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in turn. As the national army advanced, the consternation of the rebels increased. On the 22nd of November, the commander at Augusta declared: I can as yet count on only four thousand for defence here. Am gathering all. People show little spirit. On the 23rd, Hardee reported from Savannah: I could gain no definite or reliable information respecting the movements of the enemy's infantry. Wheeler attacked the enemy's cavalry at Clinton, Sunday, but gained no advantage. The same day Colonel Cross drove the enemy from Griswold, but, being reinforced, Cross was in his turn driven from the place, Monday. Bragg was at this juncture ordered to the front. On the 26th, he was at Augusta, and reported that Sherman had interposed between him and Macon, so that he could rely only on the forces east of the national army. These he declared were feeble in number, wanting in organization and discipline, and very deficient in equipment. No offensive movement, he said, can be undertaken, a