Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-10-31
FRON GRaETss IEHY-
HEADQUARrERs ARAIY PoToNAc, lin theo
ield,) Oct. 27th-9 Pm.


held,) Oct 27th-9 Pm. !
The long looked for advance of the
armies operating sgainst Richmond, has at
last taken place. Yesterday the final pre-
parstions were completed BY the with
drswal of the greater part Of the army Of
the Potomac from the trenches and mass
ing it in the rear, ready for the move
The lst division of the End corps, with
part Of the 9TH and 9th corps held the
entire line, from the Appomsttox or the
right, to some three miles west of the We'll
don rsilroa1 on the left
All baggage wagons, SC, were sent to
the rear at City Point. -
At two O'Clock this morning General
Hancock, with the I'd and Sd divisions
his corps, moved along the Vaughn TO- {
running southwest and after crossing
Thstcher's Run found the rebels intrench-
ed in newly made works. Hancock st
once charged them on the flank and drove
them out, taking some twenty prisoners,
mostly cavalry.
The 5th corps took the Squirrel Level
road, and found the rebels posted at its
junction with the Duncan road which
runs north from the Vaughn road TO the
Boynton road From this they we're
driven by our skirmishers with some loss,
the first division having about forty killed.
The third division of this corps took the
advance, and, crossing Tbstcher's Run,
connected with the second corps.
Meantime, Hancock advanced along q
by-rOad, driving the rebels before him. ill
he reached Boynton plank road. where the
column halted and formed il line of battle.
the left reaching some distance west Of the
road, and the right extending TO thick
wood on the right.
The fifth corps had also formed and ad-
vanced along the road two miles, but the
left Of the line failed to connect with the
right of the second corps
The rebels fell back as we advsnc,d IN
til the line reached Thatcher's Run aggin.
whom the rebels we're found behind strong
intrenchments, and brisk firing ensued. but
without much loss on either side.
At about 4 o'clock P. n. the rebels
taking advantage Of the break in the line
between the I'd and 9Th corps. massed
General AndsrsOn's division of Hills corps
and charged the right wing of the I'd corps,
which gave way and fell back q short dis
tance, but being reinforced, charged and
checked the advance of the rebels, and cap-
tured number of prisoners.
Our loss in the affair is not known. but
Is not believed to be heavy.
A few minutes after the rebel cavalry
which had been cut of on the Boynton
road made an attack on Gregg's division,
directly In the rear of the I'd corps and for
a time quite sharp skirmish was kept up.
Gregg finally drove them of.
In the charge made on the ID corps two
guns we're said to have been taken bv the
rebels, but it is stated that they were sub
sequently re-captured.
Fighting continued on this point of the
line until after dark, when q heavy rain
ended the fighting for the day.
The 9Th corps occupied the right of the
advance, but did not gain much ground.
The object was TO allow the left to get
fairly around on the Boynton plank road
before the right advanced.
The colored division of the 9Th cerps
had some skirmishing with the rebels, but
nothing approaching fight They lost
few wounded
Greggs cavalry had sharp fight with
the rebels in the forenoon. When thew at
tackled the rear of bis column, he charged
and drove them back, capturing a num-
Der of prisoners, eight or ten wagons load |
ed with supplies, and number of horses, |
mules, &c.
The troops which occupied the country
over which we passed to-day are Potters |
and Young's divisions of South Carolina !
and Georgia, with part of Wilcox's bri-
gsde.
General Warren had a very narrow es-
cape while riding along the line to-day, a
ball just grazing his cheek and making a
slight wound.
In TIE FIELD, Oct. 2s-T.3O A. M.-The
number of prisoners taken yesterday is
aboat 300.
Our left wing gained about fifteen miles
of country today, and is now in a posi-
ticp to stack the enemy's works en- their
flank.