Chapter I: Front Matter

WITH THE
LOST LEGION
IN NEW
ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND

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THE AEROPLANE--PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

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FAMOUS CASTLES AND PALACES OF ITALY

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OFF THE MAIN TRACK

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WERNER LAURIE, Clifford’s Inn, London

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