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CHAPTER 13 The Battle of Qokli hill AS Shaka had forescen , Nomahlanjana
detached four regiments , a third of his forces , in pursuit of the Zulu cattle and
their escort over the Tonjaneni Heights , while the rest of his Ndwandwes crossed
the ...
CHAPTER 13 The Battle of Qokli hill AS Shaka had forescen , Nomahlanjana
detached four regiments , a third of his forces , in pursuit of the Zulu cattle and
their escort over the Tonjaneni Heights , while the rest of his Ndwandwes crossed
the ...
Page 140
semi - circle of their warriors in the position they occupied at the base of the hill ,
they withdrew the northern one , and massed it around Nomahlanjana ' s tree .
The latter had begun the battle with eight , more or less , full regiments — say ...
semi - circle of their warriors in the position they occupied at the base of the hill ,
they withdrew the northern one , and massed it around Nomahlanjana ' s tree .
The latter had begun the battle with eight , more or less , full regiments — say ...
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And now all the flectest warriors were sent after the cattle , and the others , chicfly
the lightly wounded , after a good long drink at the Mhodi stream , returned with
Shaka to bloodstained Qokli hill , where they arrived as the sun was setting — as
...
And now all the flectest warriors were sent after the cattle , and the others , chicfly
the lightly wounded , after a good long drink at the Mhodi stream , returned with
Shaka to bloodstained Qokli hill , where they arrived as the sun was setting — as
...
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Contents
ZULULAND AND THE ZULUS IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY I | 1 |
BIRTH AND EXILE | 11 |
THE YOUNG SOLDIERPAMPATATHE ASSEGAI | 21 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shaka Zulu: The Rise of the Zulu Empire |
| Author | E. A. Ritter |
| Publisher | Longmans, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 383 pages |
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