"THE WAIKATO WAR."
By JOHN FEATON. "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 Kevlsed Edition of Featon's History of the Waiknto War, which has been long out of print, and has realised j high prices at sales of early New Zealand books. ; The text was carefully revised by the late Captain Gilbert Mair, N.Z.C, anil is a stirring account of the great struggle between Maori and Pakeha, which opened Prominence is Riven to the services rendered by the Colonial Forces organised ' to assist the Imperial Army, under General I Cameron. The narrative of the assault on Oraknn Pa, and the defiant message °f tho defenders, "We will fight on for ever! for i ever! for evpr:"' is one of the most stirring . stories in the history of warfare betwven I British soldiers and an ill armed aboriginal race of warriors.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 116, 17 May 1924, Page 11
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