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... stabbing assegai should replace the light throwing spears , and sandals should be discarded to increase the mobility of the warriors . Dingiswayo conceded the advantages in an impi ebomvu ( red war , or war to a finish ) , but ...
... stabbing assegai should replace the light throwing spears , and sandals should be discarded to increase the mobility of the warriors . Dingiswayo conceded the advantages in an impi ebomvu ( red war , or war to a finish ) , but ...
Page 75
... stabbing blades . In a very short time the first line of the Butelczis melted away amidst a chorus of ' Nga - dlas ... Stab lads , stab ! ' Soon the Butelezis were a flying mob of panic - stricken fugitives . But flight availed them ...
... stabbing blades . In a very short time the first line of the Butelczis melted away amidst a chorus of ' Nga - dlas ... Stab lads , stab ! ' Soon the Butelezis were a flying mob of panic - stricken fugitives . But flight availed them ...
Page 173
... stabbing match . There were some level - headed leaders , however , who felt fairly certain that the stabbing had been started by Zulu scouts who had penetrated into their midst . With these latter Soshangane agreed . The question now ...
... stabbing match . There were some level - headed leaders , however , who felt fairly certain that the stabbing had been started by Zulu scouts who had penetrated into their midst . With these latter Soshangane agreed . The question now ...
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ZULULAND AND THE ZULUS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY I | 1 |
BIRTH AND EXILE II | 11 |
THE YOUNG SOLDIERPAMPATATHe assegai | 21 |
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