Submitted by James M. Burton

THE NEW-YORK TIMES
VOL. XIII - NO. 3742.
NEW-YORK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1863.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
A Great Battle Fought Near Chattanooga
The Engagement of a Desperate Character.
Fierce Dashes on Our Left and Centre.
THE ENEMY FINALLY REPULSED.
Our Lines Re-established as Before the Fight.
THE LOSS IN WOUNDED HEAVY.
Official Statement from General Rosecrans.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
CRAWFISH SPRINGS, Ga., Sept. 19,

A desperate engagement commenced this morning at 11 o'clock.

The rebels made a heavy attack on the corps of Gen. Thomas, forming the left wing of our army, and at the same time they attacked the right wing, which was thought to be a feint.

Gen. McCook's and Gen. Crittenden's troops were thrown into the engagement as convenience offered, the main portions of their forces being on the march at the time.

The fight on the left was of a very desperate character. The enemy were repulsed, but, on being reinforced, regained their position, from which they were subsequently driven, after a severe engagement of an hour and a half.
Gen. Thomas' forces then charged the rebels for nearly a mile and a half, punishing them badly.

About two o'clock in the afternoon the rebels made a fierce dash on our center, composed of the divisions of Gens. Van Cleve and Reynolds.

Gen. Van Cleve's force were struck on the right flank, and being vigorously pushed by the rebels fell back, until Gen. Carter's line was broken and the troops became much scattered.

Gen. Thomas on the left, and Gen. Davis on the right, then pushed forward their forces vigorously toward the gap, and, after a hard fight, recovered the ground which had been lost on the extreme right.

The fight disclosed the intentions of the rebels, which evidently was to get between us and Chattanooga.

The general engagement, which commenced at 11 A. M., ended about 6 P. M.
Gen. Palmer, who had gathered together our scattered forces, and Gen Negley, who had been sent from the right flank to feel the center, pushed forward, and reestablished our one as it had been before the battle began, along the Chicamauga Creek.

The country where the battle was fought is level, but thickly overgrown with small timber and brushwood, and is very unfavorable for the use of artillery, very little of which was used.

The casualties in wounded are heavy, but extremely light in killed for so heavy a musketry engagement.

The fight on the left was one continuous roll of musketry for an hour or more.

No general officers were injured.

Col. Heg and Col. Bradley, commanding brigades, were wounded.

Col. Jones of the Thirty-Sixth Ohio regiment, and Col. Carroll and Maj. Van Natta, of the Tenth Indiana regiment, were also wounded.

Lieut. Jones, of Company A, Tenth Indiana regiment, was killed.

Lieut.-Col. Hunt, of the Forth Kentucky regiment and Col. Maxwell, of the Second Ohio regiment, were wounded.

Lieut. Degraw and Lieut. Ludlow, Lieut. Fessenden of battery H, Fifth artillery, were wounded.

Lieut. Floyd, of battery I, Fourth artillery, and Capt. Brown, of the Thirty-first Illinois regiment, wounded.

Capt. Searles, Assistant Adjutant-General, of Starkweather's brigade, was killed.
Battery H, of the Fifth artillery, was lost, and afterward recaptured by the Seventy-ninth Indiana regiment.

The battle is not yet over. It will probably be renewed tomorrow.
Rebel prisoners taken represent that the corps of Gens. Hill, Pole, Johnston and Longstreet, were in the engagement.

Our men are in the best of spirits, and eager to begin anew.

Special Dispatch to the New-York Times.

WASHINGTON, Sunday, Sept. 20,

Rosecrans, in a dispatch to Halleck, says: "In the early part of the fight the rebels drove us some distance, capturing seven guns. Later in the action, however, we drove the enemy, reoccupying all our lost ground and capturing ten pieces of artillery. A number of prisoners, representing forty-five regiments, were captured by our forces." The battle was probably renewed yesterday morning.