They sent telegrams  ordering Jameson to abort - but Jameson's men had already cut the telegraph wires south.

他们发电报命令詹姆森中止——但詹姆森的人已经切断了南方的电报线。

But they had made a sortie into Jonesboro, burned the depot, cut the telegraph wires and torn up three miles of track before they retreated.

可是他们曾经攻入琼斯博罗，撤退之前烧毁了那里的车站，割断了电线，掀翻了三英里铁轨。