The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-06-25
T}lE. WAR NEWS.

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TIE WAR NEWS.
Tie e;iy was somewhat, excited yessfrday
ing hv a report that general engage
80. yalag ON In front OF Petersburg,
.i.. scuad of di6tant cannon, rapidly dis
,...a he,ng distinctly heard Ia elevated
.'f,,,t the report was generally believed,
e.. AAy advanced, however, the press
'...,..h,.s announced hat n )thing uaasua!
n, rrogress, and oar community he
&C ,,,in entet. The general belief now
.A,, II , great battle takes place shortly 1t
a,b, h~opglt or by our troops making
..,t..l.. fox It fecia5 10 be Grants policy
.1,e.a!Jn hard lighting Tor the present,
ID -.aeher resods 10 the expedient oi making
t.a,,n our railroads, and thus embar
l. I'M, transportation. All the contests
....h.7. tim l,r taken place have proved
rsti.troops are no match for the Contcd-
,,esi. dor, a1l their cohdact shows that
lies ere tired oi batting against the rebel
,.G4ians" They arc content 10 dig dirt,
.up.agmeni waicn suits them better
81 .saltiiue, aud the Yankee lines III Psirce
M c.a-,rW.I doubtless be protected by for-
s. ,5ahtle iyriiicaliOns, ss they were in Han.
NJ o.,a
z# qse enemg having secured Z lodgmeDt on
s# ... Pa.fsaavg and weldon railroad, pro-
@ ,. Rel 70 .Ftily IS usuai. but they were not
IN 4s permitted 10 remain quietly in that
81 r.EDB. Au attack WAS ma0e upon them
isl fLufsd4y night, aud after 4 sharp fight
81 ..y wee driven Oh, aud some five hundred
# lg. b.ua IAscil5 captured. Oar loss in
q r..4ltis 10 represented 10 have been in
81 considerable. This handsome exploit re-
.es HuaA credit upon the troops engaged.
las Yapbce loss ia the engagement Of
Hta,cllT niternoon ID estimated by com
p..sG' aigcs at something over four thou
s.4l n killed, wounded and prisoners;
El;t@uaT oRn, at the outside, did not ex-
coed iour hundred, ana come think three
las!I.d Vii cover ths entire casualties.
lFsoH OUR OWN CoRREsPoSDEHT
FlrtgsGURG, VA, June pa T. II.
tt,uts succeed each other i'll such rapid
Ia-ssiJa That correspondent has no lei
.alt, and little time 10 IL more than merely
tl'agicie results, without lHiuiging specu-
l4qJua Ol tnletiug muc!, into delails
i.,ej~y afternoon Gen. Malone, who
.-II,tdu. when work is to be done was
4i tulri hy the cavalry people" that The
,.sMy ii strong force, had reached the
0.I3a -ailwaY, Elk miles below here, were
h-.ly i0rt,bing, and were spreading iii
every direction. This of course was be
A,}ei II be- greatly exaggerated, ii not en-
tra} romantic. Gen. NJ, however, at once
moved with his division, by order of Gen
}.g,, aul came up with the "large force
which Vas engaged in the occupation of
dca,goying the railroad. They proved to be
cavalry ard fled at eur approach, having
tea'i0yei about enc hundred and fttyyaids
q. i4e track, which will be repaired To day
Gsu. NJ, however did not stop here, but
pushed forward, and about nighitlil sue.
c.4cd in oyGTtaking part ii the sixth
e,r.t, and captured about four hundred and
uieAiy pti5oners, including twenty commits
soAet officers. onr loss was quite small
The s'lAr vas only brilliant surprise, aud
ouI captures were made after L sharp bat
pr..od, their cLici less was III prisoners
among the missing On cur side during
the 5At on Wednesday evening was Major
Mile, OF 8 c., the brave, accomplished and
welt known 4. \. G. OF Anderson's division,
u-T commanded by General Nah one. His
iilcnas are very certain that he was cap
tartd, aud not killed.
L'5f ~. hi about nine O'Clock there wae
heavy iirlng, hut it amounted to little or
nothing. woman was killed by a shell
THROWN in the city on yesterday evening"
Very lew shells have been thrown into ,Le
ei.y to-day.
AdgieeB from ButkesvilIe are to the effect
thai the enemy burnt il last night, about one
O'clock. The high bridge is safe, and will
nj he destroyed am quite sure.
Ills morning about sunrise our batteries
ou tha Chesterfield eide OF the Appomat-
tO1, opened furious cannonade ON the enc
AY's lines near battery No. 3, on the City
Point road. After the cannonading had last
eI about thirty minutes, Haygoods 8. c.,
brigade, oi Hokes division, was started for
ward. They charged the cnemy's skirmish-
erl and drove them back. capturing some
lhAty OF th, N. Their line Of battle, how
ever was too strong for us, and 80 our troops
h,d 10 rctlye, Oar lose is not over sixty in
kiiled and wounded. We also lost, think,
lew prisoners. and captured about one
Hundred. slnce then nothing has been
dane.
~ T. Mt is again reported that the
c4emy are moving on the Weldon railroad.
y.
fHEaiDANs RAIDERS.
IN Official 4uatteis nothing seems to be
KNOWN ha 10 the whereabouts of Sheridan
"hi his gaug. As We have heretofore an
.i9dncrd, they left the White House on
Wednesday, aud proceeded in the direction
ol da'n0S tlVer. Ii WAS subsequently ascer
'A'htd that they struck the Chickahominy
Al Jorge Bridge, AMI crossed to the south
D'nA Vi that stream. Our cavalry engaged
tAeia OH Thursday on the Charles City liver
i'Nl' aud one account says they were forced
LACK some distance by Chambliss's brigade
4" Tie engagement, Lieut. Pollard, who was
c'hspieuonS for his gallantry at the time of
tue Dahigren raid, received severe but not
oAhserois wound in the ankle. II ia re.
ported That another engagement took place
0A lhe same day, aad that our troops, run
'''"s Short OF ammunition, were compelled
~ iiii back. Ii Sheridan has reached the
L.. l.