, which during the cam.
psgn hts lost heavily than any other In the arpy
held the left flank OF the corps advancing from tie
north. The interval along which We bad force was
picketed by three four regiments u Newtons diyi.
son thus reducing his force In the trenches ~ less than
- men. The impression that an attack mpend.
Ing the len gave Newton more territory "a guard
than he had troops 10 cover His slender brigades
eked out never leo giDgery, did not furnish ne Of
men though holding the delicate spot IN lines.
Lh rooDs were shifted nom iighi 10 c from len ~