Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-06-07
More Desperate Fighting
I'm Grants Army.
Our Forces hold their Posi-
ton.
Grant says the fall Of Rich.
MlOnd Is only n Question
Of Time.
The Baltimore Convention.
New Yoax June Z

TUESDAY, says Of Frid.y's fighting:
A genesal Assault wa, ordered a. $50
4. Y, and promptly made ty Hance cs,
W'igtt and Smith. Warren and Bum
side did not participate.
Tho attack was tIave and our loss
seve,e, but he result. indecisivc.
Barlow, un4cr II ncock, carried every
thing before him, c-pturi, ggu :, PRISON
ers AID coloif, bat owing 10 his advanced
potion, hal 10 rtlinqui.h them. Our
men weut to work Immediately to
strengthen ,iicir ne.Iy gu red position.
Iisof c's taken are i.om al corps OF
Lee 8 army, showing that the enemy has
Used everything at his command.
Sh'ritau is reported in posses in ,f
Bottom bridge. This may nsucc tie
enemy to retreat across the Chickah om>
ny.
June As a. N.
The enemy made nishs attack on
4 c % cops, when repuiscd them with
great loss.
SheIld IN took Bottom, BIilge las,
night
C.nonading has opened on our righ,
but no musket,v yet.
lfrbune's Special
Dang TO the formd sbte charactc,
OF the en.m.'s works 1t Was deemed IN.
20 tic 10 continue the assault on Friday,
ana at nom cur men rested in ,he.r
new position. After Maklrg The wlhs
lniirs gnab e Az advance was made tu
i;,o~ks' and Liilis' brigade, cha,g iug the
e"en. 5 wo;ks at the pont OF bsyouci
ara driving the enemy from them IL
conins on. Bat the enemy made a dcs
pera'e cha'ge VII !e VIC were reforming.
AID drove our men few yards from Ii
woiks.
ile'e s''ong works aie constructed
ana he'd n spite OF the Efforts to DIS
oisc rs.
In Bar!ows charge 2l7 prisoners and
ore color were tax zen.
pieces OF artillery were also token
aud Col. Moili., Of tie tia y. Y, was
Just tuning them on the cnem. when
ne was charged upon ty overwhelming
torces and compelled to retire.
Another esponden, SAYS Of orc
hing tic cncnv mus. row be satisfied
he cannot break our lines nor DIV.
our men from Tie established pcs ton,
Tough lie pile All his men upon en-.
po lit OF cur position.
The lntnne correspondence a! Cold
iiarbor the 5tr, says:
x VAS certsincd this morning tina,
tic cns my had wi llrawn Ii. torcc from
cur r.. hl Al BE cs Ia.
L cAnncna'ing was heard, proh-b !,
from on cav.lty hatrss ing their lei, cal
log col ma.
Grant says that the capture Of H;oi
moni g OILY question OF tine. lie i
contiie ( III t ic has abihiv to take it.
Col Norris, Of the sc Penn, vas
XII ci iy saarpsl4ootei, while waIkng
viii GIN Barlow.
A ueraii corresppndcn. with the h
atm: corps, Jnne Oh, says:
he c..e'ilv cvacuat d in tie night
their retreat wss tuo>t pr,cip.talc, gus,
MI 'poioh s euu ca- i ti.ipaSe Dslu1 leil
behind.
Escil has ia led again to tu.n on,
night. There is now no encny IN fron,
# cur cows
llera!d's Corrcspa ndencc
IL the c. arEc upon The rebel NO Ks
the vet ran corps bebayed mag.ilicently
brave.
At hi sl'. after i wing the enemy 1T,
OF her works, our met 'ay WI hin lot
ya'G OF them. by ID, re,eale til,
nc. tnat G enemy had left il great
haste. An abundance OF muske wrr,
| lett sian'.i Z on he ear iiwo ks.
lac corp run"d!a,eiy advanced, bu,
10 enemy wa. visibic.
The ,aca e! ii. ii shows Ew lis cofI
! 10 lave been t,r;isiy h ut II,