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

TIE ATTACK nT uENPHls--CAPrUREa OF PRISON
Era, ;toRsfs, sCLks. ETc.-THE ENEMY DRIVEN
| TO Ills PpRriFIC.Ti1Ns.
Tie following fiji :ial desratch was reosived
:, tlo War Department yesterday:
BY TELEGRAPH FROM MOBILE,
August %, 1864
The following despatch was received from
| Gen. Forrest, dated fernando, 2lat:
Il attacked Memphis o. 4 O'Clock this morn
! ing, driving TIE enemy to his fortiGoatione.-
We killed and captured ;rur hundred, captu-
riuI their el,sirc camp, with about tbroo hun
! .ircd horses All: nulce. WashLurne escaped
in the d.kac-s Of the morning. leaving bis
clothes behind. My lORs is % killed and
| ~cEnt4l.
(sigac|@ IN. B: FoRRIsr
Major aun'i."
d. H. NAUar. Major General.
FROM PETERSBURG.
W. received nothing from this quarter on
yesterday hy railroad, and must consequently
refer tho reader to tho press dispatches for
information concerning operations during the
day.
Tue "Expr5sa" Of yesterday contains tho
following:
sPADEa !GAfE TRTEpI.
Sineo ihe active movements Of the past week,
| eliminating in tho engagement of. Sunday;
! matIors havo remained comparatively quiet,
on tbs l:nn Of tho Wa'dou railroad. Artillary
md muskstry have, for tho tiGo, ceased their
roaT, ,and rattle. ami giVan place to the more
quct work CT the pick and spade.
On Sunday night the Confederate forces
IL. -, l. 49, Il
| held nn Sunday morning, and foil back much
noarer the city, oil Of Cur wounded having
hacn previously brought eff the field, and tho
! dead hu,iad. Tac position in front Of tho Yam
! l.rn works 10 ;hs est Of the RAILROAD, on tho
FSnshan r"ad. Was a's0 ylo!ded.
Tno Yankees were not sloT in discovering
| th5 absence of any Strong Confederate force
| in their Immediate front, and III once, and, for
| tho fourth tnc advanced their tlirmishers.-
During Mopday they occupied the bstto field
pieksts forward to Iohnson's farm, come dis
tanco this side, ent! Davis farm-the scone Of
three battles, in each of which the Yankees
'ihannc. westward across tho Vaughan to-
uniisputcd. \ fair opportunity bas been
Gto1tHC lIc'i ~ thcii Nostl " wv ito ebf
jy etreSn through the woods and fields behind
them, which, it lie to 10 hoped, has ere this,
bean done.
Truo to tleir irstinot aud babt, the Yam
kces at orna commenced 10 dig and throw up
earthw9rks as fast as they advanced, and but
far thin skirt OF rine woods at this edge of
Davis f;.7r,, thar fjrtifcations might be saen
from the fnrikest limits Of tho city. AS lit is,
their y,kots, though not themselves visible,
Gag. tsir longing eyes upon our southern
suhnrbs.
.:ho orarny hava strongly fortified them
selves il front, haLk and rear. They have
left To available point MISUNDERSTANDING
cvon from the point ut which they first struck
ths railroad, and therns around to the Jeru-
| salem plank road. They have left nothing
undons tha; skill could accomplish, and the
| rest they intend to leave TO their artillery,
IN INCIDENT or FRIDAYS DATTLE.
[. Wa have bad related to US many interest
I ing incidents Of the reoeut battles, which, If
| We had time and npsce,i. would afford us much
pleasure to publish. Ono wo cannot refrain
| from mentioning, though We are assured that
| nunerous others like it, but perhaps not 80
| brilliant, occurred. During the progress of
/ the battle Of Friday afternoon, two privstes Of