"THE WAIKATO WAR."
. By JOHN FSATON.
"TE KOOTI EXPEDITIONS." BY CAPTAIN GILBERT MAIR. N.Z.C. AND CAPTAIN G. A. PREECE, N.Z.C. A FASCINATING WAR STORY WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS. NO BETTER CHRISTMAS GIFT A Completely Kevlscd Edition of Featonj. History of the Waikato War, which has been long oat of print, and has rraliee'i high prices at sales of early New Zealand books. The text was carefully revised by the late Captain Gilbert Muir. N.Z.C. lind is a stirring account of the great struggle between Maori and Pakeha. which opened, np the Waikato district for settlement. Prominence is given to the (services rendered by the Colonial Forces, organised to assist the Imperial Army, under General Cameron. The narrative of the assault on Oratnu Fa. and thr- defiant message of the defenders. "We will fight on for ever! for ever! for ever!" is one of the most stirrins stories in the history of warfare between British soldiers and an ill-arnied aboriginal race of warriors.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 293, 8 December 1923, Page 6
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