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Federal army upon Munson's and Mason's hills, says: The advance of Gen. Smith on Falls Church from the Chain Bridge was accompanied by events of the most deplorable character.--Having passed Vandernerkin's and Vanderberg's houses on their way to the former place, and when about half a mile from it, by some unaccountable blunder Col. Owens's Irish regiment, of Philadelphia, in the darkness of the night, mistaking, for rebels, Capt. Mott's battery, which was in the advance, sustained by Col. Baker's California regiment, Baxter's Philadelphia Zouaves, and Col. Freedman's cavalry, fired a full volley into the troops last mentioned, killing and wounding a large number. The California regiment, not knowing from whom the firing came, returned it with marked effect. The horses attached to Mott's battery became unmanageable, and the tongues of the caissons were broken, owing to the narrowness of the road. Lieut. Bryant, having command of the first section, ordered the guns to be