The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-07
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES THE BLUE
GEN. BELL HEATS GEN. GRANT IN
/. BULL run. ,.HANEUVRES.
Part OF Grants Force, Including New York
Troops, Declared to Have Been "An.
nihilated' by n Rush Across the Field
"Details OF the Work OF the Day.


Troops, Declared to Have Been "An
INFLATED" 10y n Rush Across the Fiel'
"Details OF the Work OF the Day
GAINESVILLE Va, Sept. o.-From mid
night last night until o'clock this after.
noon the Brown Army, under the command
of Brig. Gen. Bell. and the Blue Army
under Brig Gen. Grant, reconnoitred anc
mannuvred. skirmished and fought OF
the historic Bull Run battlefield. When
the bugles of both commands sounded
cease firing" and recall" Gen, Bells
commend had all the better OF the engage
ment ..., W.,
According TO the decisions of the UNI
pires, four companies OF the Seventy-fourth
New York Regiment and one company of
the Fifth Regular infantry were annihilated
while making charge against infantry
intrenched, two guns Of one OF the light
batteries OF the Blue Army were taken,
and Brig Gen. Winter, commanding the
first brigade Of the Blue Army; Col Rogers.
commanding the Blue cavalry, and the
colors of the Fifth Massachusetts infantry
were captured.
Gen. Bells only losses were through the
fire percentage, and were comparatively
small. Gen. Bell attributes his success
mus lar 10 Wtldt ne TERMS tDe splenuhu
marching ability and military efficiency of
the militia organizations in his division.
The war games began at midnight last
night and neither Gen. Grant nor Gen.
Bell lost moment in preparing for the
meeting Of their armies at dawn. AT ?
o'clock in the morning the Brown Army
had advanced to position on the Warren
ton turnpike, only quarter of mile dis
~ &c 10 49,,
and scouting parties and patrols were
thrown out from both divisions to cover
every road and position Of strategic i'm
portanoe in Prince William county.
Over the same road on which in the first
battle Of Bull Run Federal light battery
was only able to advance two miles in four
hours from midnight to dawn, battery
in Gen. Bells command advanced five
miles in two hours during the darkest
hours of last night. According to the ma
tives of Prince William country the road
is now in worse condition than 1t was in
the days Of the civil war.
Although there were occasional clashes
between outposts and patrols last night
the real work of the man1uvres did not
begin until daybreak this morning, when
Gen. Grant. who has the aggressive side
of the first problem, moved his troops
forward to engage the Brown Army. He
sent the First Brigade, commanded by
Brig .-Gen. Theodore j. Whit. consisting
of Ave companies Of the Fifth Infantry,
First Georgia Infantry, Fifth Massachusetts
Infantry, Fifth New Jersey Infantry,
eventy-fourth New York Infantry, down
the Sudley road to place between House
and Sudley Springs, where some Of the
hardest fighting of the first and second
battles Of Bull Run occurred, and thence
across Little Bull Run, where a position
was taken.
On the left OF Gen. Whit was the Third
Brigade, commanded by Col. Butler B.
Price of the Sixteenth Infantry consisting of
six companies of the Sixteenth Infantry, the |
First Alabama Infantry, the First Maine |
Infantry, the First Texas Infantry and the |
Seventieth Virginia Infantry. The position |
was gained by a march from camp by
way OF Groyeton and thence northwest
until the junction with Gen. Whit had
been effected. The Fourth Brigade, COM
manded by Gen. Russell Frost Of the Con-
necticut National Guard, consisting Of |
four companies Of the Fifth Infantry, the |
First, Second and Third Connecticut |
Infantry. the First Separate Company, |
Infantry. and the reserves |
OF artillery and engineers march to the |
front by way OF New Market cross road,
the famous Chinn house and the town |
of Groveton, and took up position on the |
high ground west of Lewis lane and north |
OF the Warrenton pike. The Second Brigade,
consisting Of four companies OF the Six
teenth Infantry, the First Florida Infantry,
the Fourteenth New York Infantry, the
First South Carolina Infantry and the
First Tennessee Infantry. marched by
way Of Manassas and Gainesville road
and took up a position near Wellington,
while the cavalry, consisting Of eight troops
Of Regulars and two troops Of the First
Squadron, New York Cavalry, commanded
by Col Wallace, covered the left front and
patrolled as far as Broad Run.
The Brown Army, which, according
to the problem, was placed on the defensive,
was deployed by Gen. Bell in general
line of defences running through auckland
Haymarket and Woolsey. To form this
line the Second Brigade, commanded by
Brig.-Gen. Thomas H, Barry, and con-
rsting of four companies Of the Ninth
Infantry, Twelfth New York Infantry
and Fourth New York Infantry, was made
the right Of the line and stationed on high
~ Oullu near DuChldIt, PStenulnR along
the Caroline road toward Hayfnarket
, On Gen. Barry's left was the brigade Of
col. James Hogan Of the Ninth Infantry,
a battalion OF the Ninth Infantry, the First
Maryland. Second New York, Ninth Mas
sachusetts and Third Tennessee. Its line
from Haymarket to Little Bull
Run, although the greater part of the
brigade was held in reserve.
The Fourth Brigade, under the COM
nand of Col. F. A. Smith, Eighth Regular
consisting Of five companies
one. battalion Delaware Infantry, Second
south Carolina Infantry and two battalions
Vest Virginia Infantry, was extended
rom Hogan's left to historic Snow Hill
The First Brigade, commanded by Brig
zen. Jesse NJ, Lee. was held in reserve
lear the centre Of the line.
This general plan of the campaign gives
IN ideatof the extent and scope of the war
games now being held in this region. The
nanqurres territory comprises more than
OUOO acres and the dista nce from r,ont | ,