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did not however, retake their wagons. They were obliged to leave their wounded in charge of the surgeons and fall back to Grand Ecore for supplies. Instead of being disheartened the boys are in excellent spirits, and determined to put the matter through next time. A force of five thousand was sent up to assist the fleet, which reached Grand Ecore riddled with shot and shell yet not materially injured. They had to fight their way through with a loss of several killed and wounded; but Porter was with them, and backed by his iron-clads, they fought their way stubbornly, step by step, and got in without the loss of a boat. Had the rebels been alive to the importance of this prize, and sent a force large enough to capture the fleet, or even to destroy it, Banks would have been in an awful condition. The Federals Hurrying the Garrison troops to the front. The movement towards garrisoning the defences of the harbor of New York has commenced by the order of Gen. Sandford