on my head, and down leaped the ape upon the other. In

part of the ground over which they had to move was swept by a heavy

fire of canister from both my batteries. Before they had quite

reached us, however, our telling fire made them recoil, and as they

fell back, I directed an advance of my whole division, bringing up my

reserve regiments to occupy the crest of the hills; Colonel William

P. Carlin's brigade of Mitchell's division meanwhile moving forward

on my right to cover that flank. This advance pressed the enemy to

Perryville, but he retired in such good order that we gained nothing