The New York herald., 1864-08-18
Axicneral LoRan's Omcial Report OF th'
I. Rattle Julv xS.

/ BEFoRE ATLANTA. Ca, July 20, 1864. !
n,1n.s rovsd nv nv mand IN position on The right
OF the Seventeenth army corps which was tns extreme
right the army IN the fed on the night and morning
OF the 27th and 18th Instant and during advance
lire OF battle TO reGesrable position we were net
By the reoel infantry from Hardees and Lees corps wn
made o desperate and determined attack at halfpasi
4 eleven O'Clock A. II the 2Sth My lines were only
projected by logs and rails hastily thrown In front Of
Il them. The first cnsct received and checked and
the battle oomenoed and lasted until about hree O'Clock
the afternoon During hst time successive charges
| each time with fearful loss 10 tho enemy.
Later in the cpng my lines several times as
most or The ghtinr on General Harrows and
Smiths front which formed the centre aid right OF the
command lho troops could not have displayed more
courage nor greater. determination not yield. Had
they shown less they would have been dr ven from their
shs division CONN uuds arc entitled to ,usl credit for
gallant conduct and SIX VI in repenng the ass saits
Ny thanks due 10 Major Generals Bla " ana Dodge
for sending reinorc ments at time whe they were
Ny Losses are fifty kie four hundred and thirty nine
wounded and sixtyth missing aggregate, ave hun
dred and Tive division Of Genei vi Harrow
captured battle flags There were about ono thoo-
sand Eve hundred two thousand muskets captured
One hundred prison captured exclusive
seventy three wounded who have been rel rved 70
hospitals being tSke care OF by our SUI Yeons
Five hundred and sirty- -dy rebels up to th time,
have been buried and about two hundred are uFosed
large numbers were undos iedy carried away during
the night thes enemyi did not withdraw until yearly
The enemy's loss could no. have been. in my eAg
ment less than six thousand or seven thousand.
am very respectfully. your ssasn, soas seTysns
MAI. Gen Commanding iiteenth Army corpstA
Lieut. Col. WIN. CLARK Assist INT Adu,ant Generates
ENDORSEMENT BY eRNER IL HOWARD.
HEADQUARTERS, ARMY 4 HE TENNESSEE, !
BEFORE ATLANTA ca ;, July 20. 1884.
In forwarding the within report v sn 70 express my
better conduct in battle. The General COM
mandng the Fifteenth army corps tho, gh I'll and much
worn was ndcfatigahe and the success OF me DAY
NH Mt Ia m IN
and in fact all the officers OF this army ommanded my
observation, co operated promptly and hear, WIN nm
q. o. HOWARD, Msk rVene'a'
Interesting Letter from General Hazen.
From the Cleveland tol Leader. ceror,,
The following interesting letter. said TO be from oener
Hazen. brave and intelligent officer, was wrtL
friend, who furnished portions Of IL for publications
NEAR ATLANTA, Ga. August 2, Is o4
The campaign is running to It's fourth mouth, with
scarcely day but large part Of the command oer
fre Ny losses in killed or wounded are already Oven
thousand but this is lair proportion of the losses
army, the fates have, as usual put me in warn
places.
wIthe people keep up their pluck and fight the thing
Richmond does fall sooner the army OF the West
will finally rake its way 10 the back door, OF the
eastern nsbe army here we will out
before the close Of the season and il is but matter OF
time when the entire force Of the enemy must waste
away. WiI.tac people hold our
srRENGrH.
Jchnstons veteran army. by his official report, June
rs contained t562s arms bear ing men, including 63l
00c prisoners. ana In their tn assaults upon
works arriving In front thks place 600
new They have received from tssipp 500 and
roceivirg from Governor Browns proclamation about
600 militia This gives them TO da army Of about
rs 600 veterans and 5000 militia--33,t 90 in all
These ksuses substantially corr sct The hope Of
being reinforced by Kirby Smith is last given up.
After exbaustug the militia OF Alabama and Eastern Mis-
sissippi which may amount to 10 900 mo &c they have
The power 10 force them out for ny life see how
he enemy make up the wastaRe OF tn, " army.
LOSSES
know the rebel army when il was ione, \ by Polk Just
before the fight Ressacca was seyeptyo thousand
rong This included Polk and besides the editions be-
ore mentioned IL bav received brigade fHar ng 81 Of at
east three thousand from Mobile. TINS or,A The
loss 70 them siuce The campaign of nm m thousand
ne Whdf possible chance is there for H,s, IA sg three
hoBsdnd nop before np These figures NAV se, IN exag
eraons, but they are not-thcy are realities: al when
remembered that we have taken twelve m ousand
rsoners have had no less than twelve engage, 1ens,
shere from one 20 three corps have been In battle With
he ordinary desertoDs and losses from dieeasa ba y
wo thousand Is readily made up What will hinder the L
spy atrtion of the three months from compe ing
be overthrow OF the foe before usY
WHY ATLANTA s NOT ASSAULTED
You will saw perhaps, why not assault 80 coptemptibL
foe and put HIM out OF his misery az once The at OF
here W no longer q chance matter Roth arm,es n
onvey full supply OF ntrenching tools and no forces
either side ever rest TIL they have before ,bem oom |
line OF works strong enough 10 resist The heaviest
Did ordnance, with distractions in the front m the wav NJ
abatts, palisades and iptrenchmens that pnts The A.
after OF an assault quite out OF the question think
'e battle of chcamauRa on the ef taught both armies
70 value OF THESE works No assault by either side IN
10 campaign nss pseo sucesssfuL would VwpBi--