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Conflicts in 1860: First Taranaki War, Ecuadorian-Peruvian Territorial Dispute of 1857-1860, Battle of Pease River, Siege of Tourane

Conflicts in 1860: First Taranaki War, Ecuadorian-Peruvian Territorial Dispute of 1857-1860, Battle of Pease River, Siege of Tourane


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: First Taranaki War, Ecuadorian-Peruvian territorial dispute of 1857-1860, Battle of Pease River, Siege of Tourane, Expedition of the Thousand, Battle of Guayaquil, Siege of Saigon, 1860 Lebanon conflict, Siege of Gaeta, Second Battle of Pyramid Lake, Battle of Anton Lizardo, Battle of Palikao, Battle of Tetouan, Battle of Volturnus, French expedition in Syria, Battle of Calatafimi, First Battle of Pyramid Lake, Battle of Williams Station, Second Battle of Fort Defiance, Battle of Milazzo, Battle of Castelfidardo, Spanish-Moroccan War, Battle of Zhangjiawan. Excerpt: The First Taranaki War was an armed conflict over land ownership and sovereignty that took place between M ori and the New Zealand Government in the Taranaki district of New Zealand's North Island from March 1860 to March 1861. The war was fought by more than 3,500 imperial troops brought in from Australia, as well as volunteer soldiers and militia, against M ori forces that fluctuated between a few hundred and about 1,500. Total losses among the imperial, volunteer and militia troops are estimated to have been 238, while M ori casualties totalled about 200, although the proportion of M ori casualties was higher. Wirimu Kingi who led the Taranaki maori warriors made a very clever move by gifting the disputed land to the M ori King at a time when local M ori forces were hard pressed by the British soldiers. The war ended in a ceasefire, with neither side explicitly accepting the peace terms of the other. Though there were claims by the British that they had won the war, there were widely held views at the time they had suffered an unfavourable and humiliating result. Historians have also been divided on the result. Historian James Belich has claimed that M ori succeeded in thwarting the British bid to impose sovereignty over them, and had therefore been ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155947587
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 82 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1155947584
  • Publisher Date: 06 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: First Taranaki War, Ecuadorian-Peruvian Territorial Dispute of 1857-1860, Battle of Pease River, Siege of Tourane
  • Width: 189 mm


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