The Sun.
London, England, 1861-04-13 00:00:00

Y EVENING, APRIL 13, 1861,

the attack, and quickly replied to the fire of the
enemy, who, in the most determined and desperate
manner, rushed up the sides of the parapet, .and
in some instances seized hold of the men's bayonets,
while others crept round to the rear of the re-
doubt, and fired through the gabions which had
been placed to fill up the entrances to the work,
and ene of the Royal Engineers was in this man-
ner killed while coming out of his tent.
A perfect storm of bullets was poured upon the
troops from all sides for a considerable time ; and it
was therefore deemed advisable td call for assis-
tance from Colonel Wyatt, 65th Regiment, com-
manding N0..1 redonbt, for the purpose of dislodg-
ing the enemy from the ditch. The regimental call
of the 65th Regiment was 'accordingly ordered to
be sounded, followed by the " advance," which
signal was promptly responded to by Col. Wyatt,
who detached two companies of the 65th, under
Captain M'Oregor and, Lieutenant Urqnhart, as
well as one company of the 12th, under Captain
Miller. One,company of the &sth crept round the •
front face, of the redoubt, and, lined the sap,at e-
sent being thrown. out in advance of the redoubt ;
the other crept up the rear face.. At the same time
Captain Miller was directed to charge the ditch
where the' enemy was lodged, but was Wounded
while carrying, Out the orders ; his company-was,
however; led err by Lieut. Loirry, and it charged
in a most gallant and effective manlier, while the
65th, under Lieut. -Urquhart, pn the front, and
Captain M'Gregor on the rear face, advanced and

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this combined attack. _ A heavy fire was then kept
up on the retreating Maoris, by the 40th, from the
parapets; by the 24-pounder howitzer, under Lieut.
Macnaughton, Royal Artillery, and by the 8-inch
gun in chargé of a detachment of the Royal NaVal
Brigade. Theenemy, completely routed, retired In
great confusion,i leaving their dead and wounded;
together with arms and - accoutrements, in our
hands. They; were pursued for some distanoe
part of the 65th and 12th, until these were recalled
to the redoubt. Of the loss of the enemy it is im-
possible to form an exact estimate, but it must_have
been very` heavy, for they left in the hands Of the
troops 38 killed, and 6 wounded. 'lt is supposed,
however,, that double the number must-have crept
away to die. Thefollowing is the return of killed
and. wounded of the:military engaged :

Killed,—Lient. Denis Jackson, 40th Regiment ;
'George Chubb, sapper, Royal Engineers; Edward
Archer, private, 'l2th Regiment; EdWard 'Gorray,
private, 40th Regiment ; William Gilbert, private,
40th Regiment. •
Wounded—Capt. T. E. Miller, 12th Regiment,
slightly, ; Daniel Bushnell, gunner, R.A., slightly;
Patrick Cahill, private, 12th Regiment, severely;
Edward Power, private, 12th Regiment, slightly ;
Henry Wakefield, private, 40th Regiment, severely;
John Mullins, private, 40th Regiment, slightly;
John Officer, private, 40th Regiment, dangerously;
James Howard, corporal, 65th Regiment, danger-
ously ; Edward Smith, private, 65th Regiment,
dangerously; Joseph Robertson, private; 65th Re-
giment, dangerously; Samuel Hamilton, private,
65th Regiment, severely. Total—wounded, 11 ;
killed, 5.
This defeat of the natives caused them the
greatest discouragement, and it was anticipated
that very likely peace would be sued for. Such,
however, does not appear to be the case, for from
later information that has reached us, we learn that
things had remained in statu quo until the 10th of
this month, when General Pratt having resolved on
constructing a redoubt about a mile in advance of
No. 6, a force consisting of 1,200 of the 12th, 14th,
40th, and 65th, with engineers, advanced at day-
break. They were immediately met by a heavy
fire from the Maoris, who, being in pits, our men
were obliged to lie down, and the working parties
were covered by the fire of the Artillery, but the
Rifles kept up a fire on the enemy as fast as a
sight could be obtained of them, and the
works were completed. The Maoris, who occu-
pied every little post offering advantage for
attack or concealnient, must have suffered se-
verely. It is said that seventeen dead Maoris were
picked up, others killed, and many wounded. Our
casualties are:—Killed : Capt. Strange, 65th Regi-
ment. Wounded : Royal Artillery—Gunner A.
Hedglay, severely ; gunner J. Green, severely. 40th
Regiment—Private R. Morgan, severely. 65th
Regiment—Private W. Davis, severely ; private D.
O'Hagan, severely; private J. Munro, dangerously,
Militia—Private S. Randle, severely.
A rumour had prevailed that the Waikatos were
actually suing for peace, but this appears to be un-
founded, as there is every reason to believe that the
New Zealanders will still fight. Great indignation
had been occasioned at the date of our last advices,
by the death of Captain King, of the Militia, who
was shot on the Bth inst. by some of the natives
skulking about his farm, whilst he was looking after
his cattle and the remnants of his property.