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SOME HOME TRUTHS
RE
THE MAORI WAR 1863 TO 1869
ON THE WEST COAST OF NEW ZEALAND
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Reprint Published By
CAPPER PRESS LTD.
Christchurch, New Zealand
1984
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SOME HOME TRUTHS
RE
THE MAORI WAR 1863 TO 1860
ON THE WEST COAST OF NEW ZEALAND
BY
LIEUT.-COL. EDWARD GORTON
NEW ZEALAND MILITIA
Late Captain H. M. 29th and 57th Regiments
LONDON
GREENING & Co., Ltd.
20 CECIL COURT, CHARING CROSS ROAD
1901
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PRINTED BY
HAZELL, WATSON, AND VINEY, LD.,
LONDON AND AYLESBURY.
[CONTENTS]
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CONTENTS
I. UNSATISFACTORY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENERAL AND GOVERNOR.... 7
II. WARNINGS NEGLECTED, MURDER OF ESCORT..... 10
III. UNWARRANTABLE INTERFERENCE WITH GENERAL CAMERON BY THE GOVERNOR SIR GEORGE GREY......15
IV. ACTION OF KATIKARA......23
V. NARROW ESCAPE FROM AN AMBUSCADE.. . . 31
VI. A BIG COMMAND FOR SO YOUNG A MAN.. . . 35
VII. CELEBRATED ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR FEATHERSTON...... 37
VIII. THANKLESS OFFICE OF A DEFENCE MINISTER... . 58
IX. DIFFICULTIES FROM WANT OF DISCIPLINE.. . . 63
X. STRINGENT MEASURES, MR BALLANCE, EDITOR OF "WANGANUI HERALD," PUT IN GAOL.. . . 78
XI. FALSE ALARM--IMPERIAL TROOPS UNDER SELF-RELIANT POLICY COULD NOT ACT.... . . 85
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XII. NEW SYSTEM OF FEEDING TROOPS IN FIELD SUCCESSFULLY TRIED......94
XIII. THE TAKING OF TAURANGAIKA PAH AND FURTHER MOVEMENTS.......104
XIV. A RIDE THROUGH THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY... . 114
XV. FINAL RESULTS OF THE EXPEDITION ON THEWEST COAST.......123
