FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 150, 27 November 1863, Page 3

FURTHER REINFORCEMENTS.

The Home News, of September 26, lias the following:—

The undermentioned drafts are ordered to be held in readiness to embark for New Zealand to complete the strength of the service companies of their respective corps — viz., 2 officers, and 119 men of all ranks, 70th Foot; 27 men of the Eoyal Horse artillery, and 15 men of the Eoyal Engineers, with one medical Staff Surgeon. They are to embark at Gravesend. The following drafts embark at Cork :—1 officer and 144 men of all ranks, 2nd battalion, 18th foot, from Euttivant; 2 officers and 30 rank and lile, 40th llegt.; 5 officers and 36 men of all ranks, 65th, from Birr; and 2 officers and 41 men, 57th, from the 20th depot battalion at Cork ; making a total of 13 officers and 412 men of all ranks. Instructions have been received at the head-quarters of the Eoyal Engineer establishment, Chatham, directing the non-com-missioned officers and sappers selected from the depot companies at Brompton for service in New Zealand, to hold themselves in readiness to embark for their destination. The detachment goes out to augment the 6th company, which has latterly become very much reduced in strength.

The reinforcements of the Royal Engineers who have been for some length of time past under orders to embark for New Zealand, left headquarters, Brorapton barracks, Chatbarn, on September 25, and proceeded to Gravesend, where they embarked on board the Chariot of Fame. The detachments

go out to augment tbe 6th company of Royal Engineers. —Home News.