Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-05-13

breast-orks. and there "a ra@isess dagger
% a general brvak. but G.neral HanooCk
. rdsrSd Colonel Csrrer. brigade 20 fora
az right angles Nth b. line ssd .-ssp
slOag the -hole fr0nt Of Il. 50 a. 90 take
the enemy By hAnk. Thh movement ~.
-sn saecutsd ard resulted in the repulss -
the enemy 9TH great slaughter.
AFTER aha, rcPalss tie enemy did not dis
isrb the isfi any farthcr. Perfect quiet
prevailed IN front Of our cenfrs AMI night
thrOush the ~hOls Afisrnooa.
Towards dark. however. tie enemy Asv-
ing sg.is ,hifted from their right to their lsft
suddenly fell % the extreme right Of cur
right. Ii ooasisssd Of MilrOy'. old bnE.5s.
whose command had beea assumed Ohly The
night before BY BFigadisr-Gensral Sey-
nour.
Our men we're engaged IN thro-ing up
entrxnchmcnts Al the time The enemy
managed TO rush upon them before thsy
bad time 10 form. and El@0., the -hols
brigade "a. swallowed uP b. The rrbsllins
Part q ShAler's brigade on Seymour lefi
sAared tho fate Of the latter BosA these
sSneTAls -ere captured.
The suocessful hAnking movement ihre,i-
ensd grrsi peril 10 the whole array. bat
Goner.i sedg-iek '0oo.sdsd BY Per,ousl
sHPosurr Asd cnsrg,tic ssoTt, Of Aia,slf
and 'iAH IN consniRg The roai TO HI, En-
trcme right.
There -cre grave apprches,ion, NJ Cen-
sral Grant's Headquarters that ths 'uoce.
night -nAble the saemy % strike eur rear.
and order. -srr iss8esl 20 prepare for I.
change ofPo.itiOa during the Right. The
sneny. however. did not ioIio- Up their
advantage. but during The night ,h.ndOa-
81 The ground they had gained. Oar right
~as contracted and str0ngly sstrsaobed be-
fore morning.
With the last attack % tbe enemy upoa
Sedg-iok'. right. the battle ceased. Our
s-uy has TO-DAY cersaihly achieved a deer
Odd 'scc,s.. I, has bHisisd al the ossn-
.isc esor;s % the eaezy
That General Grant can lay claim 10 |.
sscoc,s over has adversary al b evid,as
TO the Pabiie -h,n u all learn "a dsy or
tie H. aitIuaafe Object of The movement %
our army. -Aich uil Be realized not-ith.
standing the de'Psrais isteri,rvnes Of the
encuy.
ON WIIpEESEss TsvEES. Nav. 5FN.
Oar line TO-DAY 4, The sane a. yesterday
wIth eHocptioa OF contraetioa on The ~ cha
Vigorous skiFmishing took place At Siasr-
eni points q The line during tie dsy. bot
no 'eri0Gs dsnoastrHiioa hAs bssa made By
either si5e
Towards noon Our skiruisb-rs savanccd
and discovered that The encay had retreat
81 frOu their Ire Of lasi night. IL 70 be
he'ed a. beaAqasrters that they are -isA-
drawing from our frost.
Tie oasslry c0rps. Ike he ia,antry. IA.
done 10 share q hard fgb,ing The tAr,e
di'isiOns have been covering Ii. vsrious
roads leading 70 cur rear from Frrdericl.-
bsrg and the rsgi0n hci0- rhey have
encountered bodies Of StuArts eavalry al
most daily 18th uniiorm .soces. losing CD
% ihs present time total q shout osc
hundrvd Allied and three hsnIred wounded
H. losses % The infantry and artillery
during the iast thrcs days are estimated a,
Twelve thousand. a. follo-s sfteen hun-
dred kiiied. eighi thousand wounded. ana
the remainder mis.ing OF these the %
oorps lo.es about Eve thousand. ID. 5th ara
9Th AbOu; three thousand sach. ard Barn
,ide'' seven hundr,d There san unu..
"a iiy large number q slightly wounded
Among tie casualties The los. q ofEoer,.
esPeciaily fsid ofccrs. 3 s1frao-dinarilr
large.
The ioiio-ing - TIE latest received from
our corrcsPondcnt 18th ihs army. dated A.
Gen. Giants Hsadqusrter.. Piney Cr..l
Churvh. siH Miles Sosth % ChanosIIor.-
vile. Saaday noou. Msy -th
The -bole army moved oct q the WI
dsrness last night. ard -iil Ls sncamped 10
ihe right md l,fi q SPori,y l,snlA Coars
House tonight
oar oavalry n covering the .dvsnoe ..
the army encountered mou.t.d force. Of
the enemy On several roads asd 81 FINISHED
9TH then al DAY. driving then steadily
The aivance q the army .outh-ard ill
eon'inse to-morro-. There % no sirn q
TIE main rebel army either o. our aank Or
or our fronf.
Der wounded are comfortably gaarter,d
in Fredericksbsrg under ample protectioa
Ws-HI~oToS. MAY o.. u Va. Ges.
DtE .-DsPatoh.s have lees received thi.
esen.ng from Ma. Co. Grant. dated A.