...e and canister shot from the foe, who were in a good position with artillery, having a dense forest in their rear for a protection and cover, and swamps on their flanks. The attack was bravely met. Reno 's superior numbers soon flanked the Confederates, and the latter hastily withdrew. A gun-boat under Captain Flusser had, in the mean time, driven the foe out of the woods along the river-banks. H...