3 p.m.
Our captive balloon reports that the enemy seems to be shifting his troops on the left flank . Two Japanese battalions have abandoned their positions , which were at once occupied by a line of skirmishers from the 86th Regiment supported by two machine-guns . An assault of the second battalion of the 64th Regiment on the Japanese infantry position was repulsed , as the enemy quite unexpectedly brought several masked machine-guns into action . The firing continues , and General Elliott reports that the battle with the hostile forces advancing along the Bear River Valley began at 3 p.m. south of Georgetown . As the enemy has appeared in unexpectedly large numbers , two brigades of Wood 's division have been sent from Bell 's Pass to the North . The private secretary changed the position of several blocks on the map , moving the flags at Bell 's Pass and pushing two little blue flags in the direction of Georgetown . Then he took the report to the President .