QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 50, 11 January 1864, Page 3

QUEEN'S REDOUBT.

[ i-iioiL 111:1: ou'.v o>i:Hi-:.-ii'o.vi)i:.vr.' .lanuarv It. iMtoKT.wr change, laiv l., v n taking place this last Ui.-li. "I"i..- li-.fil- .■!•} l-r he., w!nn our gallant General lh. :ms to recommence operations. Tin- natives have entrenched themselves in throe very strung: positions, niest fuvoiuable I<>i- defending. Thcv are said to he much stronger than tiii.se at Kungiri '; and it is expected, a.-cording !.■ a]! accounts, Ilia! a most ileieiiiiiti'-'l Maud will l,e made. The cneniv are re-li..i-t.-.t t.> lie about a limo strong, consisting nl" Hie Ngatiamaniapolos unit others of the AVaipa trihes, wiio stale that tliev will Kght I'm- llieir eouutrv to tin- last ; he this as ihey stale, time will prove all." it is satisfactory to see 'that our gallant General has lii'cii pursuing his ionise down the country, driving from post to post a savage enemy who have proved themselves iiiiililiiic wanting- as tar as lighting is concerned, and who were vaunting .six mouths ago (!iat th.y would "exterminate t!v pakeha and drive them inlo the sea." Alas! how it nui-t gal! them to see their boa-led i-iMinii-y being vie] led loot hy i'oot, oiifgeuer.died on in ry |.oint, and evacuting their roimirv without a Mow being -truck. 'All the availahle troops have li.-n moved up, and more are to he sent as .-oou as tin; reinforcements, arrive, which are hourly looked l'..r. Captain Cleaves, 1 >. put v-Assbtan! Quailer-master Genual, arrivid h.-iv li'-iu 'l'lii Karaniea lor the purpose o!' arranging about the moves lliat were taking olaoc. (in the same evening parties of the •lord n giment w.-ro uiov. d up i'roni Ilrui-v ami arrived her-about TJ-MO liiiihiiii'iit : a most ili'llieult duly to perform, marching a distance of 1.) miles in the dark a:d nvi r such a rough road. Next moining the' whole of tin- regular tricps <>n the Croat South l-oail helw,.-en (Queen's IJ.-duuht and Drnrv »vn: relieved hy detaehmiuls of the Wail;.-.to .Militia. The Tilth r. ginu-nt, who were eneaini.nl at all the pnsl.s across country to the Thames, arrived at Koherea on .Veducsdav, under the command of Colonel Mu'iock. They .-n'camped at Koh.-roa that evening and inarched the next morning lor Xgaruawahia. The lemainder of the 70th arrived at. Koheroa on Thursday under the command of Captain Tigho, and marched next morning for Kangiriri. .. The Goth regiment stationed at Miranda Keiioubt, Tuakau, and the party el' the Koya! Artillery, arrived hereunder Ihi-eoinmnnd of Captain llulkcly, (i-)lli regiment, A. D.C to His Kxcclioncy. Since the death of Captain Swift tin re was no one to take his place in command at Hint pus), hut now-, since Lieutenant l'.utler has so far recovered as to rejoin Ids regiment, he has taken over the company from Captain liiilkcly, who procei ds to Auckland to resume his duties again as Aide ih; camp. .Detachments of the 18th regiment have 1 n pushed on the Thames to take up tlio positions vacated hy the Tilth regiment. They were marched to tin- Mungatawbiri under the command of Colonel Chapman. The whole of the men were safely landed without accident, under the superintendence of Captain Greaves, Doputv-Assist.-Qr.-Master-G.-u. The (treat South road, beyond the Mangatawhiri, is being pushed ahead very slowlv, as there are no availahle men at this post to complete the Work. I wonder that tile Colonel docs not employ civil workmen for tiiat purpose. It is shameful to think that such an important undertaking is not being carried on. 1 expect we will hear of more accidents oceniing daily if there is no other mode of conveyance across the creek than the pontoon bridge. Tlte permanent bridge lias hi en linishid across the creek hy our engineers, and it | would only take about a iortuight, with plenty of | men, to complete the permanent load across the i swamp, which ell'ects a jutictioiihcrc. and will hrnneh I olt'to Kgaruawahia and (he Thames. . The couvov proceeded to Drurv this morning . under the command of Lieut, l'itt, C.T.C. A native ; who was taken prisoner at the front accompanied the ' convov under a stromr e.-'-ort of the lUrd Kegt. He. had hi'-eu found in camp at the trout, trying to pass himself oil' as the postman, and making enquiries ol ' the soldiers what was our strength at tlte (lillcrellf , posts we were holding. 1 hope that, he will he made i an example of, and that he will g. t all punishment ! due to a spy. There ■arc vi rv few n ■inhu- troops stationed hero now, ou'.v about' tin of the IMil lbgU a few of the, •llird Kent., and a detachment of the AVaikato '. Militia and Koval Arlilh-rv. ! The partv ol.cngin s who arrived here from i Taranaki latelv' march.d for Tui Karamea tins i morning, taking with th. in a large i|UH.ntity otcnginI e.-rii.g tools and stores. ~,.-dof i \Yu have just heard, by fjlcjriv.j.li. u. J.j- ■■ 'n. ol thcGSth Kcgf. Iron. aa.l U.e deHihro.ut j hy tb.o ' Chariot of FHnje.'