Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1864-11-09
THE LATE WAR NEWS.

THE LATE WAX NEWS.
GENERAL GRANTS ARMY.
Details of the Movements Last Week.
"A FAIL URE ALL UVD.
Tie Right Wig, under Butler, Repa,sed i,
Every AsSauh, s.....
STATEMENTS OF REBEL PRISONERS.
The Disunionists for Lincoln--Thc Union-
lists for Mcclellan
Movement of the Right Wing Rebel
Works Assaulted Repeated Repulse
of our Troops.
Especial Dispatcho. to tho New York World
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE JAMES,
IN THE FIELD, Oct. 30.
Another movement has just eliminated.
Pursuant to orders from head quarters,
two corps-the Tenth, under Con. Terry,
and the Eighteenth, under Gen. Weizel-
were, during the night of the 25th, re-
moved from their intrenchments and
massed behind them on convenient roads,
their places being supplied mainly by
! new y arrived Kentucky colored troops
and some convalescents These dispos!-
tions were nearly all effected under cover
OF darkness, that the enemy might not
get clue TO our proposed movement. All
day Wednesday the troops laid quiet.
THE MOVEMENT BEGUN.
Thursday was the day appointed for the
execution of the orders, and the troops
we're astir betimes, even earlier than was
required. The two corps moved almost
simultaneously before day light, there
being no danger that they would inter-
fere with each Others movement. The
Tenth marched out on small wood road
which passes through their works near
their right flank; moved in a northerly
direction until they struck the Darbyto
road beyond tho scene of General Kauiz' S
late fight Here the enemy's pickets were
struck by Ames, and under the direction
of Gen. Terry the corps was quickly de-
ployed, Ames holding the extreme right,
and extending from point near the
Charles City Road soulhwardly toward the
Darbytown road across which Foster,
holding the centre, had formed his dvis-
ion. General Hawley, Who, on this occa-
| sion, was detailed 10 command Birnes 3
Third division. held the extreme left. In
this order they pushedforws ri, skitmish-
ing with the enemy's vide,tes and driving
them about three quarters OF q mile, 10
their inner line Of picke,s.
THE FIGHT BEGUN.
Here the enemy endeavored TO hold
Terry in check, and fought his skirmish-
ers with great energy. Batteries which
covered the road opened upon our men
at this time, but despite their best oppo-
sition they we're finally forced 10 fall back
to their line Of works where they we're
held by q heavy fusiade which was kept
upon them. Our men sheltered them
selves as well as they could in n line of
gopher holes from which they had forced
the enemy.
a DlvRRsioi.
The Tenth corps was now in the posi-
ton assigned it and doing all that had
been required OF it, in creating a diversion
in favor of the Eighteenth corps, por-
ton Of whose duty was to discover f pos
sible the rebel left. Tho corps had been
moving many hours and it was now after
noon. Firing heard away to the right in
Gated that Weitzel was feeling, and mas
much rs the firing soon became quite
heavy, it was apparent that he had put his
feelers on something; probably these and
other circumstances led General Butler
10 believe so.
AN ASSAULT ORDERED.
Whether this was or was not the case,
he ordered an assault against the works
covering the Darbytown road, believing
the majority OF the troops to have been
with drawn as | have above stated. On
Curtis'S first brigade, which rested with its
right on the road, and Bells third brigade
which lay to the right of the first, devolv,
ed the duty of assaulting, and right nobly
did they rush to the work. But courage
was of no avail against the schorching fire
of musketry which met them from the
front, or the blasts of artillery from the
flanking bastions which completely en-
filaded their line of attack. The charge
was successful only in developing the fact
that tie enemy had not drawn so heavily
from this point, If he had drawn at all, as
TO weaken it.
THE RrPuLsR.
The repulsed troops fell back to their
former position in line. Meanwhile Ames
had been subjected 10 very heavy can
nonade, which certainly did not decrease
in violence after this sorlie on our part.
However, his men bore it nnfinchingly,
and fred away with their rifles. Hawley
did not become engaged, that is, not any
way heavily.
THE EIGHTEENTH CORPS.
The eighteenth corps on starting struck
the Kipgsland road, and moved by il to
the New Market road. thence 10y new
military cut they gained the Darbytown
road, along which they moved norlhward.
Reaching a narrow lane known as Whites
Tavern road, they passed on it by the
rear of the Tenth corps, and debouched