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MOllE 1 EIGhHTING.— A PA OAPTUHED,
y, Tina Day, 11,53 tun, r^A. apooial moHoonger nvrivod tout niglif; with the following novvw '< — Tlie Htrongly fortified pa To N^ufcu '0 To Mtinu wa« captured on Pritlnv morning, and burnod to fcho ground, by 270 men of ilio Colonial .Force lindor M'Donncll, Von Tomp»Jry, BucUh, and Pugo. Tho Maoi'iH fotifjht bravely, but •could nol; Htnnd flg«ir«fc onr mon, who, armed with tomahnwUo, rovolvora, nnfi long JcnivcH, made nhorfc work of thorn, 'Eho whole fttl;nok 1/ifltud twonty minuted. At iht> ond of an hour from tho timo tho pa wnn al,(;uclcc(l, nob a VOfltigo of ifc wna to bo noon. Tho Maoriw effected a good rolreal;, after nine of thoir munbor had fallen. •L'hoy woro ablo to carry off Ihoir wounded. Throo of our mon woro killed nnd ■eight wounded, \ When, tho inarch back wab coin- \ mencod, McDonnoll found that tho 1 onomy had concontratod upon his roar, and were keoping up a galling ftro. Thoir firo mm roturnod nnd they at /'length rotirod. / Tho olllcorfl and men behaved very i woll^ . _.:
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 87, 24 August 1868, Page 3
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182LATEST FROM THE NORTH Star (Christchurch), Issue 87, 24 August 1868, Page 3
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