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The Daily Dispatch: May 19, 1864.
From the Valley.
Staunton, May18.
--Gen. Breckinridge's victory at New Market was even greater and more complete than at first announced. He captured six pieces of artillery and nearly one thousand stand of arms. The loss of the enemy in killed, wounded, and prisoners is heavy.

Sigel runthirty miles without stopping, abandoning his hospitals and destroying a portion of his train. His large cavalry force alone prevented us from burning the bridge in his rear before the rout and thereby capturing the whole.

Our success was chiefly due to a day and night march of over thirty miles, and commencing the attack before the arrival of one of his divisions, which was whipped when it did arrive.

Sigel commanded in person. Brig. Gen. Stahi commanded his cavalry, while Gens. Sullivan and Couch commanded each a division. The enemy encamped last night on Cedar Creek, the swollen condition of which alone checked their flight. Our advance is two miles below Strasburg, and it is thought Sigel will continue to Martinsburg.

The Daily Dispatch: July 25, 1864
Victory at Atlanta — large capture of artillery and prisoners.
Twenty-two pieces of artillery, seven stands of colors and two thousand prisoners captured in one engagement, and five hundred wagons in another, form a very good nucleus for a wreath of laurel. Such is the intelligence from Atlanta, official and unofficial. It appears that when Sherman crossed the Chattahoochee he did so with an arrangement of his forces intended for the investment of Atlanta. Our army faced due north.--Gen. Thomas's corps crossed the river above the railroad bridge and in front of Gen. Hood's right, and remained there. McPherson's corps crossed above Thomas and moved around our right to flank it, reaching the Atlanta and Augusta railroad at Stone Mountain Station, thus cutting one communication. Here they were joined by Dodge and Blair's corps, (16th and 17th). Logan's corps is at Decatur, six miles east of Atlanta and nine miles from the force at Stone Mountain. It was apprehended that McPherson's corps, strongly supported, would swing around to their left still further and strike East Point, the junction of the Atlanta and West Point and Macon and Western railroads, which join about ten miles south of Atlanta. It was doubtless while making this movement that Hardee attacked him on the 22d. To cover this movement it appears that the enemy made heavy demonstrations on our extreme left against the corps of Lieut. Gen. Stewart and Gen. Cheatham, which had been placed in line of battle around Atlanta, but were handsomely repulsed.

The following is Gen. Hood's official dispatch, received at the War Department:

Headquarters Atlanta, July23d, 1864. Hon. James A. Seddon, Secretary of War:
The enemy shifted his position on Peach Tree Creek last night, and Gen. Stewart's and Cheatham's corps formed line of battle around the city.

Gen. Hardee's corps made a night march, and attacked the enemy's extreme left today. About one o'clock he drove him from his works, capturing sixteen pieces of artillery and five stands of colors. Gen. Cheatham attacked the enemy, capturing six pieces of artillery.

During the engagement we captured about two thousand prisoners.

Gen. Wheeler's cavalry routed the enemy in the neighborhood of Decatur to-day, capturing his camp.

Our loss is not yet fully ascertained.

Major Gen. Walker was killed.

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Gens. Smith, Gist, and Mercer were wounded.

Prisoners report that Gen. McPherson was killed.

Our troops fought with great gallantry.

J. B. Hood, General.
The "Associated Press" dispatch is very muddy, though we presume that the Gens. Smith and Giles mentioned in it are Gens. Smith and Gist mentioned by Gen. Hood. Had the enemy captured East Point that would have completely invested the city, and Sherman could have commenced his siege.

The brilliant movement of Wheeler, who is now, it appears, operation on the enemy, 'instead of covering our retreats, if correctly reported, is very damaging to Sherman's army. The supplies for the Yankees are brought across the Chattahoochee, and then wagoned to Decatur, a distance of about 15 miles, and this interruption of rations in the rear, coupled with the disastrous fighting in the front with Hardee, is likely to cause a change of position in Sherman's whole force — probably to the extent of falling back to the line of the Chattahoochee. Farther than that he cannot go without destruction, nor can he stay where he is without whipping Hood's army.