bridge with a section of artillery and a fire from the supporting

troops, so a small force was thrown across to drive them away. When

Merritt had passed two regiments over, they attacked, but were

repulsed. The work on the, bridge continued, however, not-

withstanding this discomfiture; and when it was finished, Merritt

crossed nearly all his division, dismounted, and again attacked the

enemy, this time carrying the line, of temporary breastworks, built

with logs and rails, and pursuing his broken troops toward Gaines's

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