A Maori fort of the musket era: Ohaeawai Pa, near Kaikohe, North Auckland, unsuccessfully attacked by British troops, 1845. The strong timber palisade, double, was thickly padded on the outside with green flax, which deadened the impact of artillery balls as well as musket bullets. The defenders in the trench in rear of the stockade fired through the loopholes at ground level. — [From a drawing by Major Bridge, 58th Regt
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A Maori fort of the musket era: Ohaeawai Pa, near Kaikohe, North Auckland, unsuccessfully attacked by British troops, 1845. The strong timber palisade, double, was thickly padded on the outside with green flax, which deadened the impact of artillery balls as well as musket bullets. The defenders in the trench in rear of the stockade fired through the loopholes at ground level.
[From a drawing by Major Bridge, 58th Regt.
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