Bush Fighting: Illustrated by Remarkable Actions and Incidents of the Maori War in New Zealand |
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18th Royal Irish 70th Regiment advance arms Armstrong guns assault assistance attack Auckland Auckland Militia bank British bush fighting camp Captain Greaves Captain Shortt cavalry chief cloth extra coast Colonel Gamble Colonel Greer Colonel Warre command Crown 8vo Curaçoa Deputy detachment Edition enemy enemy's position engaged Ensign entrenchment Fcap fell fern flank force Forest Rangers front gallantly Gate pah ground Hauhaus head-quarters heavy fire Kaitake killed Koheroa land Lieut.-Colonel Lieutenant line of rifle-pits Major Butler Maori war Maoris ment Meri-meri miles military Militia mounted Native Contingent Ngaruawahia night Oakura officers Orakau party Patea river Plymouth Poutoko prisoners Queen's Redoubt Rangiawhia Rangiriri rear reinforcement retreat rifle river road Royal Artillery Sergeant severely wounded shot Sir Duncan Cameron Sir George Grey Sir William Wiseman skirmishers Small post 8vo soldiers stockade swamp Taranaki Tataraimaka Tauranga Te Awamutu troops vols Waetotara Waikato Waikato river Waipa Wanganui Wereroa yards Zealand