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s,nre. In this advance several hundred pri-
s.,ners were taken by our troops. At half
,,sr eight an advance wac made ny our right
and centre They moved with right thrown
forward. for about quarter Of mile under
. severe Gre from the enemy. when they
we're brought to stop by marsh intervc-
-;.y Between them and the enomy's entrcnch-
-,.r,s Finding It impossible 10 push across
:, they fell back 10 their former position.
,,,tler attempt 10 drive the enemy from
,b. ridge was made from this part uf our
I.,.. about half past ten. but it also failed
mn ,77,ck Iron HANCOCK; REFUSE Of The
ESEyY.
Eo,n.ide was expected to have his COM
,,.nd ID position on the right of Hancock by
I,-.hrcak, and to Join in the advance If the
,-,,.r. but il was noon before he wac able
o. rl,cc hi troops where they were wanted.
IT, Enemy Terceiying the exposure of Han
o,,k's position, Immediately abandoning the
hire Of making nm impression upon our
rirht. had teen massing their forces all the
forenoon in front Of Hancock. About II
g. VI. they made furious assault upon all
POINTS Of Hsncock's line. Their line out
reached HE lett, ana brought them around
ri- left flank. Col. Franks brigade was
ruroWn hack in confusion upon his line,
clusing q break and retreat towards his
fr,i entrenched position along Brook road.
The centre and right OF Barlow's division
we're also unable 10 Withstand the vigorous
a-.sulr. and likewise fell hack The attack
ri the enemy was checked hv the vigorous
defence Of our entrenchcd line, and they fell
tack at about halfpast II. Our los in this
tat contest WIS very great.
THE SrcoSp ATTACK ON TIE LEFT.-Two
DIVISIONS BoUTED.-REPULsE OF
TIE REBELS.
A. soon rs the efforts Of the eI,emv %
ozsrvhelm our LETT were discovered, con-
,sutratiou Of OUT own troops on that part Of
,b. line VIZ ordered About the time the
.-..l,v abandoned the attack on the left zen.
Farr,idc bad succeeded in placing all his
rreT~ 10 position thereby securing a contn-
Gels formation Of our battle front At
about haii past four the enemy returned To-
the attack on our left now supported on its
right by Burnside. They struck the lett.
which had again advanced some distance. ~
the l,'t center with great yigor and forced it
again hack TO the Brook road. Motifs III
vision tell back in some confusion. This at
tack Of the enemy extended also to the part
81 the line held by Burnside corps and
Crswford's division Of Warrens corps, that
rested on the former, left. Stephensuns di-
vision which was next to Hancock right
-ay, way confused by compelling the IT.
uaiuder OF the lett centre 10 tall back some
distance. Crawford ; division suffered very
severely. The enemy succeeded in reaching
our breast-works aud there WAS imminent
danger Of a general break. but Hincock or
derei Col. CARROLL brigade IN form AT right
angles With hIs line and sweep the front Of
II So ne o. take the enemy by flank. This
movement was well executed and resulted in
the repuIse OF the enemy with great slaught-
or.
THE AFTERNOON QUIET-TURIoUs ATTACK
On TIE RIGHT BRIGADE cAPTURED-
FINAL RETRE.r oi 1BE EMMY.
After this repulse the enemy did not dis
turb the left any further. Perfect quiet
prevailed in front Of our centre and right
through the whole afternoon. Towards dark
however the enemy having again shiiteG
from their right % their LETT suddenly fell on
the extreme right Of our right. Our men
Rt'If fugdEtl III ANi'NlNE u Y hNifhNihithNN
~ tn time The enemy managed 70 rush
apau them before they had time to form and
almost the whole brigade was swallowed up
by the rebels. Part OF Shaler's brigade on
S,,m0ur's left shared the fate OF the latter.
10th these generals were captured. Thi-
fsnking movsment threatened great peril 70
the whole army hut Gen Scdgwick succeed
81 ly personal exposure and energetic efforts
IN coniinng the rout 10 his extreme right.
fh're wer- aVprehenslpns that this success
might enable the enemy t. strike our rear
and orders were ISSUED to prepar" for
olsnge Of position, during the night. Toe
rnclnv however did not follow up their adj
vantage but during the night abandoned
'he ground they had gained. Our right was
contracted and strongly entrcnched before
morning. " tn the last attack OF tho enemy
upon Sedgwick's right the battle ceased
DECIDED SUCCESS or Orr ARNY-NAIURE or
rHE GROUND.
Our army has to-day certainly achieved
decided success. Il hes lafled all the ofen-
sive efforts Of the enemy. The almost impen-
etrah bic woods with which the battle ground
II covered alone saved him IRON crushing
defeat The nature OF the grounds rendered
the Employment 5f artillery almost entirely
imprscjicabie. thereby depriving our army
Of the advantage Of our great superiority in
this arm