OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON No. 3 REDOUBT.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVI, Issue 1498, 19 February 1861, Page 5

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK ON No. 3 REDOUBT.

Head Quarters, .damp Waitftra,- ' ! - 23rd Jan., 1861. / ' : *s... Sir,— -In continuation of my Despatch of. t£e ; 19th inst., No. 15, 1 have the honor to .state, that since that date, the, 19tb, 20th, and 2m 1 inst., I have been employed in, increasing and : completing No. 3 Redoubt, and commencing a douhle sap in a direct line. towards i the enemy** . position in the bush, and on the moiningof ■; 22ud, I proceeded with the Hoad Quartere of ■'/ the 40th Regiment to the new Redoubt itfordsr = to its occupation, with nunibew amounting to j '■: 290 rank and file, h ' '' " , ' " '.' "' x? J A little before daylight this morning; > 23rd£ , instant, heavy firing was heard from the Ao^^ a Report soon reached me that -.No. 3 Redoubt; j , : \\ had been attacked by the enemy iv 'gr<tat:f6rce^^:v|f and that they had, been repulsed ;with^eiffcr A;: loss. I reached the adTahtte lWiiV-^'^^?^-'^-of 120 men, and found =thafct^e: ; |e|^n^^dq^ made a most dariiig^a^ta'dk on^bj||d^6i|^vo redoubt, which had been rWe|;;ifl,th^,i^Wfi||^^^ mined manner, and . a -long "Unfe f i 6% aea^,|fl]|M; dying Maories lay on;the."gWund ? ~wbjl|i; f mer|¥!|S is little doubt.at leastdftubfe 'j&e^obj|<o|(p^| 'enemy have oifeptawa'j^ttii(4odii™^^||,^j-^^ 1 I enclose -'Lie^^Q^^|!f>9|^K^|^^^i^ ■ ;olear account-of *e-affair^aln«i^l^^^|^^^pU that officer most cordially; Hnj^r^^^^^^l^