The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-06-14

terrific sharpness upon the right. The
Nineteenth New York Eleventh
Massachusetts and Second Maine bat.
teries interninglvd tie more souorous
tiiasiC Of artillery with that OF the in.
ianlry, aud Tor an hour the conflict
WAS deRiealng. The I'm leenih New
York battery louk l'Osililn considera-
bly IN adyanc, ,0n ihc crest Of knoll,
and directed lhrir fre across rayine.
The rcyerisraiions Of each d scharge
resoundcd IA CONSEQUENCE with fear
ful distinction throngl, the hollows,
and rolled lrvn valley 20 valley.
The rssl,-ls bad failed most signal
ly. Defeated on the hrit, they were
now giving way IA front oi Potter,
when charge YAs ord.n-l TO hasten
their frtreat. osvr the llrrasiworks >
and across the field, slnwn with the
dead AID dying enemy, our bays
spra Z III tie word A struggling.
dcsultory lire WIS Kept up, the re-
treating r b,ls ever and anon turning
10 their fight 70 discharge yolley.
Our men pursued tIIem about half y
mile, and wI,eu the iigi ting c, c,ased,
which wa long after nighliall, our
advantage Was atlrsied in the pos
session Ola line oc' c'upied by the rebel
skirmishers ia the forenoon.
The fghi to-day viii probably re-
ceiye the NAM. oi the folopaio,noy---
a rather barlarpas word il is true, but
still appropriate. as it was fought only
IA short distance Ia advance Of the
creek oi that narn,.
THE FIGHTING ON THURSDAY.
Nisrn Army Conrs. June 5-A.A
In my former dispatches | omitted
to state that the enemy made dem
onstration upon the right on Thurs
day night, which was galIantly re-
pulsed by one division Of the Fifth
corps and one of the Ninth corps.
The attack was a surprise. Our
corps was swinging away from the
position it had occupied in the morn
ing, and wagons and artillery had just
passed the point where the rebels
dashed in. A heavy rain storm sue.
ceeded, and the storm had hardly
ceased falling when the steady rattle
Of muskdiry close behind us gave
warning that We were attacked. The
divisions Of Generals Potter and
Wilcox had reached their new posi-
tion but the division of General
Criitenden, bringing up the rear, was
still on the march when attacked by
the rebels. The brigade of Colonel
Sudsburg Third Maryland) was the
first TO receive the enemy's fire.
The rebels endeavored first to draw
attention 10 our right flank, where a
portion Of their force had worked
their way by most circuitous route.
Several volleys from this direction
created no little uneasibess, as for a
time il seemed as If our division was
hemmed in. However, the real point
of attack soon manifested itself in a
charge upon The LETT, where our corps
was in connection with General War
ren. Our line, however, was consid-
erably in advance, or rather behind,
as the movement was one which
changed front tc rear. The two lines
OF breastworks belonging to the two
corps respectfully were parallel, and
at the termination on our right and
the beginning on the right Of the
Fifth corps were uneonnected. This
weak spot the rebels seemed to have
discovered for against it they now
directed their whole energies, and, by
an overwhelming charge, caused our
men to fall back across the open fields
to the woods beyond, where the rest
OF the division was in line of battle
A new line was now formed; out Eit
directly joining Che Fifth corps thence
curring around to the right Of the
breastworks, and thence ben ding
back in curve to the northward. In
this position the division obsiinately
and successfully contested the further
advance Of the enemy, and held the
grosnd throughout the night. We
lost a number OF prisoners, principally
from the rear guard Who were cut of
from the main body. Our loss in the
days fighting WAS about Two hundred
and fifty.
From the reports Of prisoners we
learn thai the attacking force was the
corps Of General Ewell, aud hence
we are enabled to comprehend the
CELEBRITY with which the enemy sud
nenly threw themselves upon our
right and rear. Ewell's corps oI
SlonewaII Jackson, whose troops. for
heir rapidity in marching, received
the name Of foot cavalry"
TIE BATTLE CT FRIDAY.
OPERATIONS or THE EiaHTEEETH c0Rrs.
To-day has inauguraied another
battle. still IN front Of the rebel 20.
siiion Al Coal Harbor, we commenced
tliis morning a series Of mannuvvrs
accompanied BY tie hardest kind d
lighting, with the design Of driving
the enemy from their inivenchments
and night has found ns isposgession oI
their first line, siih go6d position
from which TO yedew our attack TO
morrow