The Scotsman - Thursday, 16th July 1863, page 2

_EDINBURGH_, _THURSDAY, _July 16, 1863_. THAT the Confederate and Federal armies have _engaged in a terrible _struggle in _Pennsylvania, that the first day'_s fighting—which did not_, how ever, _include the whole force on either _sideresulted in the defeat of the Federals; and that a great and _decisive battle was _probably ' proceed ing at the very time of her _departure, is the important news brought by the Bohemian, whose dates from New York are to the _evening of _the 3d insfc—two days later than by previous arriva's_. The collision has taken place _preciiely _where we conjectnred _on Monday, _judging from the accounts we then had of the _relative _positions of the _rival Generals and their force_?, that _it wai likely to _oscurnamely , at _Gettysburg, a _small _town on the _slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains _between thirty and foity miles south of Harrisbnrg, the state capital of _Pennsylvania _. On the morning of the 1st insfc, a Federal force, of which the advance_, was under command of General Reynolds_, _passed _through _Gettysburg , bat _were met a short way. north, or as _another version has _it_, east of the town by the Confederates under Generals Longstreet and Hill An engagement at _once commenced _. In the early part of which Reynolds _captured a Confederate general and a thousand men. The Confederates, however, appear to have been in _greater strength _, and to have speedily made up for this and other losses. General _Reynolds sustained the conflict for two hours before he _was reinforced by General Howard, when the _Confederates had _partially succeeded in taming his right _flank. An attempt by General Schnrz_, ordered by Howard, to retrieve this disaster, by in _turn _outflanking the _Confederates_, failed, and the forces of _the latter coming _up _in strength under General Ewell, contrived to _turn both _flanks of the federate, who then retreated to a _position south of _Gettysburg, _which was _immediately-occupied by their opponents . The _repulsed _Federals were, at the close of the _engagement, which lasted _from nine _moining till four afternoon, joined by the entire army of the Potomac under General Meade, _ad it was believed _that the fighting , _which was _resumed on a more extended _liso on the _following day, _would be continncd by tha _whole _strength _of _the two great armies on _tha 33 , ' the date of the new _leaving New Yoik. _The preliminary _encounter _seems to have been sharp and Moody _, _enough . The _Federals have lost an _immense _number of oincere, _including Genenh _._Reynolds and _Paul_,'and 4306 men; the _Confederate ' lo»s ' _is _"belitved to _be _equal" _' to theirs They _report a total _capture' , of _GOOD prisonera _in _Pennsylvania_, of whom 2000 had reached Baltimore : .That the whole force of the Federals is to be _brought _up for the great _encounter _is'shown by the fact of General French having _abandoned Maryland Heights, and, destroying the _fortifications there_, _marched to _join the main body _under Meadc. General Lee _was close to the scene_, of . _action; he _had _shelled the town of Carlia'e on the _lat after _demanding _its _surrender, _burning _the-birracks and _building ?, _-and had-on tho' ' 2_il _returned towards _Shippensbarg,' ready no doubt _to brmg bis entire force forward thenco to the _battle-field near _Gettysburg.

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