, 1865-04-06
NEWS-BY TELEGRAPH.
= FROM pETERsBURG.

tnck in Fort malone--Dsash or i. r.
Iafll--Narroyv Escape OF Lee--Oper0-
lions OF she 9th Corps.
NV YORK, April 5.-The NtrGlda correspond
ence has the following account OF operations Oh
oeI nHt Imidnieh. Of Saturday, Gen. Wilcox had or
ders to demonstrate on the Of the llne SO as
to draw The rcbeIs from the left preparatory to
operations II tha s p95t n IN
on tha rirht We1o also get at work. Wllcoxs
sEirmish line was advanced; The rebels were
sd EAR Eat vasy' egy 81 Tef
Amid he r,otfe and smoke, the sklrmishers push
ed on until 1eacllIg the ontaki1ts Of Petersburg,
When bsy met fsE Sa
our numbers were 60 smau That We Were COM
PEELED to withdraw. -
then Gos cnnn Sar TO- or
Whf!e This vas heIng done. alm1lst dispositions
were making further to the LEFT, and system Of
ssps e ssraa aas ct S
tsnenus]y. Owing 10 mist which hung over the
1eld, Tie preparations had baen concealed from
Il four O'Clock the signal was giver. The
men sdYanced quickly. and in perfect order,
with ti1eu basonets. That they went 10 stay was
indicated by iheir being accompanied BY dc,
Work thc cnc1uy'F guns. Presently musketry wos
heard. Tho rebel picket l1ne was reached. Now
a hta1ty cheer arose, followed by The roa5 81
1n and runs alonc to tho left unit 1t is lost In the
distance. Instantly tho artillery On both sidcs Is
atwosK. Two hundred nie gnn.s ~. beleh forth their
Isrrlmsn, Of he s7th W1sconsin, acting Brig:
adier General, gives the order 10 charge up
and away The noble fellows went over breast.
WORKS, tiflcpits. abattiE, chtcdnE de -ffts<, and
The pa1apet of the tort, into the main work, and
The decd Is accomplished.
"For one moment tho thunder trick rebels
looked, and then took to flight, but our fellows
were too quick for I'LL Of them, and captured $50
men. Nine guns were found In the fort, and,
quickly trained, ws1e M set at It. work M ANNOYING ~
operations further to tho left, cut the rebel line
ii two, took IRON them = commanding position,
and large amount VI valuable artillery.
fort when the reoele, navirg feosganized thelz
forces and picked up scme retnforcements. caTce
up with detesmined effort to retake IT, They
manfui,g against the terrific discharges Of grape
and canister and whitening yo1leys Of musketEy,
bet It vas 10 no purpose. Four times during the
day did thsy attempt to retake this important po-
disorder, losing heavily each time.
at was IN one Of these assaults that the rebel
Gen. 4. r hil lost q 5ts s ssek'ng In person to
meantime, rhe sth and 2sth corps, having
broken through the rebel lines IN their front, vera
swnrE asoana ID thelt IesE, and coming dom
Petersburg vas lost 10 the rebellion.
1.-THE movements Of the 9Th corps were so rapid
that Gen. Lee himself narrowly escaped captuIe.>
a. 1t was, his headquarters fell into our hanls."
"Ihroughout t1e early psrt Of the night opera
tons were confined TO skirmlshtnG, but a few min
utes afteE Twelve o'clock the rebels advanced.
N: king demonstration on our center. 1t was Of
khort duration and was promptly repulsed. Then
hi1owed kcason Of illness, with orders for the
mcat stict vigilance. The orders were that, II
the rebkis stnfted to TO- VIC were to 20 after them
snd they did 20 a1 three o'clock. Our sklrmishers
in pursuit occupied their 9ain line, and orders
were iseued for IN immediate advance. Al four
ntH H1n~1-f in pa+n
TIE FIGHT ON THE LEFT.
The Tribune correspondent thus reeounta the
opeEaGons on our left:
'1At $50 Sunday morning the 9Th corps left its
in tchtlon 70 a. to enable the corps to throw for
ward lta left hunk upon the works OF the enemy,
one after another. soon battery Of four guns
opened upon the lst division, hut BY, rapid
chsrGc Of the 1ss brixade, It was captured.
every point, bus on went on gallant braves. The
left soon reached come works in their front, and
one By one they fell INTO our hands. ..
AT 1of, grand picture Of war presented Itself.
The line Of The corps, With It's ett IN advance, wts
piled their guns vigorously, and shells burst
thickly over onr line On pushed the left division
Lnail Il struck tho South Side Railroad. and
artillery played upon the fosta from commanding
positions '9cessansly, unttl out men we're close up
20 them. Thena dash was made upon the works.
lime it met with success but SO rcsolnte were
The rebels inelde that some Of them used the bay
onct for = thort time. As these works fel into
onr hHuGs, loud cheer rent the alt, and The enc
my ee<n hastily retiring 10 their second line,
which opcIed sharply in an effort to stay our ad-
vance. ....
.tAtout this time, Sheridan appeared On tho
field, and was rectlyed With loud cheers BY the
9Th corps, who look up to him with great respect.
Al this moment, tco, our entire line Was charging
Its long front to the right, and slowly before #
the broken line Of the enemy was falling back
upon Its rtar defelees. Against the line which
fell back heavy force was now pitted, composed
Of rnrts Of the eth 6th aud 25th corps and nearly
all fresh troops. a lufl sook place when the
forcc was ready 10 move, and II was plain th4t a
distIue acton was 10 be fought. Dusk stole over
the scenc, and The attack Was deferred for the next
DAY;
9Th corps and the cavalry under Sheridan turned
the right wing OF the rebel army, taxing from
4,C01 to 6(C0 pI1Eoners.
The I'd corps. connecting with the right Of the
Eth. wae sfeo victorious. Notwithstanding they had
perhaps, the roushest ground to dsht over, and 4
brave md determined Toe in the renel Sd corps.
''The line Of defenses in front Of tie 9th corps
wae stronger than those At any ottc- point. III
delivered msDy assaults during the e:y, and suf-
fered severely. At night 1t fonnd Itself close up
to the main line Of The defenses, hut as unable to
20 any iu1sher. The lst division ofthe 10Th corps
aided the 9Th greatly"