![]() ![]() Certainly the range was very short for the big guns, making accurate fire difficult. ![]() Some shots missed the target altogether, and according to one account the men of the 68th behind the pā were at greater risk of being hit than were the Māori defenders. The pā was bombarded for eight hours, although some eyewitnesses claimed that much of the fire was ineffective. Despite their experience of anti-artillery pā, Cameron’s men were sure that they had the firepower to ‘blow the Pah to the devil’ as their 110- and 40-pounder Armstrong guns and 24-pounder howitzers went to work.
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