MIMIC BATTLE
NEW ZEALAND NAVAL SQUADRON. (Per United Press Association.) Auckland, January 26. A radio from the H.M.S. Diomede says that this morning an attack was launched on Auckland which was strongly defended and had advanced detachments at- Waiwera and Warkworth. One. attacking party landed frt»m the boat at Orewa, another near the mouth of the Puhoi river at 6.30. Meanwhile the inhabitants were awakened by the reverberation of the ship’s guns giving support to the troops. The combat was extremely sanguinary and many prisoners were taken. The attackers were deemed to have captured Waiwera. One section of the landing party commandeered a motor and placed a Lewis gun in it but both the car and the gun were captured. The squadron, except the flagship, return to port this afternoon.
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Southland Times, Issue 20396, 27 January 1928, Page 7
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130MIMIC BATTLE Southland Times, Issue 20396, 27 January 1928, Page 7
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