Monmouth Herald & Inquirer

THE WAR.
Sec. Stanton to Gen. Dix.
War Department.
Washington, Oct. 8--12 o'clock, m.
Maj.-Gen. John A. Dix: This Department
has received the following reports of the
enemy's assault yesterday upon Gen. Butler's line, their subsequent repulse, and Gen.
Birney's brilliant action, driving the enemy
to their inner line of intrenchments around
Richmond:

Hdqs. Dept. of Va. and N. C.,
Friday, Oct. 7, 1864--5:30 P. M.
Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant: At 6:30 A. M.,
the enemy having moved Field's and Hoke's
Divisions from the left at Chapin's Farm
road round to our right at Darbytown road,
they attacked with spirit Kautz's Cavalry in
their intrenchments and drove him back
with small loss of men, but with the loss of
his artillery.
The enemy suffered very considerable loss
in this attack.
The enemy then swept down the intrenchments towards Birney, who, having thrown
back his right waited their assault and repulsed it with very heavy loss on the part
of the enemy. The enemy, in the meantime,
advanced towards New Market, but were
met by a force at Signal River.
At 3 p. m. I took the offensive, sending
Birney with two Divisions up the Darbytown
road. The enemy retreated as he advanced,
and Birney has reached and occupies the
intrenchments which the enemy took from
Kautz, and were fortifying for themselves.
Our loss has been small--not one-fourth that
of the enemy. We have about one hundred
prisoners.
B. F. Butler, Maj.-Gen.

Hdqs. Dept. Va. and North Carolina,
Friday, Oct. 7, 1864--12:20 P. M.
Brig.-Gen. Rawlings: The following has
just been received:

HDQRS. 10TH ARMY CORPS, 10:15 A. M.
Gen. We have repulsed the attack of the enemy on our right flank with great slaughter.
The troops seem to be Field's and Pickett's
Divisions. I send you a batch of prisoners.
I am extending my right flank. The enemy
seem to be intrenching on the Darby road.
D. B. Birney, Maj.-Gen.

Hdqrs. Department of Va. and N. C.
Friday, Oct. 7--10:30 P. M.
Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant: Birney has retaken Kautz's old position, and holds the
enemy in the inner line of intrenchments
around Richmond, extending from the Darbytown road to connect with Weitzel on the
left near Fort Harrison.
There has been no movement at Petersburg to-day. We have much the best of
this day's work--a thousand at least of the
enemy killed and wounded, a hundred prisoners, and a bloody repulse.
General Gregg, commanding Field's division, is reported by a lady who saw the body
as killed.
B. F. Butler, Maj.-Gen.

No dispatches have been received from the
commands of Generals Sherman, Rosecrans
or Sheridan later than were reported in my
telegram of yesterday
Edwin M.
Stanton, Sec. of War.