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The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 5 (search)
Fortress Monroe. It is further stated that on his left, McClellan, with severe fighting, had passed through White Oak Swamp, with 40,000 men and 100 pieces of artillery, to a secure and advantageous position, and had subsequently cut through a line of communication with the James river. It is reported that, during the two days fighting, McClellan's loss was 10,000. On this head we have no particulars what ever. Col. Alexander had come through to James river to select the new base, and Turkey Bend had been decided on. This is about thirty miles from Richmond, and ten miles above City Point. Telegraphic communication beyond Yorktown is cut off, and the officials permit nothing outside the official dispatches to go upon the wire. The N. Y. Times thinks "the work which General McClellan has in hand is progressing to a favorable conclusion." It goes on: The heavy operations of the battle field, last week, practically ended with Friday, by which time the change of position wh