LATEST FROM THE FRONT.
The Herald of the 13th says Wanganui is swarming with spies, who report every movement at once to the enemy. The first outrage will be the signal for lynch law. When the Armed Constabulary were landing, three mounted spies were noticed among the crowd, who afterwards galloped off; they had been trying to buy powder at the stores. Heavy firing had been heard the previous night in the direction of Pakaraka. One of Captain M’Grath’s men rode in this morning, and reported seeing about 100 men lh miles from his residence. The rebels have also been seen in force near Captain Smith’s on the right bank of the Wanganui. The head quarters have been withdrawn from Patea to Nukumaru, and the old Imperial Redoubt on the opposite bank levelled and abandoned to the enemy. The Sturt has gone up to remove the superfluous stores, and is expected to bring away the women and children, as well as some of the male population. It predicts that in ten days hence not a single European will be left on the Patea side of the Waitotara. Titoko Warn is said to have crossed that river, and turned the flank of Colonel Whitmore.
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Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 145, 21 November 1868, Page 3
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