New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-08-20
Tussday's Fighs-Hilps and L"sx'fre"'s
Corp. enaaged-An Alternative r"ecess
provided-Wcdpcsday 70 be the CHER day
At the movemert-Eies Of WousdeA.

Corn. euaaved-An Alternative rncccss
provided "wednesday 10 be the chief day
Of the moveDcst-tiss OF "o"s"os'
FROM Our Special Correspondent
OK THE FIELD, NEAR DEP BoTroM, VA,
August I6, 1864.
There has been hard fighting to-day by the
10th Corps and three brgades Of the ID, de-
tached to cooperate with it on the right, under
Ger. Birney The result has been All advance
of about two miles on orr right, while our left
in front Of the rebel artillery fortiGcations re-
mains where it was in the morning. The hrst
thing the 10Th did this morning was to gobblc
up the enemys sAirmish line, making about fifty
prisoners, to which, near noon, they added about
two hundred and City more from the centre OF
the enemy's line of battle, having pressed back
their lott.
About four o'clock this afternoon, inst as the
second brigade n the Third Division OF the
Second Corps, cooperating with TIE TENN ID
conjunction with Gregg's cavalry, had sleceeo'
ed in taking third line of rebel r'i's p''s' Oh
the right Col C. A. Craig of the iuV'h ia.'
commanding the brigade, fol- mortally wounded
having been shot through tne hesd' '''S
caused momentary confusion IL our RANKS anu
a light falling back, but order was soon ie''eIeu'
and ali the ground We had taken was fsain
taken noesession Of and is now hru'y held ny
our forces. Gen. Bisney thinks inst Tomorrow
be will be able TO make much EOre sehmte enc
telling progress.
Pads of both Hills and LousstfeePs ceIr5
are massed in front Of %. The enemy FUZZY
appreciate the Importance of Eot bong ais
lodged from The position we ave pre- siEg upon,
aud viii make desperate ef,rt 10 hold It. ii
we are successful it viii DO a grand success. Il
it is found that it is going to eos too much Tor
us to take this po&tion at thi' time, yen may
expect 10 hear OF the failure here beng tarned
mo 0 grand success at another part OF tho INES.
As nave said before it was expected that The
success of this movement should BE either ~
rect or indirect, whichever proves tho eaiies'
and cheapest.
Our loss to-day has been somo three or
four hundred Killed, wounded, aud missing.
That of The enemy has been as much or more.
About half our loss was il prisoners. taken
during the Temporary confusion Of Col Cralg's
Brigade, OH the loss Of their Commando.
From Tie list OF Casualties appended it Will be
seen that the gallant Thrty-Tirth Illinois Resi-
ment suffered very severely, both in Officers AID
men. Also tho llth Maine, 25th Mass, iCih
Conn, sJth Penn, Sd n. H., ard 1T Nd. Cav,
and several other regiments more or lesa.
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, AUG. I7th, A. u.
All is qlct, asyct, this morning. The enemy
viii be severely ielt OF to-day, and, il possible,
dislodeed from his coveted position. Al anyraic,
think this is about the eliminating day Of this
movement, and that you may expect to hear Of
something definite in tie next despatch from
he.c.
Our wounded are being sent away ss rapidly
as possible to City Point, aud the North. The
rebel prisoners were sent down 10 tho Point yes
terday.
Tie Indications at the very last moment J
have to write, are Of a grand success On this
! (North) side of James River, and ] hope in my
next 10 DO able to Inform you definitely Of s'Ich
result, or at least Of its equivalent elsewhere.
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