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| Chapter XXIX.—The Forest Rangers. | Page |
| A special corps necessary for guerilla fighting in the bush—Formation of the Forest Rangers—Jackson's first company—Arms and equipment for forest fighting—The bowie-knife—Varied character of the Rangers—Settlers, bushmen, gold-diggers, and sailors—Arduous work in the roadless bush—Von Tempsky joins the Rangers—A daring reconnaissance—The two scouts at Paparata | 257 |
| Chapter XXX.—The Defence of Pukekohe Church Stockade. | |
| Presbyterian church at Pukekohe East fortified by the settlers—Description of the stockade—The post attacked by a Kingite war-party—Gallant defence by seventeen men—Maori charge repulsed—Heavy fighting at close range—Arrival of reinforcements—A British bayonet charge—Maoris driven off with heavy loss—An attack on a farmhouse (Burtt's Farm) | 265 |
| Chapter XXXI.—Operations at the Wairoa. | |
| Kingites in the Wairoa Ranges—Auckland reinforcements for the settlement—Engagements with the Maoris at Otau—An early-morning surprise attack—Native raids on the settlers—Homestead attacked at Mangemangeroa—Two boys killed—The Forest Rangers' expeditions—Jackson's company surprises a Koheriki camp—Seven Maoris killed | 281 |
| Chapter XXXII.—Mauku and Patumahoe. | |
| Mauku Settlement in 1863—The village church fortified—Lusk's Forest Rifle Volunteers—Skirmish at the "Big Clearing," Patumahoe—Mauku Rifles and Forest Rangers in bush warfare—The Titi Hill Farm, Mauku—Invasion by a Kingite war-party—A desperate fight at close-quarters—Skirmishing from log to log—Lieutenants Perceval and Norman killed—Lieutenant Lusk withdraws to the stockade—Arrival of British reinforcements | 288 |
| Chapter XXXIII.—The River War Fleet. | |
| Colonial gunboats for the Waikato River—Arrival of the "Avon," the first steamboat on the Waikato—Reconnaissances under fire—Gunboat "Pioneer" built at Sydney for the river campaign—Four small armoured gunboats placed on the Waikato—The "Koheroa" and "Rangiriri"—The Waikato a strategic highway into the Maori country—The Royal Navy ships—The coast and harbour patrols | 300 |
| Chapter XXXIV.—The Trenches at Meremere. | |
| Kingite entrenchments on the Meremere ridge—The Maori artillery—River reconnaissances in the gunboats—The "Avon" and "Pioneer" under fire—General Cameroon reconnoitres the stronghold—Meremere outflanked and evacuated—The Miranda expedition—A chain of redoubts built—Operations of the Auckland Naval Volunteers | 308 |
