Tub Firiit at Poootaugi.—Th? Richmond ■ Examiner uf the Situ alt, o >nuius t:ie followini;: — "Charleston, Octiib ri!)—The enemy ft'lvjiiced yts--teulay inoi-iiiupr in two columns, on-i against Uoosaw.itchie. the otiur .ijraiixt Po^oriili^). Tliey wcie iepuls<id from Pucot.il i?o by our forcss. At Coosanatcliie they succeeded in K.iimn* the r.iilro.u', hut bel'ore thry could Uo it much, dauiag: our troops cams up ami drove them eft*. Tlie railroad1 n.n-1 tele^rapli havealreaiy been ni''n'led, and tire lutb in vrorkint; or ler. The enemy's "sranboati aiv a.iciiorcd below Cctroiwatchic On'irlesnn, UetobcT-2J -lrifoimsttioa has ju-t b'en received 'tlut the ' tiemyhns . been driven to his ho^ts. Pocutaugo and Coosawatchie! are . points on the Cliarleston and S,iTAiinah Hiiilroai 'only lix-'iuikf apait, and atro'it midway between* the two cities. - They are appr-oachablu by water to witfaiu a lewmiles. - Tlie Cdniederates lo.ig nvcteJ defences at Dr. ■ new both placvs, and a demonstration-mala on Poeotaiigo nearly n year.n-jo was repulsed. ■. No doubt tlie i defensive woiks have been verymucL fclreiigthenid since ilie'n. Tlie posses--ion of one .oim»b-tli >ot tluf» places isiinporlnnt to the- /Federal*, us by di>strojl-"g the railroad comrnuiiiua.uon, between the t>vo' cltlt-* ' they may obLiin iin-adv.v.itapre tbat will be teltin case . of an attack upou either of tUeio.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 363, 18 February 1863, Page 5
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