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INEMY TUCTIBE TO TIIEIR 2CAJN LIBS*Tha next day It was determined to cany the salient Gen. Cooper had developed the day be* fore. Daylight, however, revealed the fact that the demonstration of the nigh; before had fright* ened the enemy and proved to them the vulnerability of ilioir position. They withdrew with alight resistance before the advance of the skirmish line, and before noon Gen. II Ac all had gained tho ground Cicnjtni/v had fought for the dny before The dead of that brigade, ieft on the field, had been carried off, having been stripped of all articles of use by tho rebels. The division was pushed forward and developed the otiojny in the main line, their Works running in a aouth-ea»torly direction, covering East Point. Gen. Cox, coming from the I.ick-Skillet road, took position substantially on the ground Gen. Bully had fought for, and Gen. IIasoall moved further to the right.CHARGE or TH* EOURTRIJfTn CORPS-Those operations of Gon. Ha^call on the extreme flnnk of the army were oi importimre* mid enaoled Gens. Baird, Johnson nnd Morgan to advance tlieir linoa nearer tho principal works of tha euetcy. I have spoken frcqueully of “outer works’* tuul “ main works.'' These expressions may be bettor understood when it is known that the rebels have built thefio v.orkj on tJici: dank and bojrnnd their interior line, hoping to tircc:,-g tie as to their roni position. and thereby re;j»r-*l us to lengthen our lines, and extend them away beyond liio real direction unr-ir :lt;]. These *‘outer woika” aro aoinct.mca lt;i great strcrKth. and are stubbornly dciondod. Wmuiiiflsaiu, ihmelore, tliat th'1 on I r wcik ” «ci taken, i; nelt; i-n.oi he inferred ihnt there war tm rlt;r •. urn * oflcred.TheiO thvisiunn oi the Fourteenth Army Corps pressed forward, and finally drove the enemy from two lines of their ouu r v.enks, srstaining comparatively a slight loss. 'I heae operations on the entire right \v;ug carried our imrt cloao upon the enemy’s main line, and •ahoriencil cur works materially. During the period, tt.e Fmr-tt tn»h Army Corn?, Mnj.-Uen, I’ai.xei: was uii- | der command oi Uen. Sciiomr.n. Glt;‘*i. Pji ir•. rt, tor good reasons, was relieved from romnein-i i.v order of Gun. bimtUA.v It ts umieccs? iry here to ra:ae any questions aa io the abtiitv of c an-mandcrs, or reasons why certain ptumiuent Gen* orais have been lclioicd fiout duly iu CueGen. Snri!liiN i* a thorough soldier ji.J a'lo., s no political inf’uenee to r« nGof him ii lh* h’-n-t The reasons that have Influenced him In tie* pro-motion of certain Generals, and the icnsowd ol certain others, uic woll under stood :n llo‘ army, j and encourages a true soldierly ombiim'i and spirit. It i ut cl con for any *• journal** ’ i° attempt to critidso his selection of mmy cun- tmaudcr?, or to disparage the ubbitios ol a in*- .
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Sun, Aug 21, 1864
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