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The Yankees loss at Petersburg on Saturday. Petersburg, July 31.
--Fifteen battle flags were captured yesterday, and over two thousand stand of arms.
Our losses in killed, wounded and missing are about eight hundred.
Prisoners say that the Yankee General Griffin was killed yesterday.
The enemy's loss was fully thirty-five hundred.
Yesterday was the first time that the Army of Northern Virginia has fought against negroes.
Our troops to-day are busy burying the Yankee dead left in our lines.
All quiet to-day.
About 2 o'clock a flag of truce was sent into our lines.
The object is unascertained, but is supposed to be for the purpose of getting a truce to bury the Yankee dead between our lines.
[Second Dispatch.] Petersburg, August 1.
--Our losses in Saturday's affair foot up twelve hundred--three hundred killed and wounded and three hundred prisoners from Elliott's South Carolina brigade.
Mahone's losses are about four hundred and
From Georgia. Macon, July 31.
--A force of cavalry appeared in Jones county day before yesterday.
Night before last they cut the Central railroad in two places — at Gordon and near Walnut Creek bridge, two miles from here.
At the same time they made a demonstration on Macon, and were repulsed yesterday after some severe skirmishing.
During the fight several shells were thrown into the suburbs.
One fell in the city.
It is not known what damage has been done to the railroad.
The Yankees are reported to be falling back near Clinton.
Their strength is not known.
Our loss is forty killed and wounded.
Griffin, Ga, July 31.--Passengers by the train from Atlanta report that a Yankee raiding force entered Newman yesterday. --Roddy's cavalry happened to be on hand and pitched into the raiders and defeated them with great loss, killing a large number and capturing from seven hundred to one thousand prisoners. A gentleman who was there says he counted ninety six dead Ya