Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-08-26
LATEST.

From tho General NewR," evlunt1 81 ,lo
Baltimore "Gazcttc" If the @3I, We ii.a.as :l1
following extracts:
FROM GRAsr's ARuY--TnE BATTLE or Faln.".
We are now told that tho fighting ) al! -
the James river has bson mu:h more 3!'u-,..
| and tho Federal lhsse. far beaver lhaI t::cN
| were previously reported 20 i''. H@7Gcn's
corps-the Gfth-which, during the 'a'g
mart OF the werk..ha bean Withdrawn .:.H.
before Petersburg md held AZ a rcssrs" reAr
| CITY Point, 10 view o! the operations there ~
progress on the north hank Of the jams"
river was ordered at daylight tn snc'ay
morning to return TO Petersburg. march s.rih
of that city, and occupy 10y u lapid nior=,ceF:
the railroad to Weldon.
On Thursday afternoon Warren !ca''":
Rcsm'a Station, eight miles from Petersburg.
the Confederate pckets falling back t":ora
his advance Wbilat portion of his lc,.:
was destroying :he ,rNnk. Wnrrer, with re
| remainder removed Northwa7,l i,lvrs -
railroad in the direction OF Pc'nr-hm:', tF
about milo, when be Encountered To-" ca
NV in force. Ale. some eki.m,-lirr. n.
ring watch he lost al1ut four hundr." E'ir,
he iutrenchei himself. AID halted IL tba
night Ia making this movement. Ha'7'n
| did Lot sever his connection With Il" "io'h
corps, which occupied tie liEt9 h:h,'r -
tcrsturg, bu, kept w his Junction ",i tb'
latter ct the Jerusalem plank read. /; ''ar
| at this point of Junction ;hat the C.1'Hdr-
rates on Friday, in the midst Of heavy IA
storm, struck Warren on his r:Srr i".,
broke up two Of his divisions, 81 Il toictd
them back considerable distance. tnhing
many prisoners. The victorious ad5anca Oh
the enemy was, however, checked altar IL
force engagement by the 9:h corrs, nhl'h
was moved up to Warren's sun:n::; the "a
corps (IIancock's) b-irg Withdrawn from lie
North side of James river to arsi"t ia r.aiI-
tanning the line intact. and Ia nil il; rei"!'I (
the enemy,Iin case the. emergency shnn!d r.
auire it. The result was tii:.t III; ConIc't-
rates, after IT, ilicting Il scvoro loRs IL k:'d
and wounded, retired to their intr'rchmep's,
crying with them from nino bundled -
thousand prisoners
Simultaneously with this attack npgn Va
ren's RICH. flank. another body Of Corl.i"'
rates fell upon his extreme loft, west Of ;!.a
Weldon road, broke it, and captured liz" Of
six hundred prisoners. mostly from tha r'?"-
lar brigade, commanded by Gen. Hays, :'h,
is himself missing.
Tho entire Federal limo wag then l51ccd
back with heavy loss in killed anu ~on"!ed'
Before dark, however, tho troops Gre sad 70
have been rallied, and to have recovered, ~
desperate charge, the grouud l1s5 in The
afternoon. The Confederstes l0pt in lria"r-
ers come two hundred and thirty mon, nni
are supposed to have suffered severely N
killed and wounded. On Saturday tic fight
ing was resumed, and was continued an N:i'-
day morning, with what result. is not EnrN';
but it is claimed that Warren sill! bell tie
Weldon railroad at tho last NIvirna al so-
engaged in destroying it. He whole Il ~
Friday is put at three thousand.
The movement north Of the J4nc' Ii7cf
has been suspended, il. not Hband>aci al ..-
gether, only one corps-the tent -.l"maE-
| ing on that side Of the stream. OF De? Il i
tom, where it is strongly intrencacj, AL ic:'
Their protected by the gunbca.s.
IRON THE v.LLzY
| Thus far We have Do thing additional II ii
the Upper Potomac. Sheridan. sinsa be- va
treat from Strssburg to Winchester, has ten
acting entirely on tho defensive, Hn.! ae'"'
more solicilous TO prottc. the frontier from ~
vasion thBn to msrch ont and Offer battle F"
bis active adversary. OF the p0si'i'" r''"-
pied by Sheridan it does no. becUl.= u. -
speak but it has already heth mace F,ii'te
that A7erill is guarding the t"r1s o! tie f'ia,
mac, and that the Conicdera:es again o:'DiI
Msrtinsturg and hold oomTlat7 r9=,sa:i.i O.
tho Baltimore and Ohio Railroad iTyn BOZ
point to within few miles Ct lI,rFe! : !efiY'
| We may add here, that for reyeTa! lay. Is:
Sheridan has been expecting an attack. -
movements on the part Of Early wee sSi
posed TO indicate such al intention.
THE RAID IN sHERH4S's REAR.
The Cincinnati Commercials" N"-h' 10
despatch states that tho first train from %.
front since Wheeles's raid reached t:'%l",
nooga on the 18th. IleGvy trains lti' r'S:e
at once for the front, the last oae OF "h,c' =
rer ortsd to have bean captured near h.H;
ston by o smull force detached tIon "nss CT
command. Since the occupation Of C:t.s
land Whssle.'s movements have been hi!s's
rious, probably occasionei by his enae.,".'
to avoid Fitzpatrick, who, with strong h:,'.
is in pursuis of him. Wheeler's rec c%n
sists Of three divisions and one brigade, WI"
ten pieces Of artillery, in all about h7e '10O'
sand men.