The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-06

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HEADQUARTERS Army OF THE POTOMAC
10 .. ma mine exploded under the reb-
Ell works In front Of the 9th corps, 1T 40
Saturday morning. The 9th corps imme-
atately charged the rebels. driving them ia
theat second line Of entrenchments. Pris-
oners STATE that they were nearly ready ia
explode mine under our works. The bat
b LATsR.--Iti q reported that No have poo.
ee1tion Of the entire hrst line Of rebel
works, with large number Of prisoners.
severe firing y still going on with great
rApidity. 80 ~ -,H3t'' 5sAS. sglq3>,s.ssi
q We have the glorious news from Grants
army By the Old Point boat, that the
eeagS Of Pstersburg has had an auspicioua
OF the news received this forenoon, it il
The siegs Of Petersburg opened In earn
est this Saturday morning, and 1t daylight
We blew up one Of the principal rebel bat
tirieo, consisting Of sixteen gums, and had
three tier1 Of eNrthWorks. X Ell
Before the mail steamer left City Point,
this forenoon, tho glorious news from
Grsnt's army Va. confirmed:
good news from Gf1nt's army seems to be
removed. A later dispatch, Just received,
aAys the assault commenced ct 4o'clock on
Saturday morning by terrible explosion,
which completely destroyed one Of theen-
eMy's principal forts In front Of Peters
burg, containing l6 guns. This was rem
dered . mass OF ruins. Upon this explo-
aion our artillery opened with one simul-
tAneOus and continuous roar along 0ur On.
tire line. UP to the leaving of the mail
boat, ut 10 O'Clock, we had captured two
other earthworks and also the entire outer
Line Of the rebel entertainments. Rag .fat
The battle continued toprogress with the
greatest fury. -n5-,, ~ al gi
HEADouXRrKRs Army OF THE Poro-
MAC, July 80, 10 A. M.-The great event %
long anticipated, namely, the explosion Of
9th Army Corps came off this morning al
40 minutes past o'clock. Picket fring
was kept up all night and in fact ct the
time the match was applied to the mine
skirmishers were engaged ON both aides
The volume Of dirt was immense and was
thrown up 800 feet in the air. seeis t
The 9th corps at once charged the works
driving the rebels to their second line oi
entertainments and taking q number OF
prisoners, some of whom were dug out Of
the dirt, badly bruised. These rebel pris-
oners state that only about dozen remain
Of their regiments South Carolina one.-
A soon a. the explosion took place, 10
guns Immediately opened or our front,
while the musketry played in one continu-
ed IRE along the front of the 9th and part
Of the 18th corps.
Prisoners cay that they were completely
surprised, those in front being mostly
asleep ct the time. They say there were four
guns In the Notifications, which Of course
were buried far out Of sight. One Of the
prisoners state that they were busy min
ing under our works and that In two deyl
they would have been ready to blow them
mp; wsgot the start ofthen, however, and
Il il hoped that long before this reaches
you, Petersburg will be in our possession.
VERY LATEsT.-HEADQ'n Rs ARMY PoTo-
MAC, July 80, p. M.-Reports just in say
that we have possession Of the entire first
line Of the rebel works, with large num-
Der of prisoners. Our loss in the charge
was severe, - our men had to cross an
open field 70 reach the rebels. - +
The troops engaged were the 9th corps,
with the 18th supporting them, With the I'd
and 5th In reserve. ~
The firing IL still going on with great
fury. .A i@ u
Generals Grant and Meade, with ali the
corps generals, are at the front, watching
the progress Of affairs. e -