Washington telegraph., 1864-11-02

about as many killed, and 5u- feu
escaped. Tie enemy were two conpa
nies of 2l Kansas, and one company n
negro troops. Here We burned large
quantities Of hay, not less than 3.0dC
tons III rick= attn upon tie ground; also
u number Jt wagons and several moving
machines.
Having received information from the
! prisoners, that the frljn, wnicn vas cyrrc
tau from Fort Sent, ;ac cartrr. r5 Which
was tha uriacr1. nH'a-. Dt the zp-di-
tinu, aa7 looked iar daily, | aeht l.rjrr
4 Nann. 2i rhefakea R ut. rn nina tori
Scott road four miles, with instructions
10 send f0rword a sraal party to asccrtlin
whether or not the rain wa In our v.cin-
\ ity. the a5cnrdinriT tnats charge of tle
party himself ani alter gtin. hnt a short
distance vs. fired int, hy ihe enemT's
ricSci7 ava ulrrovly e-capi being killed.
\ Thinking tho frlIr aigarcirg, upon rc-
criviuE this INTEL Eancn, sent Lf C1l.
Nnun with hi- Ra-f to his assistance.
I This enemy. however. p.ovcd only a small
Reinforcement g,i4g " tha train, ana
mov9d nor-Lvarl during the night. Er-
Tthing remained qui uuiil morning
| ElrIY iu Chm morning Gen. G-no sent al
party 20 barn tte lay a. fhe Hickey
I place. but they inuad II strsn.ly prOtsc-
tea Ivy sd 1iti0uil trorrs from Fy-t Gibsol
I ioinflrcem nt ra- sHaf, AID brisk skir-
uish ontue 4, brt fh-y were rnaba to ac-
compiish 'Ai' onjecs, end a. time which
Tas ao2g a.I-iupo-ssnt to US, would BE- re-
quired, ,ur troops were Wi hdraWn apd
raioin-d the commaad, which had been
sty-dIly moving nurthwlri.
Crmr.d on Nci. Greek % the 18th.
Gen G3nD proceeded on thr lsrn. with
400 Iexa= troops, au1 two pieces yf y" Hof-
nils Battery wards Cabin creek.
wbcre W. hai LEARNED tne au=my had a
garrison I ihre; hnad ei uf the ! lndi
au Eegt., (CUerys,e IDac Guards
AlOut O'clock received y note from
Ian. Gano, stating that The train wa at
Cabln ar ek, ani rlqHes iny me to move
forward fla hole c,mmlhd 70 that puiat
ss s1.n ~ possible. ] joined him after
midnight. Atarr ,JusIl. alton We agreed
tp move rhe eneny -t oucc, #hn was
aware of lur appraseh- bat entirely iEnp-
rant ofoar numbers. Gen. Gano formed
As line VI tattic au he right, ny brigade
formed nn ths .cf iH The ~ lJIiug order:
l-t an3 - Cherokee Regimen v, Sem.
aula-, - Ireaka.i lst Creek hegt. Oh
TIE extreme I-f.. ii5wc.ls battery took
pr.it wv in thc centre. THe eny haI
decidedly tla 4Ivaa. ge ia Py-.. ". Olr
mon rcre formed ln elevated prairie
that dcscead tn t.a etanv.s position
on the creek. IHr moon, which snnnr
very Brightly. s. iu yurrsar. They .au-
bad th1 lcub. --v4. tHga 0t Hfing up li..
with tho mHnl all shy light. Haze u+a-
~ were str.n-iy ra-rel, f.om lNc na ura
" the place, unier cover III the timJ
and bluff Wy iuc or -b. TA,y also had
the r5s.deaye Df Jr- pH " MARTIN, gn The
ruair strongly fJrrhal wttl heavy tim
bef-- sei uIrt.tin lAe ground, that rem
der Y t.tm cOmF.e.e prIuuI against sma.l
ar.s. UI tl, night ui t.Is they nsd lOns
rtrhs oI tgy, ruanuE parallel with olcn
Cher anl nlth tha creek. Tus greater
far' -f Eo traiH extended frlm tae haY
rICks up .ha creek thlIr right About
y b c.oca on Jhl morning Of the IJ.h the
Arag commenced Uy the seaumys skir-
mishers on the IiSlt. SIlu The engage
mtnt became F:uef-l along the linz frlm
right % lCfi. during th3 uight twas dii-
hcu.t d ascertain tfs eEcmy exS2t posi-
tiOn ma -.raugja excepting .rjm lily f.iug
hia line seemed tD extend tlc length y.
onr For n clrsii fall= ieaEtl oft me
The liiifg a- h-avy and ircczsaHt Uur
forces steadily ;Cvaiceo, driving lie Cd
envy WV Ais YER
Dulng THO nigai our l,ft drove thc sn-
emg rJu his position, leaving in rur rs-
.e-s ol paft of h's tram, a.ounl wnich
NJ guard vas in.melil,sIy throwa, AID
ulrst NJ the wagons moved to our rear.
just at aaybrcak w- supposed from tae
noise in tho onamy's camp that ho was
crossing his train uver the creek, aud mo
wing i IL the direction NJ Fort -cltt. |
accordingly sout Lt. Co!. Faun with .he
two Chgruk 2 Regiments a-ross tue creek
oI the eil tl gam thg cacmy's rear and
inter ;rPt thn raias ncgain.d tue posi-
hon, eut ~ wagons we're crO=>iHg. liz
captured eighteen prisoners. After day
igli VIZ discovered tuc euemy's true Ly-
sllau, anu mo7ai \ section ut HpWoiis
battery on tnn ir.f, su pirici oy cine I'D
and IN Creek, and npantd q vigl.ol1 trr
ron tbs a vautls5 ou- position "a nis IN
rangmgut aud !uriIlalOr Tue SEM
noles and 20lh Texas E gimants moving
on the leit VI tIe uafte N. drove the erc-
my from ris co7,rs and through th- en-
| can pmrnt. : -n TIE cluiu-iou -esaue
great w hIs auE-, aud general stsui
edo cnsuej, ie viug Iur possession h--
rain, MI t.ck4ac, h4F, camp and garrison
tqupagc tiany n. hl deaf nld woln-
alu weTea.su l.it on t.e field
Among Our killed was Lieut. Patter-
son, AdJutant Seminole regiment. He
fell at his posi-, galantly dong his duty.
4 Ills loss In great and irreparai,&e 10 his
command. OF the Texas brigade seven
were killed w the field. y complete
list Of the killed and wounded ot this
brigade will be furnished Among tbe
wounded are Maj. Nann, severely through
the neck; Capt. Taylor, dangerously Z
through tie thigh, and Capt. shannon
slightly in brrast-ali Of the 2d Cherokee
regiment, and 1t. Richard Carter. 90
&C." 1st Cherokee regiment, slightly
TIE enemy's forces consisted, from the
7 best information received from prisoners
n and others ut their hospital OF tie garri-