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The Daily Dispatch: May 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], The movement on Richmond--two more Repulses of the enemy by Gen Lee — affairs on the Southside — feint at Drewry's Bluff — fight expected near Petersburg Today — the Central Railroad Tapped, &c, &c. (search)
ic attention was chiefly concerned yesterday about the position of affairs on the Southside, and rumors were plentiful especially the one about the destruction of Chester, which is explained elsewhere. The only movement which took place at all was a feint made by the enemy on the extreme right of our forces defending Drewry's Blufvance in every sense of the word. The feint upon the Bluff was too transparent to deceive any one, and was very feeble in its character. The rumors about Chester. There were a hundred rumors yesterday about the occupation of Chester by the enemy, the burning of the station, and the occupation of the hotel as a hospital.Chester by the enemy, the burning of the station, and the occupation of the hotel as a hospital. None of them were true. Mr. E. H. Gill, the Superintendent of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, went over on an engine to Chester yesterday and ascertained the following to be the facts of the case: The enemy were in the village yesterday morning about 9½ o'clock, and tore up the track at the station and a part of the track