VOLUNTEER MANŒUVRES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 237, 12 November 1909, Page 4

VOLUNTEER MANŒUVRES.

TAUAXAK.I TiIOOPS AT IXCLICVVOOD. '■' lie manoeuvres held at Inglcwood on ill- Kind's Birthday, engaged the Tara ;;al;c llilles and Taranaki tluarils, Wai una liilhs. Inglcwnoil llilles. Ellh.in , llilles. anil llavera Rillc-. The headI inianiT- i-oiiiiianie- were the defending jori-e. and the countv corps formeil tie .iitaekir.-.. Captain ami-Adjutant Belili'igcv commanded th,. attackers (IViml force!, ami Major .Malone the defender* ,'ihi:. force). Two patrols of the Tlawcra t!oj Scouts, under Scoutmaster Brunt, were attached to the Bed force. The general idea was that a state of war r.vstcd in Xew Z-aland, and an invading force having landed at Patea, and defeated the garrison there was advaiicinjr on Xew Plymouth, whence the lorn! troops -were, despatched to meet lie in mid oppose their advance. Thera was iiiideMond to he positive information tllat the defenders would lie heavily reinforced from Xew Plymouth nn tha';, day at 1 p.m. Captain Bellringcr divided his force into four parties- main attack and;. Captain Leech; Hank attack, under Lieutenant Surrey: holding attack, and general reserve, under Captain Pope, with whom was also Captain Bollriuger during the first portion of the operalions. Titter in Tile dav, however, he joined the attacking force with a reand' superintended the thrusting home of the chief work of il-c day. Captain T'ope. after pressing back tie enemy's left, followed lip his advantage and took the lnglewood railv.ny slation. hitherto in charge of a blue control, and thus cut off the possibility o< I lie defending force receiving it B reinforcements. The selection of Li,,„t Surrey for the Hanking attack could not have been improved upon, as he was well acquainted with every inch of dm country oyer which he had to advance. 'lnjur Jlaloue made a. very stubborn oefenee. and deputed every foot „f -round fro,,, the moment, of arlaek handling hi- men exceedingly well bid' !;' Il1 ;' '■'""•'" viclorv certainly hiv wit!, I;< allai'ker.. though „-e nnderslnuilth. -hV.nl verdict was „ ~,,,„,, ~„„„,. ; „. il nsnaily i< on these occa-ioiis when Hi. rilles can „,ilv !, : ,rk. . . „ ;„ ,„,, ~; , , that, the il! c.'icct of ,-, slmin-figl,, 1,, comes pronounced, when men 1 -h to=e!l,er and cross a eleiir ploughed paddock within range „f ~ f„n ~„„. „,-' Irenehed lilies, wllil, i„ „,.(],.,, , 01Ti( ,, nor one of tlit-m would ever have a hop, "t reaching the other side except on a stretcher, —Abridged from the Tn-'c wood Beeord.

We limli'iMaml tluit ill,, nilu-i;in<-!i;' , :"'"" li ;ll ' n " 1 l>'isn„c.,s. ~,,('1 I'le others captured none; further (hit "no of (lie prisoners «•;,< ; , «.„„( w |„, ~ -en-je of loyalty In liis si.le'li.l not pre vor.l him 'Vivmjf inviiv" the disposition ■>f (lie defending f„,re,. What tortures '•; »"f»'l."»".t« «»l.n--r I Pil ,l to endure noMi^:::, n " K "' , '"* i " ro, ' m,,ii "" »

The U v „,,„,(< tlu oxcl ., l( , nt . Avorl . nn " l -i>l'i!im Beilrin<rev ronveved to I "'■in lis anpivemlion „f | l leir ; m . V feature ofthe work wa, ■"' »<?wl in lake advantage of tiavHs",! : ' l "" m,]nl . !u llle country