The sun., 1889-01-27

In straeglers. Neither he nor SHERIDAN mol
DAVIS fought with THOMAS. The divisions o
WooD. JOHNSON. BRANNAN. PALMER, REY.
| NoLDs, and BAIRD, which never broke at all
| have lost very severely. We hear unoff1cially
from BBANNAN that but about two thousand Of
fective men remain in his division. STEED.
MAN lost one-third OF his men. THOMAS retired
to Rossyile after the battle.
| dispositions have been made to resist the
enemy's approach on that line. but 10 EwELI
be really there, RosECRANs will have to retreat
beyond the Tennessee THOMAS telegraphs
| this morning that the troops are in high spirits.
he brought OF all his wounded. OF those at
Crawilsh Spring our main field hospital, nearly
| all have beon brought away. 1t now seems
probable that not more than 1000 Of our
wounded are In the enemy's hands, and RosE-
GRAMS has sont flag to recover them. The
number OF prisoners taken by the enemy is
still uncertain. 1t will hardly surpass 5000.
besides the wounded. In artillery our loss is
| probably forty pieces. Many were left because
all OF their horses had been killed. OF rebel
prisoners we have sent 1900 to Nashville.
CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 22-3 p. M.-Tho whole
army withdrew into this place last night
without difficulty, leaving only neces-
sary outposts and parties Of observation.
The troops arrived here about midnight In
fatigues and heavy losses. They have been
working oil day improyisina rifle pits. The line
OF defence is about three miles long, crossing
tho peninsula some two miles from It's ex-
tremity. 1t includes two redoubts erected by
the rebels and is pretty strong, though much
weakened by blunder made by somebody In
pushing MCCooKs wing half a milo forward OF
the line designed by Chief Engineer MORTON.
This can't be reneded to-day. but II possible
the mistake will be repaired tonight. McCooK
holds the right. that noble old hero THOMAS
the centre, the weakest part of the line. and
CRIrrENDEN the left. The enemy have been
approaching all the morning in three columns.
resisted by our advanced parties. but the
artillery firing has now drawn very near and
battle may be fought before dark. RosEcRANs
estimates our electives at 10000. besides
cavalry. but fear our numbers are hardly SO
great as that.
There are provisions here for fifteen days.
The mass Of our cavalry under MITCHELL has
been sent across the river to guard the road to
Bridgeport via Jasper, and to strengthen WILD
ER who is watching the fords above here.
MITCHELL will there find forage for'his horses.
OF which there Is none here The only cavalry
remaining on this side are MINTYs brigade in
front toward Rossville and Missionary Ridge.
and WATKINs's brigade, left behind by MITCH
ELL. and now making Its way over Lookout
Mountain. How large force the enemy brings
here you know as we'll as we. He was awfuly
slaughtered on Sunday, but certainly outnum-
bers this army even il he has received no re-
endorsements. Our losses on that awful day
are still uncertain. -Four thousand wounded
have already been sent hence to Bridgeport.
Gen. JOHN II. KING, commanding the brigade of
regulars went into action with 1000. and
brought out only 450. He lost two battalions
taken prisoners. Gen. BAIRD, who commanded
RoUssEAu's division, estimates his loss in pris-
oners at 1000, though his line never flinched.
This army looks anxiously for reenforcements.
No signs OF the approach OF BURNSIDE.
or course. tho whole value of these tele-
grams, as historical documents, consists in
the fact that they were written at the head
quarters of the Army of the Cumberland, in
the very smoke and rush OF the bloody
struggle; and that upon all the points they
refer to they set forth the best information
then possessed at those headquarters.