The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-19

| meet II is thus told In the report OF Gen
| eral Pendleton. Lees artillery chet:
",rhe enemy thus punished on the 10Th
| made no serious attack on the lltn. Ia !
| In the afternoon the commanding genera
| having reason to believe the enemy VIII
| drawing, and intending to leave nm no
time If gain distance on lis. directed the
chief Of artillery to have brought back
from the front line before 1t should be
entirely dark oil guns so situated as TO
he difficult to withdraw a night. so that
everything might be ready TO march ut
any hour. General Long having q
more difficult route for his artillery ut
Johnson's front-bS n narrow and M
tricate rond through wood-prcfcrred
executing tho order literally, especially
as the night promised to be very dark,
Nelson's and Pages batteries were nc
cordinslv withdrawn. - y = AT . "a. M.
Pages Battery was hastily summoned
back to the line, 1t having been discovered
tho enemy was preparing to make there
a heavy attack 1t was moved up with
extraordinary speed and arrived ut the
proper point. but not in time to avert
disaster. Before the guns could be
brought into action ALL were enveloped
and captured. ="
AS Hancock did not assault until 4:3o.
guns ordered to move to the front ut
.. with less than mile 70 go. must have
Ind their Extraordinary speed" serious
tly bbstructed. not to have arrived III
time. The obstacles were the narrow'in In
tricate (and muddy road through the
woods AMI. in addition, says the re-
port, 1--WE were obstructed by the extreme
darkness OF a very dense fog. General
Long, commanded the absent artillery
which had been moved to tho rear the
night before--to be brought UP as his
rapport read, at $3.50. He further says:
Had the artillery been in position. the
assault might have been different, or had
might have been avoided. But'the morn
ing was so dark and foggy 1t was with
difficulty we could distinguish friend from
fOe'' & ss'g52i la n
In his memoirs" General Long says:
The darkness was SO intensified by a
thick fog that the attacking column was
able to advance unobserved.
General Ewell says in his report: The
artillery was sent back. and owing to
the darkness it only reached the line
in time to be taken. - = The enemy
attacked in heaviest force Mt earliest
dawn. The smoke Of the guns and the
mist kept the air dark until a compa ra-s
lively late hour, thereby assisting tho
enemy rs he vas enhpled 70 move ms
troops as he chose.
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General Edward Johnsons report. Is
closed as follows: ''rhere was no SUR
prise. 80 The first assault on the
right was Handsomely repulsed. Tho
ma In attack would have been repulsed
had any artillery been on the line which
c . nave swept me srouli'o over "hch
e,', - ne Brnuilu was oPeii
sl'. e', Z OF some .''' uis.a nee
o IN. .tne o,her haha. VINE 1a.allS nam
l'erli's ana M. uefaIisias me Ionic oerate
movements. tfie " mon attack experienced
some lncohseduen'lal Strounie from the
murkY morning. General tiancocS, who
d t.,,. me assanit. says ~ MS report:
=. tooh pos'l,o'' ZOE the az.
siul. quie''s anu p,o'hp'ls' altpoush II
N N,eE, -. an unusualis uark ana stormy
i'is ~. =, rel,ar . were scarcely
e 9, e., AZ oaylsn, q lleaSy iog De
uuau my ~ ue,as s'''e oIaef LOT assault
u IN we should nave suilcient light. 7,
therefore. waited until 4;s3 4. N. a cold
ul. 9. ia ram osscenped curing ms
,si..''ee. roit tn,r'S-tlHe q. NJ. May
TIN. was only half an hour before sun
. rise .e,
( ASSAULT y Z, or ,nyVioSTY THOUSAND
FEDh'RAL SOLDIERS.
Hancock's corps itinerary reads: BE
fore daylight the troops were formed for
assault. In two lines OF battle.
each division with but very short inter
walls, almost 4 solid rectangular mass Of
nearly 1000 men to hurl upon the enemy.s
works as soon as 1t should be sufficiently
light. a dense fog fell before daylight
and We stood wet and shiyering until
4:3O when the fog lifted somewhat and
the command was given To advance The
whole corps stepped on at the same
moment. and in about aoO Yards marrhed
over the enemy.s nickets' al astounded
as wo marched over them out of The FIR.
that they never fired 4 shot !, In Nc
Army Of Tho po,omac sw,rton n',,o
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