Message Forum: Re: More about Rangiriri Pa

Re: More about Rangiriri Pa

Posted By: Brunnen-G, on host 203.96.111.200
Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 04:41:49
In Reply To: The "Doing Things at Random" trip posted by Brunnen-G on Wednesday, June 12, 2002, at 02:48:55:

> Going there, I decided to FINALLY stop at a Historical Place roadside marker which I have driven past approximately ten billion times in my life. A short walk from the roadside, I found out that it was a field containing grassed-over trenches, redoubts and other fortifications from the Battle of Rangiriri Pa in 1863.

Gah. All right, so I don't know the history of my own country. A very short web search later, I found out all about this battle, and now I want to go back and look at the site again. The Rangiriri Pa defenses were designed by Te Wharepu and were the Maginot Line of the war against the British, except that they were actually built in a good strategic location where the British couldn't just go around a different way. ;-)

Brunnen-"must stop at more historical markers"G

Link: The Battle of Rangiriri Pa

Replies To This Message

Re: More about Rangiriri Pa - Darien - Fri, 6/21/2002, 08:05:48
- Re: More about pas - Brunnen-G - Sat, 6/22/2002, 01:02:52
  - Re: One Tree Hill - Lucky Wizard - Sat, 6/22/2002, 09:23:56
    - Re: One Tree Hill - Darien - Sun, 6/23/2002, 06:15:39
    - Re: One Tree Hill - Sam - Sat, 6/22/2002, 16:54:31
      - Re: One Tree Hill - Brunnen-G - Sat, 6/22/2002, 23:36:25
        
        Re: One Tree Hill, correction - Brunnen-G - Sun, 6/23/2002, 01:31:13
        
        Re: One Tree Hill, correction - Sam - Sun, 6/23/2002, 06:10:01

Post a Reply

RinkChat Username:
Password:
Email:		(optional)
Subject:
Message:	> > Going there, I decided to FINALLY stop at a Historical Place roadside marker which I have driven past approximately ten billion times in my life. A short walk from the roadside, I found out that it was a field containing grassed-over trenches, redoubts and other fortifications from the Battle of Rangiriri Pa in 1863. > > Gah. All right, so I don't know the history of my own country. A very short web search later, I found out all about this battle, and now I want to go back and look at the site again. The Rangiriri Pa defenses were designed by Te Wharepu and were the Maginot Line of the war against the British, except that they were actually built in a good strategic location where the British couldn't just go around a different way. ;-) > > Brunnen-"must stop at more historical markers"G
Link URL:		(optional)
Link Title:		(optional)

Make sure you read our message forum policy before posting.