This pursuit brought him up to the vicinity of Allatoona.

This place was very strongly intrenched, and naturally a very defensible position.

An assault upon it was not thought of, but preparations were made to flank the enemy out of it.

This was done by sending a large force around our right, by the way of Dallas, to reach the rear of the enemy.

Before reaching there, however, they found the enemy fortified in their way, and there resulted hard fighting for about a week at a place called New Hope Church.