| Show general banks Banki defeat ani repulse from virginia the reports that have recently came to hand band relative to the disastrous defeat of thearty the army und erGen banks and his hia hasty retreat down the valley of the shenandoah and across the potomac at williamsport William sport into maryland are not much more specific than those first received the loss and damage sustained and the priti principal cipal incidents of the several battles not 14 14 having been made public it is stated in the reports that have been permitted to be published that the fierstat first attack c en col command near nea r front royal was made by a large force of cavalry tinder ashby with infantry reimen re segments reg imen ments ts at noon on the of maychen may when a b ittle ittie ensued which lasted till night the first fi fight I 1 bt is represented rp resented to have taken place on the east side of the shenandoah where a repulse took place mid alil col kentry K withdrew t athe the west side destroying cne of the bridge and that on the west eat lle inne ille of the river another w wab was s ma mae ep and some two hundred rounds of shot shei shel and grape were fired at I 1 the enemy the last fight is said to have taken place four miles below front royal 1 it was stated by a soldier that in the last charge ashby display displayed el a white whito flag until within short ran ewhen it was thrown down and a rush made upon the he federal troops giving them no quarter the kihe new york I 1 cavalry broke and rode through the ranks cf the infantry and it was a abed by a captain M up erthe erfie er the fhe nor the dying were spared by the confederates S col kentry entry K may waa and taken prisoner and of the eight or n ne hundred of 0 the federal troops engaged in the fight on that day it was wab stated that only one hundred and fifty escaped and the maine and vermo t cavalry without saying sayin how many were vere all kilei I 1 and captured excepting exception C one c etain one I 1 lieutenant and rj eix six alx lx men on the it is stated that gep gen banks telegraphed to tb the department from winchester that he had rem lendved ved from strasburg to that place to s cure his stores and trains and that a strong stron attack was made on the trains at aliddie middletown town by the enemy wh ch was repulse repulsed d the next day he telegraphed from MArti to the secretary of war that the enemy attacked him at daybreak that morning with a force estimated at fifteen thousand consisting of jacksons and E ells eils ells divisions that his men nhen stood their ground and fought well for a time when two nee rel rei p I 1 ments broke their lines under the heavy beavy ere fire of the confederates and the right t wing C fell back with considerable confusion but after passing through 0 b the town they reformed formed re and continued to march in cooj order to martins burc burn twenty two miles ile he stated that ills his entire force tr igatA wui vets vess than tuan four thousand consisting L of formans For mans mana and donnel lys brigades with two regimen a of cavalry and two batteries of artille artillery and that lii iii iose lose was considerable as was that of the confederates A gon dispatch on the announced that it was understood that army was advancing from winchester towards harpes Har pea pes ferry that gen banks danks was being reinforce dand that prompt measures had been taken to meet the exigency of the case A dispatch from gen banks at williamsport William sport that evening stated that his whole force had bad arrived there and had made good their rc treat across the potomac ja leicia d 1 from gen banks on the evening evening 0 of the 2311 2511 stated that althou although 0 11 serious his loss was much less than miga have been anticipated con considering the great disparity f force and the long iong mat x rd r d plans of the he enemy which aimed at the capture of his whole army arm that his command encountered tere d the enemy in a constant succession accession sr or of attacks and well weli cont contested estel engagements engage ments menta at strasburg middletown newton W nc hester and other places their force b ing rig from git een to twenty thousand while that of his own was lebs less than four thousand and that it was a source of gratification that ills liis supply train 1 numbering num hening bAring fie hundred wagons subject to constant con staat a attack in front rear and flank was bro through with a los ios lo 10 s of 0 ly about fifty wagons on olt a forced march of fifty three miles thirty bie bhe hive five of which was performed in on ons oas day A dispatch on the that the soldiers dol doi diers composing gen banks banka command iye vye were ra in excellent spirits and were then occupying bolh both aides 1 oe I tha lbs ato Pj potomac tomac mac zu lne ine ti e betre a t aen i B n V 0 d tr have been in the rear of his arny army and when 1 in the vicinity ot of Martins martin asburg bur ashell a shell exploded within four feet of him hita without in injury iry it is not stated in any of tle the reports at what point jackon disc dise the pIr pursuit sult suit of gen banks column A williamsport WilliamB William port sport dispatch of the 2611 2111 stated that the enemy pursued them the night light previous but had bad not appeared that morn it a and that the labors of the night were i fearful it was announced later in the day that jackson with his whole force was retreating t from the valley but the report was waa subsequent stated to be incorrect and that he was in the vicinity of winchester on the with his whole force and that his advance ivance had made an att attack ack on harpers ferry I 1 and end had bad been repulsed in corroboration of that re report porta a correspondent c of the tribune in writing from harpers ferry sald said that the i operations there on the and reflected great credit on gen saxton as but for his exertions jackson with twenty thousand men would bave have pushed over the bridge 0 into maryland towards Baltimore such was unquestionably hib bib intention at least prisoners so BO stated ej and from the preparations that were made to meet the exigency of the case by the government ern ment it is evident that fears were entertained that the war for a saon sa on ml bt be transferred to the left bank of the potomac the rne american ine rican of the stated that ei eighteen eteen thousand men had been sent to reinforce gen banks and several carloads car liadi loads of heavy guns fr fram jm the washington navy ya 7 j the tile secretary ecrEt ary of war issued an order on conj tul tui the e sarti Str ti ot at allabe ata aka ava rall lali ta i roads roada iu in the united states and rc quiring requiring a 1 1 I railroad companies to hold themselves themi elves in readiness to transport troops aid ard munitions of war to the he exclusion of all other business vilen illen needed by the war department on the 2 gov curtin of pennsylvania issued an 0 der as he said upon the pressing requisition of the president in the existing emer emergency energetic getic v directing all the gen genri genrl rais rals ls and c colonels tarou throughout about the commonwealth commonweal lh to muster their respective commands immediately and march to washington or to such point as might c be indicated in in a future order gov andrews of massachusetts issued a similar order on the same day requiring all the active militia of the state to report themselves on boston C that evening reports both flony boston and philadelphia that night stated that the call made on the military of the respective states was being responded to with alacrity and a large force from each state would be in readiness to march that everli everil evening rig ilg t or the next morn ng t it if other states were called upon for troops to march to the capital capita it has not been made BO ba to appear although on the evening of the it was announced that troops had left indianapolis for washington b city some very hard stories were toll abo it the barbarities practised practiced by confederates the towards the unfortunate soldiers who fell into their hands in the several battles and dureg the hurried retreat sich sich bich as shooting and bayoneting the wo wounded which may have been more or less true but whether so or not such things may be expected before the he sanguinary conflict shall have terminated |
