ST. LOUIS, March 10.
The following is an official dispatch:
To Major-General McClellan, Washington:
The army of the South-west, Under Gen. Curtis, after three day’s hard fighting, has gained a most glorious victory over the combined forces of Van Dorn, McCulloch, Price and McIntosh. Our loss in killed and wounded is estimated at 1,000; that of the enemy still larger. Guns, prisoners, &c., captured in large quantities. Our cavalry are in pursuit of the flying enemy.
Signed,
H. W. HALLECK,
Maj. Gen’l.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Tuesday Morning, March 11, 1862, p. 1
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