Show BY PACIFIC TELEGRAPH SPECIAL CIAL TO TUB THE DULY DULT UNION VEDETTE new york october ath the city point correspondent oct ad kiya I 1 learn a few particulars of the attack in force by the enemy upon our left yesterday afternoon under cover of a hajn storm they massed two divisions of and several regiments of infantry and attacked wilsonn Wilson Wil sons 3 cavalry r Y on the left 0 warrens new nev position A desperate tight fight ensued and we lost over hilled la 11 and wounded rud and retired this was the only enly important operation of the lay day the lier alas correspondent with the cavalry on the ast 1st says it has been fully ascertained that the rebel generals hampton WU lee 1 and young were vere opposed to us during the engagements gage ments yesterday and the lay day before they have been so frequently punished by our cavalry that they only tight light under the most advantageous circumstances the heralds correspondent corresponded with the loth corps october alst 1st says our operations of the day have been a rc in force up to thu the very outskirts of the city and only refrained from entering ente and taking possession because li because his orders would not permit him to do so this I 1 morning gen terrys division divi with drautz cavalry started on an important mission of feel j ing the enemy and ascertaining ills his strength in the immediate 1 vicinity of richmond for this deli delicate cate movement tile the dispositions were made as 36 follows two brigades bri lades of terrys infantry moved out by the sight hank flank to the central road and covered by cavalry they advanced up tip that road towards che city col spears brigade of kautzi cavala cavalry y with one section of horse artillery was thrown out on the charles city road with skirmishers deployed on the left to the beell central road to cover the movement in that direction the rest of the cavalry deployed as in front of the infantry and extended their line on the lett left iowa down to the left or of our main line six pieces iches or of horse artiller artillery y accompanied tho move inove 1 mont ment on the central road when the line had advanced to the powell holme boewe a point on the central road about abre q miles from lUehm ond they met A line liae of rebel skirmishers at this point olat tho the cavalry skirmishers were wil withdrawn drawn and the ath and loth regiments of connecticut infantry inal antry deployed in their stead these regiments regiment tg fi advanced handsomely driving the rebels before them with ease case the rest of the colli column na a advanced steadily dily in line of battle in the rear of the skirmishers mi when the line had reached howen house the enemy opened on them with heaby artillery from the main works work iati b wang this ajr J w A A t 11 ll fishers pressed on and drove th p rebel into the line of works at sh bol hn within two I 1 miles ale of the elt city y the 0 alry airy on the right rea reached clied si car p 7 the same line of works these wo hvorka were ascertained to be of a very for form inid able character similar in natu nature re to abe t continuation of those on our front at laurel hill they mount he j guns but are manned by a force pa militiamen cilitia ni litia men pressed ino info service in ill t 4 or emergency from shops stores filc factor and the streets of richmond the expedition having accomplish all it designed fell back at lightf nigh nightfall tf fa the old position the losses in tb 3 movement were killed and wound i ed while this deconno i batice wag goin on the rebels were observed massing Q an fn an attack on the left of the ani and right of the gen birney at olleo f made preparations which caused th tha rebels to 0 o abandon their design er it was prisoners give the milo information 0 r M a ti on as to the present st sl reneth ng f of lees army at petersburg mow in all north of the james river sav say in all the mili militia t a being scat in different din erent divisions A railroad man captured today to day asserts toatoa that on monday hist besaw troops moving from lynchburg to gordonsville Gord onsville to support barly and that two brigades of kershaws Ker shaws command had bad previously been sent forward for the same purpose the heralds hera Hs aoth corps comps correspond ent says moat pris prisoners cap captured are of the rawest kind of soldiers men inen who rave have just jurt been thrust into the ranks they tell us ua that when the advance waltz iya maate every man capable of be arh arnis arms was sent into the field ind business was suspended in the rebel assault on the about prisoners frere captured the shenandoah correspondent opposite browns gap on the anye any since the fight at fishers hut there hasteen has been no general cral engagement the enemy left the valley through browns gp gap eai early eaily ly was much di dispirited 81 ir wd d drank heavily over 2000 rebels tire are scattered through the mountains without arms and are antion the enemy lind bad gone towards ch M lottsville on oil the alie our cavalry was attacked b by y infantry and cavala cavalry cn valry but held their own oct let ast everything is ig favorable up mp to this cioe ku clr of the tale cam i m wm paig li have e men P |