WAREA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 541, 7 August 1865, Page 7

WAREA.

ENGAGEMENT ATI'I' 11: THE IIEBELS. LIEUT. BALLY, 70tit Be--imen v t, and TJIPvKK SOLDIEKS KILLED. LIEUT. TYLDEN, 7<>nr Regiment, and FIVE SOLDiKKS WOUNDED. THIIITY .MAORI;- KILLED. two rursoxEES. r: republish the Extra of tlic Turanahi Herald received ou Fridnv last by -the s. s. Auckland, relative to the recent engagement at the Warea between detachments of the 43rd and 70th and a party of the rebels. JLralti Oflice, Thursday. August 3, 1865. "Yesterday evening. -Major Eussell and Captain Macc ciune inio town from Warea. intelligence of a very spirited attack upon the rebels at a village six miles inland of the wreck of the Marchioness at Kapoaiaia, and about ten miles from Warea, by a ioree under Major .liussell, consisting of Captain Cay, Lieutenants .Bally. 1 ylden. and itovrard : Surueon Turner. 4:>rd L.I. ; Captain Mace, a volunteer, and 115 of ihe 7<>th regiment.

As we mentioned in our extra of Saturday last, a force of 200 men under Lieut.-Col. Colvilli', 43 rd L.1., left town to rout out the rebels who killed Captain Close and Corporal JLanaghat; on Friday last. On Sunday Colonel C-ol-ville went round by the Tutu, and coming out by the Stony iiiver, camped for the night there. Next day going inland by the Ivopua he followed the bush track that leads to the Puru, leaving the village of Akakawhia, and came out near the village burnt by Major Kussell's party on the 13th June last, and back to camp at Warea b}' the road on which Captain Close was shot. Tuesday was a day of rest for the troops.

On "Wednesday morning a party paraded at -i.Til.. consisting of the force named above, under .Major liussell. and a force of 100 of the J 3rd, and 110 of the 70th, under Colonel Colvilli-, and the following officers : —Captain lion. Harris, Lieutenants Talbot. Long'iey, and another ollieer whose name we have not ascertained. and Assistant - (surgeon Grant, -I:3rd Light Infantry, and proceeeded as far Kapoaiain. whore' they separated. The party under Major .liussell turned inland and took the track for likea, where the mill was burnt on the 13th •June. The party under Colonel Colville went further down the coast, and turned

inland for a place called Kairuru, where it was supposed the natives were. It was believed that a track ran from Kairuru to t 'Lea, and the plan was that after Colonel Colville had driven the rebels out of Kairuru they would, be cut of by Major .Russell's parly. Major liussell reached Okea about 7 a.m.. and going to the top of some high hills I hat command the flat, smoke was seen at a distance in the scrub distant about 500 yards, Captain Cay was at once sent, with GO men, to reconnoitre ; and after getting through the bush found himself close to a collection of about twenty whares. The natives were completely surprised, ami at first made little resistance. Heven .Maoris were hayonetted in the open, ami a large number more must have fallen in the dense scrub and in the whares. Five were taken prisoners. The only loss the 70th sustained in this place was one man shot, and Lieutenant Tylden severely wounded in the hand and lace. Captain Cay's party then relumed to the r'-s-rve with their wounded and prisoners. Whilst these men were being examined by I>r. Turner, the natives exchanged a few shots tvith our men. and a skirmish then en-wed. the natives fighting most determinedh' and aiming with remarkable precision. The native position having been Oostrovcd, the force began to return to cam]), but soon lound out that the rebels wanted u/it for their losses, in the search for which the features of the country otieivd great facilities. In several places it was found necessary to check them, as they began to swarm oil the /lanks of the party who were encumbered with their wounded, Ac., which accumulated in their constant skirmishing. On one of these occasions we regret exceedingly that Lieut. Bally was killed, who was shot while in command of the rear guard. r lhe fatal bullet entered his side, causing almost instantaneous death. He was a deserving officer, and very much respected by all who knew him. Ihe troops returned to cam]) about 1 30 p.m., and during the march three of the prisoners, in attempting to escape, were shot. Colonel ColviUe, hearing the firing, forced his way through a dense track, guided by Minarapa," and having got on the same road on which Major liusseli had traversed, fell in with six natives on route, and shot five of them, two of whom were recognised by Minarapa as chiefs. The two prisoners brought in out of the live taken are a young woman and a blind man, belonging to the _\gahamanga tribes. The following is a list of our casualties : —

K I U.ED. Lieut. Bally, 70th regiment. Private >mitii, 70th regiment. Private Brown, 70tli regiment. Private Unlph, 70th regiment. AVorxDEii. I.ieiit. Tvhlen, 70t]i regiment, severely. Private Laughton, 70th •■egiment, severely. Priva'e J'ova], 70th regiment, severely. Private Saville, 7Uth regiment, severely. Private "Waril, 7°th veg-.ment., dangerously. Private Malev, 70th regiinent, dangerously. The above is" necessarily a hurried account, but may he relied upon as authentic. We eannot conclude without alluding to the promptitude with which Colonel \V arrc luis followed up and punished tile natives who attacked the party under Captain Close on Fridav last, and also must speak in high terms of praise of the gallantry displayed by Jtfa.jor Kussell, not only on this but on every occasion where opportunity has oD'ercd, from the commencement of the war in this province. We understand Colonel Colvillo follows up yesterday's success by returning this morning to the village, where, no doulH, he will hud the remains ol the rebel lorce, and will, wc feel certain, give a good account ot them. We hear that Mr. Pan-is left Opunake yesteiv day morning for \lunilii, with a large escort of friundlv natives, and a force ol the -i3rd irotn \V area"left this morning to meet him. lie may be expected in town to-night or to-morrow.