New Zealand Gazette – 1845 – No. 19

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✨ Military Despatch Publication



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Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 14th July, 1845.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to direct the publication of the
following Despatch for general information.

By Command,

ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Camp, Heki's Pah,
3 a. m., July 11th, 1845.

SIR—

I have the honor to acquaint you that
the Pah is in our possession.

Offensive operations against it were resumed
yesterday, and continued till night, and would
have been again resumed this morning, but the
enemy evacuated the Fortress during the night,
fearing to stand another assault. I was made
acquainted with the circumstance about mid-
night, but pursuit was then useless—and from
the nature of the country through which the
retreat lay, thick wood and no road, an attempt
at it would have probably been attended with
an unnecessary waste of human life.

I now anxiously await Your Excellency's
further instructions, and am very desirous to
get the Troops under better cover before the
rainy weather again commences.

I have the honor to be,

Your Excellency's most obedient,
humble Servant,

H. DESPARD,
Colonel commanding the Troops
in New Zealand.

His Excellency
Governor FITZ ROY,
&c., &c., &c.
Auckland.

P. S.—The body of Captain Grant, of the
58th Regiment, which was missing, has been
found. It had been buried outside the Pah,
where he fell, and was not mutilated.

H. D.

CHRISTOPHER FULTON, Government Printer, Auckland.



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🛡️ Publication of Military Despatch regarding Capture of Heki's Pah

🛡️ Defence & Military
14 July 1845
Military operations, Heki's Pah, Despatch, Colonel commanding Troops, Captain Grant, Body recovered
  • Grant (Captain), Body found outside the Pah

  • ANDREW SINCLAIR, Colonial Secretary
  • H. DESPARD, Colonel commanding the Troops in New Zealand