Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-11-17
The Fight NORTH of the James.
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Further acc ants from the battlefield
OF Thursday fully sustain thcgeneYal idea
i OF tbs completeness OF eur victory over
tha easmy on thai mstneFahle dag. The
! elIart TO carry our lines was well aafaTea,
aaL the enemy were fully prepared 10
make tbs great aacfiGe9 theY did III the
eaaaaVos. During faesday might bcayy
Ireinforeesaenis wers thrown across The
James from the enepyHs fEont at Peters
baag, and ell day Wednesday was oeeca-
pied ia getting iis mes ap 20 the lines inI
front OF Chalhn's and preparing for The
esnaics of the fo:l3wing day. The main
IoTee mosed up ths Eharles Cfty road,
and On Thursday morning, Rhen The ~
tack was begun, it was evident that The
| principal lighting would bare 70 be done
| in ths vieinisyof that rossd, although the
enemy's left rested near the Darbytownl
road and the advance hy that route was
Simultaneous and 10 stnang force. The
| advance of the enesay vas checked about
mile and a haif from cur main works,
and sooa after ths battle was joinOd, their
troops began massing near the Charles
TGBty road, for tbose desperate and repeat |
ed clsargea which proved 80 disastrously
uafoFtunats for them. They advanced |
repeatedly against our lines of breast |
works, bat MgEe literally moved down as /
repeatedly, ani not in single instanee /
did they secure IN advantage with oil /
their fuolharIy charges. Beaten at every
point eG ~ aae, they we're at last com
pelled to aaianina the contest, not only |
giving up the 6eia, but their dead anl
many Of their wouGdrd. The repuisei
was as complete as il was saugalnary, and
furnishes room for len gthy pause ere
the attempt 70 flank Chains farm may
be attempted again. But ths necessities
of the politicai campaign at The norsh
can reeognizs no such eonsiderations.- =
The terrible losses of fhis day viii be
concealed as others Jefbse it; and before
many DAYS are over, we may expect 20
bear Ut just such another, and perhaps
more disassFoas aud important assault.
y II losses IN the enlargement viii not
exceed one handTed.
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After sha bloody rspulse Of Thursday,
the enemy had nu stomach 10 repeat their |
experiments ON our works. Tatir dlFtal 4
wits much more thorough aud disastsousI
thau many are aware OF. They made fve
distinct aud degesAine,l assaults, and each
time, beiag met by Lposs lnarierous ere
of na-krtry at ciase range, we're driven |
back in rout aad eonfusiop, leaving tbeI !
graund rhiekIv strewn with their dead.
notwithstanding these facts, we have
no doubt Grant mas already telegraphsdt !
70 Washington that the affair was, on his
part, nothing more than ''reeoneissauce
IL force, Rhet, its objeet having been fal I
ly Accomplished. Dar forces withdrew ]"
We know it TO hsye been no Feconsois-
sanct, haE determined effart to break
through what was supposed by III , enemy
70 be wax part Of oGF lines, aud We
take our success then rs an omen uf lhcI
result when ihe gFansi tug of all shalt
come; Hh-a The Dateh gap eanni shaiI
baSe been Completed and Grant With
graz grand 10 old son to Richmond" with
view Of affecting the presidential election,