New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-29

reformed his Brigade in comparative order, and WAS
Withdrawing it himself on foot and closest TO the
enemy, when a sudden dash cut him off hi: fate
was not known until the Richmond papers reported
him prisoner.
Our revenge came on Sunday morning, two days
later BY that time portions of the 9th and I'd
corps had filed in the gap. We held welI-defendea
line from the Appomatox due north Of Petersburgh
to the Weldon Railroad, due south distance Of 10
miles The enemy massed upon the extreme left
and assaulted with all his might. He surged around
the salient point on the railroad and came on as
though he thought lie had turned the flank, but he
was trapped Warren had refused flank ct almost
right angle down the railroad, and the crowded
Rebel masses fell prey TO the dispositions made
TO welcome him. Our men had it all their OWE
waytheirs the saughtcring, theirs very few Of the
slaughtered and yet the enemy madly poured into
that slaughter-pcn more and still more men, ana
they were each mass in turn swept down. They
were in full sight in q broad held-our men behind
earthworks The range vas short 70 tho woods out
of which they broke, and our men stood thicky and
fired rapidly, many of thcm with aim. For every
prisoner lost, tho revenge was man kAled OF
wounded b .cre they went back" all thatwss left
Of them"
Snmmir mp, then, the brightest, welcomest
thing, bees % must be confessed that IL is lit
tie novel j. l.s; leaving prisoners out Of the &C.
count (of 81, roughly stated we have lost 20O and
taken I0)D the Rebels have lost In killed and
wounded. on "a estimate OF the least sanguine Of
those who h. lad the most and bestdata orludg-
ING. twice the number we have. The Richmond
papers ore part uary ugnbrious over the losses IN
the repulse tho suffered ct the hands OF Warren
Sunday morning. In general officers they concede
the following killed during the week OF hgh'ing,
viz: Gen. Sanders, Gen. Lamar, Gen. Gerrrdey,
Gen. Chambliss aud Gen. W. H. y. Lee; and these
wounded, viz: Gen. Barton, Gen. Finnegan, Gen.
Anderson, Gen. Clingman and Gen. Conner, IN all
ten Generals Andthcy mention other fed-otficers,
colonies, &c., in the proportion. Since II IS
precisely men and precisely good officers which
they can least afford 20 lose the fact that in these
they have lost 80 heavily, should be made OF large
account in arriving q; just estimate of the week
fighting.
But we hold. and will continue 10 hold, the We'll
don Railroad They used to run ten to fifteen trans
pcr day over IT, Only the Danville Road is now
LEFT 70 them. OF how much advantage the loss To
them of this road will be time alone can determine
But the persistence with which they have defended
il, and the desperate efforts they have made to re-
gain possession of IT, serve TO show what value they
placed upon il, and how great blow Its loss Is 70
them. More than six weeks ago Grant attempted
TO possess IT, Fooled then, be has succeeded now
and his persistence in maneuyering for II may be
taken as evidence Of the value he attaches 10 IT, Ii
has already been thoroughly dostroyed-;o the burn
ine of every tie aud the twisting of every ralior
distance of ten or more miles, being from within
Two miles of Petersburg to point several miles be-
How Reams's Station. Tie destruction has been
mainly performed by Blrlow's division, OF the ID
Corps, with GreggS cavalry for guard TO men al
/ work.
The extent Of the lire now held by Meade's and
Buffers armies reckoning by the shotes, roads, is
not less than thirty niles And Lee has to meet
Grant on every point of this tremendous line. II
will task even his powers, with his Observation-Disclosures
Nevertheless, it must be remembered that 1t Is ono
of tho maxms Of war that the offensive army must
be twice the numbers Of the defensive army, IN
order thot it shall have equal chances OF success
| We shall see. u A. r.