Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-06-27

/ tally in position and ehtfencne9S anu DaE-
low was nearing the crest in front OF the
rebel works when he encountered heavy
force Of the enemy marching down
in columns by brigsdes with
the intention Of piercing our position
the interval which nov existed be-
tween the left and I'd corps and the right
of the 9th. The 2i, Sd aud All corps Of
BsrloWs division formed his front hnes-
Toe lst brigade, uDder General Miller, was
held in the rear as reserve. In this ss
SAINT by the rebels General Wilcox drove
in one charge the three brigsdes viii
led the advance Of Hill 8 veteran corps
It was early in the morning when the head
Of the rebel COLUMN struck at once the
right Of our line and the left Of the I'd
corps. They pushed on with character
isIie Pertinscity and the shock Was soon
felt on the hsnks Of these corps.
The position which they occupied rem
dered iE imperAiively necessary that they
should Withdraw the tanks that were
thus exposed, and fill up the existing gap
by making connection with each other
along the line Of entrenehments in the
Iesr. While this WAS being done, however,
he enemy inflicted considerable damage
on our men by . murderous FIRE, and cap
tured several hundred prisoners from US.
The asssulting party came down IN 8
disgonical directioD, and, ss 1t happened
it stuck the TANKS Of the divisions that
we're disconnected and thus ths disas-
trous consequence which ensued. This
forced the retirement Of the cavalry, the
nasty withdrawal Of Mott and Of part Of
the left Of Gibbon, and the loss Of four
guns. The enemy swept down over the
ground our troops had left, and took
quite 9 number Of prisoners. As they sd-
Vsnoed, pressing on still in diagonal
direction, the column soon tame to
Gibbons line, the left Of which suffered
somewhat from the shock. The right held
It's position with deter mined courage and
poured 8 murder0us FIRE toto the adyan-
cling force. The musketry was terrific on
both sides.
AS the enemy creptOVer the angle which
marke tue left Of the division line, he
snveloped a battery Of 4, 8 inch guns
which oacDpied an advanced pOsitiea be-
hind the parsret, and almost before the
officers were aware Of the situation Of
sffsirs, the artillery was prscticslly in the
enemies hands Il was OsptaiR hcKnlgh3s
18Th New York battery.
The moment the rebels appeared in sight
Captain MeKoight opened GA than with
csnnister. The separated in front and
coming in on the right and left completely
surrounded the guns. A rebel color bsar-
er planted his coloTs on the p4rspet. Cap.
tain Mcknight and Lieutenant Ball both
sccrned the summons TO surrender snd
poured several rounds Of csnis'er at the
enemy with the rebsl flag still floating BY
their battery Both these young Ofioers
distinguished themselVrs, bnt it was i'm
possible TO take them off the field.
10 tue meantime Captain ClsIks lst
New York battery which was posted on
the brelsiworks further to the right, OPEN
I'd on the enemy ami contributed Oonsid-
eraeIy towards cA.cking iheir fuIther ad-
vance. The rebels quickly turned upon
us the csptureI guns ct tho same lime con-
centrstsd the fre OF 20 other guns on Cap
tsin Clark's single battery.
The interval between The right Of the
9Th Corps and left Of the I'd Corps was
gradually growing greater, from the fact
thst the imperFilled tanks thus exposed
to the enemy, were slowly melting away,
when General Miles Brigade Of BsrloW's
Division, which was in reserve, came on
the double quick and one regiment WAS
sent forward through the woods 70 check
the enemy's advance whilst the remainder
Of the brigade Wss formed behind the
bresstWorks to fill up the interVsl in
question. At the same time Lieutenant
Rogers Battery, K, 4Ih UniIed States ar
tilIery wheeled around into position with
eomnendable activity, and the infantry
and artillery soon checked the further
rrogress Of the enemy ct that point.
Scarcely had this disposition been eject
ed, however, before the Ieoels made an
other attempt 10 force our lines little 10
the right Of that locality, but the attack
was successfully repulsed. We t,Ok some
prisoners at this time, and among them
we're seversl wounded.
The casualties we're not heavy, however,
on either side, because the rebels did not
attempt to cross the open field in front Of
the breastwoIks, behind whics our men
were posted
About seven O'Clock in the evening an
effort was mads by General Gibbon with
one Of his brigsdes, supported by one
from General Griffin Of the 9th Corps, te
retake the lost 6 ms Of The 18th New York.
The attack was very sharp and spirited
but failed to Rcccmp ish tho desired OBJ
ject.
The Herald publishes full extracts from
Richmond papers Of the 2Osh, bat they
conts n nothing new.
The steamship AriAl from AsplnWall
the 17th, has arrived. Little news.
The French captured Acapulco. A feet
entered the harbor on the second of June
landed forces and drove the Mexican &
from the town at the point Of bsyonet-
Casualties light. The blockade Of the port
Is renewed.