The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-10
ATTACKING FORGE WINS
 IN EACH WAR PROBLEM
HoNoRs EVES IN MIMIo VAR
 FARE AT MANASSAS

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 Night Maneuver by General Bell
 Review at Wellington To-day.
 Corps Headquarters. Gainesville, Va, Sept. 9.-The second manoeuvre ceased at o'clock to-day with General Bell, commanding the Brown army, demol- ishing General Grant, commanding the Blue army. east of Bull Run. This re- suit awards victory to the attacking force in each of the two problems, and makes General Grant the first victor and General Bell the second, so far as results can be estimated without bull lets.
 The manoeuvrtng and fighting to-day was far the most spectacular and excit- ling of the campain. The first day of the second problem had developed noth- | ing but a rear guard action on the part of General Grant. while General Bell had spent his time endeayoring to make a demonstration on the left wing or to the south of the blue line. During the night the situation was changed. General Grants main position remained the same, behind or to the east of Bull Run. He withdrew his first brigade under General Wint, who had fought the rear guard action the day before, | to the famous stone bridge across Bull Run. along whose eastern shores the trenches dug by the federal troops still remain, and in which General Grant posted General Wint's line, after it had been driven across the bridge with the loss of ne brigade. General Bell ex- lecuted a magnificent march with the forces, which the day before were on | the left wing of his enemy. He drew | them during the small hours of the night from the left to the right of Gen. Ieral Grants position. When daylight came they were put across Bull Run at Sudley, or to the extreme north of the manoeuyre scene. His center re maind practically the same and fought Ia brigade action at Stone Bridge. It was here that the fighting of the day began. The brown forces charged up to the bridge which was construetively blown up, but were repulsed and order cd back A second charge likewise did not meet the approval of the umpires, but the third was accompanied by a most brilliant action, A part of the brown force, section of the Ninth in- fantry, had deployed in the woods, gone down stream and waded across. They Icrept up on the east bank and got into position not twenty yards behind the lblue defenders, when the Eighth Massa- lchusetts and Twelfth New York, who were making the charge on the west side, came up the third time. It did not itake the urnpires a second to rule out the entire blue force at this point and | the brown army crossed the run at will. In the meantime the force which had crossed to the north at Sudley had been
 coming down towards the pike. They lstruck Grants line to the rear and the lmanoeuvres ended when this force ap- peared in a f1anking movement on blue Iline which was facing a brown line that Ihad crossed at the stone bridge In summing up the situation tonight Col. Wagner, chief umpire, gave the precise
 movement of each brigade during the might, after which he commented on | the manoeuvres as follows:i
 "The blue cavalry accomplished lnothing during the day, General Bell having taken the precaution to change This base Among the blue regiments lthat lost most heavily in constructive killed or captured were the South Caro- Ilina, the Alabama and the Florida reg liments, all in the blue army. The with ldrawal of General Grant to a defensive Iposition east of Bull Run was effected Imost skillfully, the handling of the rear
 guard by General Wint being especially fine
 General Bells plan of action was an
 able one. Menacing the left flank of the blue, he had a long, prompt night march, by which he placed himself on 1.-the enerny's right flank in way that \ promised brilliant result. What the result would have been in actual war flare it is impossible to say The blue right was badly shattered. but Prices IUflSdQ6 $WdS DIlll lllIdSJ anu iil1AAACdAdkIC- ly available for support Reinforce
 ments could have been drawn from the brigade of Frost Whether the frontal lattack across Bull Run would have been sufficient to hold these two bri.
 gades in check, or whether the brigades lin question would themselves have beer carried away in the general rush, 1t is idle to speculate" <
 Tn re1inquishing command of the lmanoeuyre force, General Corbin issu. led a general order tonight expressing lhis approval of the work done by eact
 commander and the force under him.
 The militia will be paid tomorrow
 after the review which is to be held al ] Wellington at o'clock After the re Iview 5000 of the eastern militia will bt Ientrained and started for home. The
 Southern railway will run as many spe, lcial trains as necessary from Washing.
 ton to Wellington tomorrow, as grea' crowds are expected to witness the re lview of the blue and brown forces. . ' nr....A nJx~k rsut&s,..n a