THE REVOLT IN NEW CALEDONIA.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5422, 13 August 1878, Page 2

THE REVOLT IN NEW CALEDONIA.

Auckland, Monday. The troops, after destroying the village, were, upon their return to camp, attacked by 200 to 300 natives at Boular Pari. The troops pushed on for a place sufficiently open to afford the chance of seeing the savages, when they suddenly turned round, and 15 blacks bit the dust. How many more were wounded is unknown, for" they disappeared in the thick scrub as if by magic. Much is hoped from to-morrow’s expedition to be made against tho insurgents by the Cauilla tribes, assisted by tho soldiers. Everything remains quiet in all parts of tho island except at tho scene of tho revolt, and oven there operations arc confined to a very small area. The attack organised yssterday resulted in the destruction of the villages only, the natives fleeing to the mountains. Many people express surprise that more is not yet achieved, but not so those who come from tho scene of action, and are well acquainted with the country and its black population. These know that the tedious process of starvation and of black against black are the moans which must be depended upon for the reduction of this handful of agile devils, who leap from rook, dive into tho friendly covering of thick tangled bush by paths known to themselves only, or disappear in numerous ravines, worn into the mountain sides by rains. Tip to tho latest moment tho number of known victims in the lata revolt is 118. The latest despatch of 15th July says that an ambuscade succeeded against tho revolted tribe. They killed tho son of the chief, and several others have been burnt and destroyed in the last day or two, and twenty more of the villians yesterday. Son? 0 natives bearing the tricolor flag came ip and offered their services to the Government at the camp at Boular Pari. At Bouril two trib.es cf natives are fighting amongst themselves, Several have been killed.