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Sunday Noon And we have not yet been rationed although we are still expecting it to transpire at any minute. The heavy fire that I spoke of in the other sheet was an assalt on Ft. Spanish by our forces. And it is now officialy reported to be in our possession. Some say that it was taken at Mid Night, the the first assalt was unsuccessful, as to the facts of the case am not prepared to say. Our loss must surely have bee heavy for our men were three lines deep. We have always supposed that when Ft. S.___ fell that they could not hold Blakely and the report now is that they are evacuating and with their Gun Boats in the river to cover their retreat we can not do much to oppose or harrass them. Our Gun Boats have not as yet got up to be of any assistance for the channel of the river is literaly full of Torpedoes, which could not be removed as long as they were under the cover of their Batteries. But now they are being speedily removed by Prisoners Captured last night. The Number reported Captured faires from two, to three thousand. As for getting any thing reliable it is utterly impossible there are so many Prisoners affloat.