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orces were breast to breast, and the battle was to be renewed. Cairo, Feb. 16.--The steamer Minnehsha arrived here from Fort Donelson, having left the fort at 5 o'clock last evening, bringing a military mail and dispatches, and one hundred and fifty wounded to the hospital at Paducah. The fight commenced, as befere stated, on Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday the contest was desperate. The Illinois 18th suffered severely, and the Iowa 17th sustained considerable loss. Capt. Swartz's battery, which was taken by the enemy, was recaptured by our men. Two Colonels were wounded and two killed. The loss is heavy on both sides. The upper fort was taken at 4 o'clock, and the Union flag is now floating over it. Our troops behaved with great gallantry. The gunboats St. Louis, Louisville, and Pittsburg were disabled. The Minnehsha met the mortar boats at Paducah going up. The position of Affairs on Friday. St. Louis, Feb. 16. --The Democrat has a special