UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
"A chiel's amang ye takin' notes. An' faith he'll prent 'em."
So the forces have been niarshaJled'bn th'e battle-field of the County Council, and although a deal of skirmishing was indulged m, both armies have again retired from the contest without loss of life or much bloodshed.,. When the two opposing armies were first' arrayed, the inequality on the side of the North wa. visible, but its Iphief, with' the tactics and strategy of a skilful general declined to engage until re-inforced from Wellington. Thepianof the battle arranged m the Southern camp was slightly changed for the nonce ; but to then* dismay when they wished to take up the ground they had relinquished, they found the enemy so firmly intrenched that they were fain to withdraw^ leaving them m possession of the battle-field. If, with its superior numbers, not to have gained a victory .was defeat, then the South certainly has experienced one;
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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 30, 19 February 1879, Page 2
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156UNDER THE MICROSCOPE. Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 30, 19 February 1879, Page 2
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