The New York herald., 1864-08-19
Operations BEFORE Atlanta.

FULTON COUNTY Ca, August Q, 1854
Our losses In the assault hich made the
mys lres on the 9Th instant considerable. They
not less than three hundred III the Fourteenth corps
(6eperal r W. johnson ccmmandiny, which least
hundred and nty IN the regular Brigade which
belongs to General Kings DIVISION and is at present
VIC drove the rebels from their skirmsh line ard con
siderable line 0. ntrenchments killed and wounded over
two hundred and took two hundred and fifty prisoners
Yesterday but little or consequence done upon any
portion Of the line, except OCCASIONAL cannopadsg and
incessant skirmishnG Al along the front OF Four
tecnth corps lines IN the closest proximity
TO those OF the rebels There place the
General Bards division where the opposing iorhca.
head pears above either psrapst, IL Is tho signal
for dozen balls to be DISCHARGED rom the other.
The Twcny.third corps Schofeldsl on the extreme
right Of army, nearly opposite East Point feeling
the rebel left 20 far, have found tho eneys works
approach the rairoad. General HsscSs division made
reconnaissance late yesterday afternoon the OF
which has not yet transpired.
As everything win be changed long before this re-
you may indicate the present order Of the rcsrcee
Inc d, on ,ne t,n, ,s sne
command Of General Schodc'd Rocecdpg towards the
find the corps OF the Army of tie Tenncs
(Major General Howard) and tho extreme lett
tho remsirdor Of the Army o. the Cumberland.
Tho rebels seem to have body OF their militia their
extromc right Polk old corps siewarts) next Hoods
fnow Cbeatnarn's) next, and Hardees on extreme
lclt Militia are mixed in with ali those bodies. IL
caytons formerly Stewnrs) division, OF Hgrdees corps
that principally engaged Sunday with The tourte
corps The hundred atty prisoners we took all
HAS rnr RsmL ARMY nsrS RxyFoRcgpg
IL will not do TO rely confidently tho state
ments which frequently made conccr hing rebel
losses In the recent battles Tho Mem phs AtlaIta dn
Ysci having 20 make out aRainst Hood puts st
twenty two thousa siucc Johnston was superseded.
fnis probably s the outside limit But these twenty
thousand from veteran rebel troops and
all know from rebel official documents found alter
crossed the Chataboochee, that their veteran foco
was only forty six thousand strong, previous to the
hate OF Peach Tree creek IL follows tnot unless recently
rein osccd the veteran rcoc forces opposed 10 amount
~ ony twentyfcur thousand That such a furcc,
even admitting that II btcked tv forty Thousand
iiia men, could for a single week Withstand the at
tacks on our magnificent army preposterous. Yet they
find hem everywhere confronting The conclusion s
nlmcst Irresistible That tho rebel army hss becn rein
forced. and that the conditions uon which was predicted
The treciy fall of atlanta aitcr the battle Of tho 2Zi
ult are essentially changed
Especial correspondence OF the Cincinnati Gszete.1
OK Tns llAsEs OF Troy CREEK, [
FUTON COUNTY. Ga August 10, 1854 J
IL is somewhat absurd 10 cei the combat taking place
hero ito "S,ege cf ALI Our f0riincatons extend
IN iong lhes from east TO west aud everywhere con-
fchteu oy ng III o. OF rcbc works t. break CT turn
tbe after probably to insure the possession
Of Atkbta, with the capture destruction OF large
people OF the North take courage Atlanta being the
very heart OF tho con'edcracy, end Of sucn primary
importance that according the rebols themselves lie
ial viii ruin them, desperate resistance be
expected Eesidcs Hood wee placed IN command on the
sNfress sondtiou tht he aeend the place the
Ist ana " left IN himsch VIII doubtless Fight for ID
sot1 10 sacrihscs his entre lp addition 70 the
ADMINISTRATION Jca Davis, ,ceiing " credit involved
'nss 81 ihe new COMMANDER for whose sake Joe john