BAKER'S LAST! (Communicated.)
Impromptu on hearing that Major Last, commanding the 99th, or last Regiment, was much vexed at being relieved at the Hutt by detachments of the 58th and 96th Regiments, just when there was a chance of a brush with the natives. Don't despair, gallant Major ! though too soon relieved From the Hutt; we all know your's is not the worst Of our three dashing Regiments : for when fighting begins, " The first shall be Last, and the Last shall be first /"
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 74, 7 March 1846, Page 3
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83BAKER'S LAST! (Communicated.) New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 74, 7 March 1846, Page 3
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