... It having been ascertained that the force in the cove did not exceed eight or ten thousand men, comprising, it was subsequently learned, two divisions of Thomas's corps, under Negley and Brennan, Gen. Bragg determined to crush them by a combined movement of a superior force. Accordingly, on the night of the 9th Gen. Hindman, of Polk's corps, was ordered to move his division rapidly into the cove (by t...