Lfter a sketch by Major Yon Tempsky.) FIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE BUSH TAURAXGA. In the guerilla warfare which marked the tedious and protracted suppression of the Hauhau rebellion and the pursuit of Te Kooti, a somewhat novel feature was introduced, by the manufacture of a large number of zinc bullets by the rebels. The pinging whistle of the zmo bullet was soon familiar enough to the soldiers' ears, and afforded a curious contrast to the solid double-bass of the leaden hail plugging among the tree trunks and ploughing the barth around them.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 19 (Supplement)
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94Lfter a sketch by Major Yon Tempsky.) FIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THE BUSH TAURAXGA. In the guerilla warfare which marked the tedious and protracted suppression of the Hauhau rebellion and the pursuit of Te Kooti, a somewhat novel feature was introduced, by the manufacture of a large number of zinc bullets by the rebels. The pinging whistle of the zmo bullet was soon familiar enough to the soldiers' ears, and afforded a curious contrast to the solid double-bass of the leaden hail plugging among the tree trunks and ploughing the barth around them. Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 19 (Supplement)
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