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The Pros And Cons Of The Battle Of Gate Pa

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Both sides of the Battle of Gate Pa had sacrifices, but the British were dumbstruck at their defeat. Not only had they failed to accomplish their aim of taking the Pa, they had also essentially wasted all the ammunition that they had used to bombard it. Over a third of the approximately 300 men that had been ordered into the Pa had been killed or wounded (at least 39 died/ at least 75 were wounded) within roughly 10 minutes. Meanwhile the Maori were able to win with less overall casualties out of the estimated 230 people (at least 32 died/ at least 17 were wounded). While the British had fired their artillery for a combined time of over 9 hours, the Pa's specifically designed anti-artillery bunkers (Rua) had held out remarkably well against
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