"THE WAIKATO WAR."
By JOHN FEATON.
j"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. A Completely Revised Edition of Fcaton's History of the Waikato War, which has been long out of print, and has realised high prices at sales of early >"ew Zealand books. The test was carefully revised by the late Captain Gilbert Malr, X.Z.C., and is a stirring account of the great struggle between Maori and Pakelia, -which opened up the Waikato district for settlement. Frominence 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 Orakau Pa, and the defiant message of the defenders. "We will fight on for ever: for ever! for ever!" is one of the most Stirling stories in the history of warfare between British soldiers and an ill-armed aboriginal race of warriors.
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Auckland Star, Volume 55, Issue 2, 3 January 1924, Page 3
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