LATEST FROM THE FRONT.
L^IG'HT MEN KrLLED AND ONE WOUNDED.
The following authentic intelligence has been received from Colonel Whitmore.
Thursday, 6 p.m. I his afternoon ten men of Colonel McDonnell's division, under Serjeant Menzies, formed themselves into a foraging party, and crossed tlie Waitotara to pick some pea clip s which had been observed during- the Colonel's expedition yesterday" towards Turano-amutu. They had scarcely reached the peach grove, after mooring- their canoe, when the enemy opened fire on them from an ambuscade which he had prepared, and the men hiu-ried back to their canoe. None appear to have been hit by the first fire, bat in getting- i nto t j ]e canoe Sergeant Menzies was left behind, and, the man who had the paddle not knowing- how to manage it, the enemy was enabled to overtake them before they got out of reach. Constable
McEnv.oy • and another/man, swam across, the former being1 however wounded, and the last killed' in mounting' the; .beach. Two other men took shelter in the bush, and ■escaped, but Serg-eant Menzies and the rest were shot from above, or tomahawked in the river, Sergeant Menzies' body alone being* recovered. Colonel McDonnell turned out his men with the greatest possible despatch, and was on the ground in a very few minutes, the enemy firing- at him as he approached; but havingfound the canoe, and gained possession of it, he crossed and drove back the enemy, bringing" off the two men who had sought shelter in the bush. jf*^
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Wanganui Herald, Issue 536, 19 February 1869, Page 2
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