Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-09-07
IN HOSTILE ARRAY
Battle Of Bull Run Opened by
Skirmishes.
GRANT MAKING A FLANK MOVEMENT


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Observation-Disclosures, GAINES
| WILLIE, Va. Sept. THE blue ana the
| brown armies are facing each other in
! hostile array. 1t is the work of the
blne army, under General L. D. Grant,
operating from Manassas, to strike
and drive the brown army, under Gen.
| eral j. Franklin Bell, operating from
Thoroughfare, back through the gap
of hat name in the Bull Run moun
tains.
The lines of battle have been formed.
Military experts look for the main en-
gagement today.
General Bell has advanced his line
at least two miles farther east than
the one he originally took up. He has
gone a little more than halfway to
meet the attacking party and has es-
tablished an exceedingly strong sue
cession of lines bisecting the maneuyer
zone. the right resting about two and
a half miles north Of Gainesville and
extending from that point due north
to the limit of the zone.
The attacking forces are being mar
shaled in front of this line on the east.
Between the two forces is a stretch Of
open country Of about a mile. This
country is rolling, and on either side
are woods and cornfields.
The opposite posts Of General Grants
advance were stopped in their forward
movement. -Four companies OF the
Seventy-fourth New York and one
company of the Fifth infantry, regu-
lars, under Brigadier General Whit,
commanding the First brigade of the
blue army, were ruled out of action
for attempting to cross al open space
under supposed fire. They were sub
ject to the concentrated fire Of a long
line of the Second Texas regiment I'M
der General Lee, commanding the
First brigade of the brown army.
After a brisk skirmish, which dcvel-
oped much strength on the part of the
brown army, hostilities seemed to
cease entirely. This would indicate
two t~hings-either General Grant was
preparing to make a strong attack or
that he was making a swift move to
flank General Bell on the right. This
will require a strong force, as General
Grants left up to this time has been
composed entirely of the cavalry line.
An early action near Haymarket Is
looked for.
In the fight the members OF, Troop @
of New York were outnumbered, and
they had no alternative under the rules
but to surrender gracefully. Their
paroles were taken, and they were not
subjected to further humiliation.
An outpost of the gallant Seventh
regular cavalry achieved early in the
day the distinction of taking prisoner
on the Thoroughfare pike a Connect
cut militia officer serving on the staff
of Brigadier General Grant as an aid
de-camp. The prisoner surrendered
like a gentleman and, pulling a flask
from his pocket, asked his captors to
join him in a libation.
The feature of the first day was Gen.
eral Grants turning movement direct
ed against the extreme left of General
Bells division. This attempt to out
flank the browns at the very northern
border line of the terrane was repuIsed
in a series of sharp fights LASTING from
II O'Clock until the umpire's smoke
bomb signal checked hostilities, with
the tide of battle at that moment roll
ing rapidly along from Bells left to
his center, between Haymarket and
Gainesville.