The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-10-27

rNE E4TTLE OF STRASBTRG.
~. Charlottesville Chront,{e has u description
...G.aj ho:n a Confederate source-of the battle Of
...-..uG= General Early made a cavalry feint on
.s,ys Jy!.t and struck them the left flank
s.-- ,.t, infantry, capturing about two thousand
.-.uer~ and twenty piece, of artillery. The
't,-ai,!s says:
~ ta.i-Iazl ten our victory complete The
e.GE driven from their camps With q Eat loss
eft -. eau:ision. We had only engaged the Eighth
o..I Ay5rtreuth corps, and had scattered them
Fl.-.fs.. IeI"rt that they could have been of no
ia.-l" AS - the enemy during the day Just here,
tao 0.1tA '0f!- was encountered by our infantry
a'4a Stood us ground Artillery was massed so A.
{. -. ), front and enhladng fire. 1t was driven
-Al - position. We then advanced on the pike
Jss' 'tF0ud MIddct0wn, ut the farther suburbs OF
~...eI' oar Inc was advanced and formed Wharton
"st uH 'ac right; then Wotford's brigade Of Ker-
~'tiN division; then Pcgran, stretching across the
tE~. then i:ams,ur; then kershuw; and then
V-.., with i;osscr Oft to the left, with a pap Of "a
'.-.. L-i"een them. kossor was forced back By the
'"-mN| oferFhelmins cavalry to Cedar creek. At
~ ~iue the InenyS infantry WAS all on the right
o. - PIKE, AID nothing across It left except
thcn cavalry.
Here our troops were stopped. There Was quiet
-. three ~ iDuE hours, and inen betook them
~-.'v> l. pIInd"Fln9 Except some diminishing and
"'t .';"ry lining, everything remained in statu quo
.a'i a.ou: halI-Past3 or p. NJ, when the enemy
<Hd1rIiy attacked Gordon, kershaw and Rimseur
c-f4yAa division, notwithstanding his efforts soon
t.oEc. kershaw'- and Ramseurs divisions were
HtnlHx we'll but soon followed the example Of Cor
u,L'r division. Five or SIX guns in the rear were
i::.lLe.latolV driven back when the line broke and
lH-ed Oh high hill, where, with no aid from the
Infantry, vino were Hylng III every direction, they
h-pt Tie eu-ny AZ bay for an hour more. Having
-E!au@;5i their ammunition, they compelled 10
withdraw
- MS time Wh2rton's and Pegram's men had
ta-GEt tIe sabIc, and the field became covered with
f'iHs IL, The arNAory retired, firing slowly, AMI
s~ss-i''e1 Only By F"grams old brigade and Evans's
artillery. az Wt.ll hat
F.'et from the enemy, gotten safely over Cedar
ltrsE. Just then a small body Of the enemy's cav
~ crossed the creek and charged the mll
Rat "rir driven back by few scattering musk.tS
iA.tri the NIt'k was crossed PeRlams and Eyap.,s
t''Ehdoa PARTICIPATED IN the acknowledgements
1""t Va itlied with iugsiuves. Their tayalIy
t'Arael "saih III the rear OF tram and not n
e".i Wa h'td ia IT'S defence. Many ordnance a,,I
medical stcle-, and twenty three pptss Of ort;ller
b-l'7 lho.e taken by III the morning were Can,
io,t ahont one thousand in killed aud wounded.
tLf "i9ut i've hundred prisoners. The ensnv ist
s-ii.' three OF four thousand. they have nj So
wi our army being, doubtless, TOO much ,r,n-
Ia addition to the casualties preyiousl- mentione>,
~ - W. helI tiat Northumberland sn,nIncE -,
H"ili'IrVs brigade, Was kii.,i AM rnIanaI VI
','-i' '''iltiH n iLl2a.l', hot III -. ann
-d1loi -I'ti'!sl Gotio0 f"istlncuiShcl himself
az t,5I a., lie was III command OF the army
vi u LF4d ana txecp' ed the movements nm Il,
94A'i=T' " hoH t1uero rlIIv rru,snI t.I.rrrl, and
i'IIH41 ETigadier-0enyral Grinea il ia
~ .i t'' ~ u "l ilsr .rscur's DIVISION
- 80 battle WAS admirably conceived. We
t- - pied to gIvo only facts, which derive
"Ing various accounts: and We leave our
-.- IL dtaw tAvj? own Iniertncos. We mako
c-t IT,, IrnarH~ EiTs, th an error seems 10 tvu
It y.4Hnttci al gIvIng the enemy the lest be-
l'T ca e,-Fen and 1our O'clock after we had routed
1'tH.. and md, TINT II l. clear troops be-
aH'tA - tl'y never behaved before, when til. enc
4gs =t.-,->L 1T the h.ttor hour.