Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-03
! ny TELEGRAPH.
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49, 80 IS. Tnfan1ry Char1e-An
Tmnnsina GpecfacIe-The. Victory
Onrs q far.
GU Rp.Sc,sco August 1.-The follow
;n, l. the Ienntinustion al the dispatch LEFT
nnf;n;shsd ~ the break In the wires last
n;eht.
q p,rceu,ihle luil took p,ace for at least
an hour and half, when il slackened to
some extent. The result Of the explosion OF
the mine was almost to annihilate one regi-
mont and burying three guns. Under cover
Of our artillery, and pushing the advantage
gained by the snddsnness Of the assault, the
Ninth Corps advanced, taking possession Of
the works through the gap made BY the ex-
plosion, and driving the enemy 10 their sec
ond line, which crosses the hill tops east
ward Of the town. Nineteen OF the Twenty
second regiment, buried oy the explosion,
nave oeen aug GUY aMse, ous oauiy oruiseo--
some Of them MORALLY hurt.
The mine was dUO ieet long, ana construct
ed with two galleries aSerging from tne
main passage, making teree chambers, IN
which Tram OF power llseen ncnes W,ue
and was deep nio. 1ne eng M " .ne sApio =
sion was very disastrous. Inc grandeur OF
the artillery nre we nave never seen
surpassed. Inc enemys Mnne,y IePleu
but feebly. Very few minutes elapsed pc
fore the rebel lines were entirely shut out
from view BY the smoke, and our gunners
were only guided IN their WORK oy having
obtained the proper range before. many OF
the shells from the 'front.' Of the Elgnteentn
Corps must have struck lar INTO the stIeets
Of Petersburg. heavy column OF oiaeS
smoke arose soon after the opening OF tne
IRE, evidently from burning onilaings. AAer
the rebel lines were pierced, they maae !,
hurried movement to their lett ana sunered
heavily from an enhlading ire from General
| Ledley's division.
I Burnside's corps led the attack. The
Fourteenth New York heavy artillery having
the advance. About 100 prisoners, so far,
have been brought TO Burnside's head
| quarters. ,Cannonading is still hot. Inc
| rebels old their position obstinately. Our
infantry have just received orders to ad-
vance. 81
The Herald's special says the mine was
Ito have been sprung at three o'clock this
morning. Grant, accompanied by his staff,
| reached Burnside's headquarters about that
hour. Meade and staff also assembled. and
at the same headquarters. The appointed
| hour for the explosion arrived, but ior some
reason it did not take place. Everything
movable in the way Of troops had been placed
in position TO move at the first signal. An
| snt;ra ,corns was held in reserve, but up TO
| ~ ho,,r ~ writing II has mot been called
.he nou, "a ~ sIe.,.Jaol. .,on5 ~ dnst
INTO acsion' loel ..SsN SsT o =.
was seen rh ..s.nS it fSllo,aS hv . ssnarsI nm.
I She,sss ts as "sS ree:h;nc nrohabIy
ca, &c, The whole mass looked like q
ny my a,,r,a;, ~ ssrth md 5nst and form
uSSs 'ns 49,. =, ras;n,, sn r,a Simulta.
.,;,h ths a9rlds;on The batteries
neousH VIZ ~ i;,s drsnsd :. MOS, ,,,nrder-
alon8 .ne .A..S CT -. a. rahai hrs.st-
GUS anu oesu @ $500 e ~ 'u vs;,h SsaSsr;no
Mo.As' anu -. Ne. .h1 ;,,,,o,oh,,sn,s ~ ne
cheers, rushed into the entrencnmen.s o. ene
enemy. Al SIX eloek 9u5 s se. Inv; 1913 y
mad captured anu oceuple0 tue N'Ss 4'As =
the reoei ensIencnnnes. :.; 60,
PRISONERS are constantly al5NnS nm I'm
the tront. Several OF our Moun1eu az aiso
coming IN. Ihey report tne slsugnler iu
nicted upon the enemy y tue sAPio ~. ano
accurate range OF oe, SUITS hou. sne So
and mortars, as terrible In sne eA.Iee ~
far, the victory Is ours Inc eir Is s. ~
with nying missiles. We are PasS my )
enemy steadily ana sureis' anu oS'upy '4e
MS lo a'''gll u.s.
We cnnnet hold All sne Cnn
a Coterd DiVision Pnshed For.
Wurd-They Did Not Fight Well
The Raid In MARYLAND and Penn.
sylvania-The President Urged g
| WashIngton Rertifientions.
B.IrtNoRE. Aug. LA letter from Fort
Monroe saws later advices fiom the from
show that we are unable to hold all the
ground gained in the assault on Saturday, !
being mostly eo@mapoeo ~ far Az n vssrs s' rs
anu nuru srs T Nv ,he enemy. We took i've hun
dred prisoners in the assault. The loss On
both sides Is from iour thousand 70 h''
thousand. -z, poro,,. "a
hEADo1AhIkks AIM az nj ri, s 0 a..
July ~, CLOCK Z. - ~ u. nan pc pas I'D, d
O'Clock tnis ~, moinins :. : qua rSn., hi
ana me ,eoei M Mne r S1.t n;o ,sh;ch wa,
ilans style: Inc hau D na ca,,;s " tbs ss !
N me cens T1; ,;raa coinrsd Division nm
gnu Mns. A.s s.S snr,.ard and nr5eret
oer " nl.e, was pusueo y, nv crest Of ,be hill
70 elatge .ns sn $500 "a Az nc cortes, IN,
wnlcn w1uio nsse ueSl J III. .av - f,r a. N,