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three heavy guns. There was also a battery of smaller guns higher up the river, which opened an enfilading fire upon our troops as they advanced. One of our batteries was brought to hear upon the bridge, along which were posted sharpshooters, where firing was somewhat trouble-some, and as soon as the character of the defiances and the number of troops there was ascertained, it was determined to withdraw, as the attempt was seen to be futile. The First District of Columbia cavalry, Col Baker's regiment of Gen Kantz a command, lost most heavily in the affair, but the entire loss in this division was not more than sixty killed and wounded. From this point the raiders moved in a northeasterly direction towards Weylesburg, which they reached after a night's march, near daylight on the morning of the 26th. Halting there for about an hour, on 26th, 27th, and the partier part of the 28th of are marked by few events of any importance, except that on the 27th, Brig Gen W F H Lee on ou