The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-08-20
.lievng dlstance and must adopt pronip ,t
anu Vigorous measures TINT would pur r1''

ulNl NiSUIOuBs measures LuhS
throtgh NIL opposition.
'"rhiee miles lit should be /, ily ~, mlies)
nortl, was ltopewcll Cap and It IT,, was neg
ssa% gs goaSsasiSo II O Order have
hntIvahtnge ground for flank movement,
Mt tic saline time TINT We forced our
WY w fe9pnlhs over w in E'q,,,t,,n
tS sass shl s TaSrsW'h sox viii three Se
ndes while lioeI Wns !, q n mp D.
,,ng ever I. He 4 mountain ~ lhofous'hare
eal , wr reh ii e onneston 0 VIII lis
sss "na Even n asss
unusua ana rc lnd {hs fho
oughfare Incident. l
General Ricketts, retired during tho night
without pressure md i ,,dd lS Or
accepted the Hopcwel theory. but final.
ly Settled down 10 the. tpnvictiotl thnl
Hoods Division scaled the mountain anu
won the Pass.
1 have already snid that the looswall
detachment had no Bearing on tne ne
ton, una ! now state that With ne ex.
ception Of u hundred a.i,slih5leis, LOT
tho mountain. General Laws brigade
started, nnd1 climbed the Wesier', , t,ae
and. nttained the gsunla,,,t, nv was culled
sSooiers vent H'' on ~ All Tic rest Iied
. h!SigAsrd rs IS p AsD ro,ns ACCOUNTS
Ss I'll h sbn Por naA "a rsSr ~.
r. .zle, sseiies 1. yol. y says; ~ retired
2sth. rested ny dlvislon ,, slat night ahs
At dawn I marched TO. MANASSAS june
ton. left Thoroughfnro because the
enemy was turning my fhnk, nnd lelt
JynrH ~ INIT hn retiring toward
Manassas that vas ALL"
report as published 80 IN "B1tt ,I.a . Gnd
have White is q 20 on " The subject: The
hour Is Q o clock on that Same night OF
August 18th. and the general is congrat-
w sshs IL e sone e" h win Sr ON he
Jackson ut last IS surrounded, Longstreet
10 barrlcaded ana the government may
prepare for sled tidings' Those were not
the spirit Of them. What he said, when
the morrow dnwned, was: 10 my
great disappointment and surprise,
thq MnEs ys na that hud ef
support. that 1.-THE route to Thorough
fare Gap had thus been left open by this
Gap "nftcr Offering Intellectual iesjst-
ancc," and that IAN Immediate Change
was necessary in the disposition Of my
Later on, General Pore cxroun 1s hls
compelled either. to abandon the Ra,ppa-
tom" Tho. railroad had been torn VI:
ammunition. Porter neither ob"ycl nor
Attempted e obey orders but said his
and there was q wagon train in the way.
General Mcdowell failed 10 support
Kings division at Grnveton because me
and no supposed me to be al Maraysas,
he started beck. but LOST, his way IL the
woods, and there was ther.ts;e no ORG
IL! Il is ST true that when acncral Long.
street: when quite ready. directed ser
,,navailinEly. like pillows on rock
.f RR1a. .eG GEy. flaw AND GIMP a
dier cnme into the problem, 4 glance at
that frownnE deer and n narrp ng
ness o; direct, assault. But General Law
mrn bad addea s'e
to Lon gstreet' e fnn me on every field from
Cold llarhor to Gettysburs-a comma nds Is.
Who az Or On the ex xps,a ID ha ma
always been assigned the post OF peril;
t,ntil'in front Of Round. Ton he had hrrnly,
protested against the frontal attack, and
as firmly insisted that the road to vic
tory lay around the unguarded left oil
the Federal army
And for that outburst OF insubordina-
tion the gallant brigadicr was duly en-
tered on I.ongstreet's doubtful list along
with other delnruents such rs Ambrose
Hill. John B. Hood: Jeb stuart, Stone
Tn tr MI DIT arft 1Laa mr. nnn
Of whom General Longstreet doubtless ,i
did his Notwithstanding on them In fun
measure the compliment OF his censure.
the distinction of his dsapproval, the
tribute OF his scorn.
Let us return to the Gap. skIrmishng
and cannonadinr arc still in progress but
General Hood exchanges a few earnest
words with General LAW. and then, nc
companied by @ countryman on raw ray,
leading along tho base OF the: noun
| tain. The obscure trail is soon lost, the
Guide Is dismissed, and General Law.5left
! to his own devices, acts in his accus-
lie filings forward his pioneers, biz
| scouts and sharpshooters with instrnc-
as from p5 the eas they da s
un,the face Of the mountain.
The general, swiftly deploying sweeps
eneosnterinE sheer hs Will q rock at p other
SHOULDER 10 Shoulder, but constantly as
! cendlng and converging toward the more
The Federal outposts and skirmlshers
Yielded to the impetuous rush. and the
h9 era hat IRE
! believed his right flank to DO impered
by m actual turning movement. he
therefore retired; promptly and IN good
AS General Law passed. the summit