TARANAKI.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 108, 18 March 1864, Page 4

TARANAKI.

sKTRMrsir Avrxu tiik xatives at KAITAKI'.. ri'roiiulio"Tiir.m!iki Herald," March 12. J The iilitnn was p-ivcn in tmvn yesterday, by two settlers who had been out to T>insl'e's to j*c-t in cat lie, t!i:it the Maoris were about: iud.'O.l they had ridden within 200 ynids ..I - th.-::i, but. happily tlic bullock they wore after turned off, or thbv Would have, gone i-iWby ivh-n-IV rm.bpi-li w,is Iviiiir. They ' saw on., or two native.. : ,n,l as they turned to-come away, I"".!,;,,- 1,,,-k, tl,,v saw i-i-111. or t.'ll llloiv sliow their h..:..15. (In,, of (hn natives eooe.l, m< if Wiiniiiisr ai-otlier ]i:ul\- at l!illiii','.s' to enl oil: their r.-treat. but th-y s;.w no others and C">t safely back. When this was known in town, thu two husli parties started (ill jnrtii- as they cnnU 1,,. e-ot together) in pursuit, but the Maoris had disappeared. Colonel AViin-f! also iininedi:itel>- .signalled to Onmtii to Ciiptiiiii to send out a partv of thirty up to liuiton-.s 11,11, and (~ Captain ( arthew, at J>o,,toko, to send a party up the Ilurford-road ; the Colonel himself then pro,.e,,| IM I t,, Oakura, and directed Major I'.utler to iidva,ice towinls Kiiitalcc j for the purpose, w, ; beli..v.., of shelling it. Cantain Corhett with his eonumns- and some of t},,. Vie. tnrians. l.,ft IV.liit<io and mid., bis u,,v i.dand to th.. lefl side of the Kaitalcc rid-e. Mai.if liull.-r.s force consisted of 81 of the -",71!i (Captain Lloyd's company) will, a f,.w „.,.„ ~!' (],e I loyal Artillery, under l.ieut. I.in-om; the y, l: ,s a -.'I 11,. howitzer and a cohorn moit,r. Am arlvanc; Has made to within about .".on yards of the lower pa (,„■ rather palisad- : me;, for it does not. s,, u, to 1,, ; vxactly a pa}, and lire uaso r ,.,,ed 0,, it and on the riMe juts, ~,„, ~f ,]„. | shots ir-.m- wide and s..me jn-t wl,,. r e tliov w, re ! 'ntended. T:,,. nM\v,.-i rc,,lie,l , v ;tl, an oc-asional ! Tire Iron, Iheirditrereut positions but, did not .seen, lo ho in any -real numbers, M ,,d tbe force advam-d to a Miiriit ri.-o in tlic irromid abr.ut 200 vards in front of the palisadiu- and hern the gun was K ot into portion a-ain. But this had hardly been done, when the Maoris opened ahcavy cross fire from (lire.. .lilVeiTTit direction.—Corn the front, from the hill r,,, ill" rijrhl, and inm the rifle pits 0,, tin- rid".-<: to the left, on u'hii'h (ii'j i:jipcr p :l s;.,nds. ("ij,i;;in Mae.., who ha" .sei-ii as much as iu.inl ]ic";i!c .'f tin- -.var i,i '■ Tw.nUu -;.v- -.! «•■!« it'iv,..!!; Oμ i.ivi.-l |ir.' i\vy, '•■„■ ! hi:- '"■■■>< a ,. '-ii'lrh ! .."i«iiM ft*!i! !in>J "l;}V'!!vll» ii s>.-i-..

