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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE - Bold textBattle of Mahaena

The battle of Mahaena was a battle in the Franco-Tahitian_War, that took place at April 17 1844, on the island of Tahiti near the village of Mahaena.

Before the battle Tahitian natives had made large embankments from sand and earth, and with deep trenches on two small fortified hills. With the rear covered by nearly impenetrable jungle. And with six mounted guns at their disposal. It was calculated to stand a regular siege. On April 17, the frigate Uranie and the war steamer Phaeton bombarded Mahaena. And around 5 o'clock in the morning, 460 French marine infantry landed at Mahaena protected by the Phaeton and the Uranie. Due to difficulties the French force was ready for the attack after ten o'clock, and with a number of field guns, and led by governor Armand_Joseph_Bruat in person, the Frech main force attacked the Tahitian defences who were manned by approximately 880 under-equipped Tahitian natives. The Frech marine ifantry came under heavy fire from the Tahitian trenches, and led eventually to man to man fighting. And with the nearly constant shelling from the Uranie and the Phaeton from sea the French marine infantry took the Tahitian defences. The remaining Tahitian soldiers fled into the jungle without the French troops chasing them.

In total 15 Frech soldiers and 102 Tahitians died in this battle.

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Littel's Living Age http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_82_1973/Volume_82%2C_No._1/Resistance_and_collaboration_in_French_Polynesia%3A_the_Tahitian_war%3A_1844-7%2C_by_Colin_Newbury%2C_p_5-27/p1 Franco-Tahitian_War

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Before the battle Tahitian natives had made large embankments from sand and earth, and with deep trenches on two small fortified hills. With the rear covered by nearly impenetrable jungle. And with six mounted guns at their disposal. It was calculated to stand a regular siege. On April 17, the frigate Uranie and the war steamer Phaeton bombarded Mahaena. And around 5 o'clock in the morning, 460 French marine infantry landed at Mahaena protected by the Phaeton and the Uranie. Due to difficulties the French force was ready for the attack after ten o'clock, and with a number of field guns, and led by governor Armand_Joseph_Bruat in person, the Frech main force attacked the Tahitian defences who were manned by approximately 880 under-equipped Tahitian natives. The Frech marine ifantry came under heavy fire from the Tahitian trenches, and led eventually to man to man fighting. And with the nearly constant shelling from the Uranie and the Phaeton from sea the French marine infantry took the Tahitian defences. The remaining Tahitian soldiers fled into the jungle without the French troops chasing them.

In total 15 Frech soldiers and 102 Tahitians died in this battle.

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Littel's Living Age http://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_82_1973/Volume_82%2C_No._1/Resistance_and_collaboration_in_French_Polynesia%3A_the_Tahitian_war%3A_1844-7%2C_by_Colin_Newbury%2C_p_5-27/p1 Franco-Tahitian_War