Professional papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers . rrified and beat a hasty retreat in the jungle up thehill P. Thus was completed the taking of Paroa, which was thehardest fight of the war. I do not correctly remember the losses,but we lost about forty men killed and wounded out of 120 in all,which gives a very large percentage. The losses of the enemy aresaid to have been about 200. From this fight will be seen how futile a thing it is to attackstockades without the assistance of guns and rockets: I say Iockets,because these seem to terrify a savage enemy most,—he cannot?understand them.
Professional papers of the Corps of Royal Engineers . rrified and beat a hasty retreat in the jungle up thehill P. Thus was completed the taking of Paroa, which was thehardest fight of the war. I do not correctly remember the losses,but we lost about forty men killed and wounded out of 120 in all,which gives a very large percentage. The losses of the enemy aresaid to have been about 200. From this fight will be seen how futile a thing it is to attackstockades without the assistance of guns and rockets: I say Iockets,because these seem to terrify a savage enemy most,—he cannot?understand them. Had our force in the first place been able to fireshell into the stockade from A, we should in all probability havetaken the village with a very slight loss, as has been so often donein other cases during this war. I give this sketch of the battle fromwhat I remember of a report on it sent here to Greneral Colborne,and therefore, although the general features are correct, I must askmy readers to make allowances for any small errors. Plate. il H
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