pprploxino: us well. Tt is thought, there wove 200 natives (here, and this is probably not mi over ostiinato ; they would never have ventured to come upon our count it as they have lately, unless they had been 1,-n-cly roinforc-ed. Tiicv worn then iieavly l.n-e.l (linos as numerous !ls the force onposod to them, and Mud moivnvw th<: adv;intur;«) of a strnu" linsitmn, ami Afainr P.utle.r, therefore, had no choice lell but to retreat. Tliis was mr,naL-e,l in cxonllt-nt ! ordc-r, the iue n slcinnishing without any conliisi.m. notwitli.-hmdiiur the heaviness of the fire and the loss they had su-fiim-d, which was severe considering tin , nature of tl,o action. Tlie irrratrst part of (ho occurred i n the nei-hbourhnod of th o cm< ;,t w ] ur l, d,,. ATani-is -eenied to di'r.vt inor-t of their fire. Private Ken- - nedy was l-illod soino little in e.dvnncr. of it whil.-t in tiir. :ic[. of capping his piece. T.ieut. T.ar--..iii wns M-oimd'v-l wlii!,t.siiperinU>! ! .lin:rthe hmviizPi-ni-a.-tu-e ;v.v\ lived onee ,„• twice oven after he. was hit. I lie crim. whirl, 1,,,,] )„„,,, ~,-evioiisly s-hort-ha-idod, could now no loncn- he proporly r.orved. and was fiiercf.ire li m ),eivd up. The natives seem:- this nv.w down ,n force to the palisadinir. ran u|> their red flair, which they had taken down on the near advance of the troops Oenrin-. proh;,l,lv. that, it mi-ht be cut away or tdceni and enir.nier..-ed a verv lvavv fire at Minrtransro, and it vis duo nviinlv to thefa.H that ihoy wore. s u ,.i, wretchod einrksmen. that our loss was not niii.-h t!i»ii it was, lmt paillv ;,}-o to the Moady front that, was shown thorn. "Wlion our troops hrvl trot it o. safe distnnco the nntivos w ■ hr,...r ~„„„. outside and danced the wureanne. Thev nUt fired pim orc.isionaHv till latd in the afteriioon, with what purjio.-e was not. :i])parorit. What their 10--,s has bnon is of roursn impo--=ible to ; "••. One man fell, and rolM down r,., , .'...;,;.- the rifle T.:!«, -ind he may therefore ho considered hi n>, least dirahlo.l, and as a cro-it. doal of Hie firing wai g-noil, there aid no doubt, others in the sarmi ' ease. Our uwn 1-.I.SK was an follows :— Riivai, AuTii.i.Kirr. AVorMirn—l.iuut. Larcoiu, U.A.. «c.v,'YK, ri-ht s!iou:der. •"iTrit YJr.oiMf.NT. FClLl.Kt)—Private Michael KiMlUeiiy. No. 1 (V.lll- - Woi-N-m:i» l'-.ivate AViUI-im lb-nv, s, viv left eyebrow, and f0re!,..,.!, l'livat, , ?dartin Sl.-i^i. , ...], sever,', 1-ff elbow. ,l. im es Adl-V. severe, left Ihi-h. l-.'m r-h-eriberlriMl. sli-hr. left tlii-11. CJiarics ii"i-iue. fliuiii. ri.'l't side ofahiloinen. ■I. !•:. V.m-m:. .M.0., Staff S.ir:-.-..:i. We 5>,,,, : 1d ~„.„(!„„ thai Antoni... „:,-'..f ihe •!.o-.1!,-el ..ri.'l-lies. V,-c,-i» ,-d f,e tlltlllUs .it < 'olo'l.-l •.Vi.rve, for I',.- M-d.l-mtrv he ,■ I in bii.e-iie- "■»'■' < «■'. of Ihe wound, d in, n on his hov.se. Major 'luil.V.s iv,,,liie>-s ;:nd conn,:..-,. :,,-:• .m. .I.en ..f \.rv ie-.-.hlv, ;u,.; w- have no ,lo, ; !,i ihat the , -,.;,,-,, „-. ~,'v ■•le,-s ~.■ !,0,,,.,,,,,i,!.. , n ,. lltil>lt , v i,o.s<. na.....s »-ii,.-,,i,,;j< y.-.« h.-,i-.!. We "nave !;„.;,-h; i| onrduty i-i c.uifiii" oip.-s, !vc: !■' :i -ininle Mateaietit f,f the Yacisas ii-iii-lv a.< we .-■n-.i ;:—;-:::in theia.