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WERNER LAURIE, Clifford’s Inn, London
G. HAMILTON-BROWNE.
WITH THE LOST LEGION
IN
NEW ZEALAND
BY
Colonel G. HAMILTON-BROWNE “MAORI BROWNE”
Late Commandant in Colonial Forces
ILLUSTRATED BY S. VALDA
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE
CLIFFORD’S INN
THIS WORK IS
DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR
TO THE MEMORY OF
THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF
THE LOST LEGION
WHOSE BONES LIE BURIED IN FORGOTTEN GRAVES
ON THE WILD FERN RANGES AND IN THE
DENSE BUSH OF NEW ZEALAND
WHERE THEY FELL FIGHTING FOR
QUEEN AND FLAG
CONTENTS
PAGE
Preface 1
PART I
CHAPTER
I. Why I joined the Lost Legion 5
II. The Hau Haus 14
III. I start to join the Lost Legion 28
IV. I join the Lost Legion 54
V. My Baptism of Fire. Otapawa 74
VI. A Frolic with the Kupapas 95
VII. Bush-whacking 109
VIII. “And we die, and none can tell them where we died” 130
IX. I join the Troopers 151
X. How Maoris should be fought 170
XI. Sport à la Lost Legion 183
XII. The Year of the Lamb 200
XIII. Te Ngutu-o-te-Manu 223
XIV. Moturoa 239
PART II
I. Yarn of the Gate Pah 251
II. Te Kooti 276
III. Ngatapa 286
IV. Back to the West Coast 306
V. The Uriwera Campaign 325
VI. The Taupo Campaign 345
VII. The Taupo Campaign—continued 359
VIII. Hide-and-seek with Te Kooti 380
IX. The End of New Zealand Wars 389
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
G. Hamilton-Browne Frontispiece
Colonel McDonnell To face page 42
Te Kepa ” 82
Every Bullet has its Billet ” 128
Fielding under Difficulties ” 152
Titokowaru ” 186
Obstructing H.M. Mail ” 198
Colonel Whitmore ” 226
Kereopa ” 274
Te Kooti ” 280
Ambuscade: Death of Lieutenant White ” 336
Mazeppa reproduced ” 354
I’ve had my share of pastime, and I’ve done my share of toil, And life is short—the longest life a span; I care not now to tarry for the corn or for the oil, Or for the wine that maketh glad the heart of man. For good undone and gifts misspent and resolutions vain, ’Tis somewhat late to trouble. This I know— I should live the same life over, if I had to live again; And the chances are I go where most men go. A. LINDSAY GORDON.