The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-07

On the same day he assured tho above
9i u, ,'No,hns but cayalry appears
for Them. can hold the place"
On the morning follow ing he noti.
nen schenk Enemy appearing In
on the S,rasburg road. Elliott Pitch
Ing into them Any extra star very
much in the way. | ought TO he there
back. "A . p. NJ. Of this day dune
13) he again informed his superior at
baltimore: Mciteynolds. will soon be
here; he Is closely pursued
cavalry. They Will surround. but can't
take my fortified lions" At 10 Z. NJ. he
again notified him II was sharply
Ing: prospect nf o general engagement.
but Viii hold this place In spite OF
fate" Before the night of the 18th
Sc, N he vas male aware by the cap
cthl Ewcll'3 troops were In his front,
ianh reported ~ Schenk: "Ewcli's
tJackson's old corps are all Ill front
of U.S."
I, Whatever confidence Milroy may
have felt in his ability to hold tho
place. IT was feeling by no means
TON authorities. and the Intelligence
that Jackson's old corps waE nj Win
chester greatly increased their an-
casincss. Hls
on the morning OF the i4th schenk
wired General Dan, Tyler at Martins
burg III possible offer relief 10 MIL
roy. by the the iiarper's Ferry and Win
eral Afllroy IRON Winchester 70 IIar-
n PER- Ferry 4 possible He VIII he
latter message schenk replied: Il am
doing al can to get Milroy back TO-
wards Hnrpers Ferry. The
rebels appear to have pushed on he
frI c.at, lie,
arc reported approaching Martins
hurs- Again Lincoln inquired: rs
Milroy Invested SO that he cannot fall
back To llarper's Ferry?"
At r. NJ. General Tyler autographed
Schcnk from MartinsburE: General
Milroy Is in a tight place. II he gets
out It will be by good luck and hard
lighting; no. straggler in from his
army yet; it is neck Or nothing.
courier sent by Milroy In the night
brought word 10 Schcnk that ''If he
fMilroy) could not fall bnck. he could
sustain himself and hold his position
for five days and message went to
him from Schcnk saying: Our forces
have cvacuat ted AIartinsburg and fallen
back 10 IIarper's Ferry. You must
hold out to the last, and then use your
judgment as 10 cutting Your way out"
The door of hope for help to Milroy
heing closed in Schenk's department
TO Hooker 10 send him relief from
cast OF them. and NJ $50 +. NJ. tele-
Eraphed that general: $50 far as we
can make out here. tho enemy have
Mllroy surrounded In Winchester and
Tyler at Martinslinrg. II they could
hold out few days. could YOU help
them? II the head OF Lees army is at
Mnrtinsburg and the tail of II Is on
the Plank Road between Fredcriclss-
burg and Charlottesville. tho animal
must be very slim SOMEWHERE Gould
YOU not break him?" To this Hooker
In part replied: ''I do not feel like
making Z move for an enemy until
am SATISFIED as to his whcrca bouts. To
proceed 10 Winchester and have him
make his appearance elsewhere would
subject me to ridlc,ile."
Thus sloomily sank the sun on Mil
roy at Winchester June II. 1868. A
message 10 Schcnk on the following
day from him AZ Harpcrs Ferry read:
They carried my outer works by
storm O'clock Sunday evening.
spiked all my guns Sunday night and
leit Win the whole Of my command
quietly ut o'clock this morning.
got through but my force
was greatly scattered and shattered.
we we're pursued by n largo cavalry
force. who picked up numbers OF our
weary boys"
General EMell, whose troops made
the assault on the outer works at Win
chester on sunday evening, reported
concerning Milroy's qriIct retreat IN
the night following: "Aniicipatinr tho
possibility of the enemy's attempting
~ retreat during the night. ] ordered
General (icdward) johnson with tho
stonewnll. Nichols and three regj
ments OF Stuarts BriSadcs. ana De
ment's battery with actions ne
c "a I'm rt,or 1to,.t :.
point on the Martnsburg Pike. about
two and one half miles from Winches-
Ter, so as TO intercept any attempt 10
retreat. Just as the head OF his
column reached the railroad coo wards
from the Martinsburg Road. tho enemy
were heard retreating down the pike
toward MartinSburg. Here wns
the hardest lighting which took place
during tho attack After several
front attacks had been steadily met
and repulscd, they attempted to turn
both TANKS simultaneously but were
met on the right by General Walker
and his brigade, ? and on the left
by two regiments OF Nichols's Brigade.
In few minutes the greater part
OF them surrendered. 2.3oO to $500 In
number. The rest scattered through
the woods and fields. but most OF them
were subsequently captured by our
cavalry. General Milroy, with $50 or
500 cavalry. made his way TO lIarpcr's
Ferry.
"rhc fruits OF this victory were
twenty three pieces OF artillery (ncar-
~ all rifled), 1000 prisoners, 500 load
cd wagons, moro than 500 horses aud
quite large amount of cominissury
and Quartermastcrs' stores
On the same day that Milroy made
report OF the calamitous ending of
his occupancy of Winchester, the COM
ma n der n-chief. IInllock, wired a COM
inand TO Schenk: Don't give General
NIiIroy any command at 1Inrper's
Ferry: we have had enough OF that
sort OF military genius
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