...t Tate's Bluff, March 30, finding no forage nor subsistence in its vicinity, and ascertaining that the enemy 9,500 strong, infantry, cavalry and artillery, had reached Rockport and were marching upon Arkadelphia , I ordered Shelby to cross the Ouachita river and move upon the enemy's rear, and Cabell's brigade (which in view of the probability of the enemy advancing direct upon Washington, and the derth of f...