- The
Battle of
Ōhaeawai, part of the
Flagstaff War, was
fought in July 1845 at
Ōhaeawai in Northland, New Zealand. The
battle was
between British forces...
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Ōhaeawai is a
small village at the
junction of
State Highway 1 and
State Highway 12 in the Far
North District of New Zealand, some 250 km (160 mi) from...
- on 11
March 1845, the
Battle of
Puketutu on 8 May 1845, the
Battle of
Ōhaeawai on 23 June 1845 and the
siege of
Ruapekapeka Pā from 27
December 1845 to...
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distance from both Heke's Pā at
Puketutu and the site of the
later Battle of
Ōhaeawai. Some days
later he went on to
Kaikohe to
gather food supplies. During...
- "Oh,
leave me your Manton".: 84 On 1 July 1845,
during the
battle of
Ōhaeawai,
after 32-pounder
bombardment of the pā,
Colonel Henry Despard put his...
-
agreed to the
request to
fortify Pene Taui's pā at
Ōhaeawai. The
Colonial forces arrived before the
Ōhaeawai Pā on 23 June and
established a camp
about 500...
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During the
Battle of
Ōhaeawai, on 1 July,
Bridge led the
storming party to
retake Wāka's Hill and
artillery overlooking Ōhaeawai pā.
Sergeant John Williams's...
- the
small and
ineptly led
British force had been
beaten at the
Battle of
Ōhaeawai. Grey, with the
financial support and far more
troops armed with 32-pounder...
- historians.
British casualties, such as at Gate Pa in 1864 and the
Battle of
Ohaeawai in 1845,
suggested that
contemporary weaponry, such as
muskets and cannon...
- In New
Zealand he pla**** key role in the
battles of the
Flagstaff War—
Ōhaeawai, Ruapekapeka—and in the
construction of
Albert Barracks, Auckland. William...
