The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08

11dgars battalion It seems almost IN,
credible tfat the etrbt. as I d WtinieI vas
could have been inndc them inuo y \. loss
repented more now as History. mere
wero tho eyes OF all tile army while \; 3w y
Wer ~ , snaS 81 h HUSH "a the TOP and
out or sight down OH the other SIDE {
Not Il man Of otir battalion waa IN re-
serve, we shall see later where Edgars
battalion was. ,E, IN N
easterly. A inacndanllaed road passes
down from Stanton to the Potomac Riy-
er. Parallel with this road, and about SIX
hundred yards from It ttiWrlto from mem.
Dry, after Al years. there is5a range OF
.p,ietcd It extend ed beyond tho top Of, this
Till, and the 1rifty-ilrst Regiment and tho
'Twenty-sixtll Battalion were beyond the
Mill. Mclaughlin sent II few pieces OF ar :.
tillcry along the top of this hill as Ihr
of the ground, and they kept up u spite.
full FRO upon the enemy until we hnd
to pass them by. when they returned TO
the road. 80
slgels position was well eh i, ',aav d Hs
il regiment Of infantry, supported BY an e
other regiment rested upon tho llig hest
point in his limo OF battle, and was pro-
tccted from flank movement by steep
tdeclivity to the banks Of the river. tf Pm
n.
valley, extending n hnlf-mic5 beyond tho
Villages. He had two regiments beyond
tho road--tt1e First West .Vlrglnl1 and tho
Eifty-fourth Pcnnsylvnnih MOST OF ms
line was behind y fence barric,afde., y, bat,
another behind his left. Shows Hntt cry
was on the hill at their right, Kleiser's
6 at tho centre. have no way or Know
Ing how tho other butteres were placed.
siges policy was to aea So onr n ~ rnuh
lie threw forward two regiments 20 III
4pcde our8progress and delay tho Sconlli{ct.
as long as he could. These were euh ,ui.
swept AWAY and as Is usual III j, s SUI.
cases they cnme tnrowi tbsv rush
cd back supon IT. rho routing 81 tneso
was tho first lighting done m thnt pa
tie, and did not last long AFTER coH ,.an
close to their main Inc we a th n 20 iii
Our troops stood thus counting from ON
rlrht to left: the Twenty-sccond, the
iTwei,ty-third Battalion. Thlrtlett Bat
talon, Cadets, Slxty-second, bifty-Hrst,
,rwenty-sxth Battalion. It Will bo seen
fla the yIwtnty-slxth was detached from,
Echoss Brigade and placed on the ex-
IRENE left of our line. It Is no reliectlon
on other troops to say It was put tnere
because Of tho excellent lighting quar-.
work awaited that part Of our line.
IIchols put Patton in command or tho
rest Of his Sbrgude,and accompanied US
to our apparent dcnth-grappe with the
or cmy. 1t should be noted also that 9 en-
eral breckenridge himself Joined us Jusl
as wo were rushed upon tho foe, snow
Ing his interest in this, supreme effort 70
Cd pture the highest point IN the enemy 3
line and thus turn his right TANK ana
nut Him to rout in spite of his EFFORTS.
Soldiers always know what sucn lrllnss
mean. and realize the deadly nature OF
their task IN.
After crossing over the rnnge of hills
we pressed forward tn we came to q I,
narrow cross-vnlley. down winch llo%ea
O. small stream Of water. and passed Il
country road. There, near q house. VIC
halted tin the rest Of the army had
inc OF BATTLE were ready for the assault.
;rhis is always a most trying time on
soldiers. for they knowl TINT ut any mo
ment they may, and eventually suTely
will be called on to storm the POSITION
Of the enemy. we could tell that Col.
with the enemy. and McLnughiina Dnt-
tcrins were laundering away terrlfflca!iy.
When the command came TO advance me
moment was extremely exciting, for inc
men having become somewhat ,hd 1impa ,uer
with unusual nlncrty. 1t was upgrade
and broken grounds all the way to INC
onemy's line except at tho last few RODS,
but the men assembled with quick step,
sometimes ut II run, while tthe enemy
tor tor Of ttp TIER speed. Colonel Patton, who
commanded tho right wing was now
pressing the TOO with CHARACTERISTIC nnerr-
~. and ~ extending his limo to his
Fight, \ was turning their left; pushing i
ok and making an angle IN II at me
road. The center OF our inc seemed
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