Impi

They claimed to have been attacked by an ANC "impi" which they drove back, killing 12 people in the process. ❋ Unknown (1994)

Durban, when he saw a 600-strong "impi" mob armed with cultural weapons and guns converge on several homesteads. ❋ Unknown (1992)

No "impi," or native regiment, can now sweep down on him and "eat him up," that is, carry off his cattle, put his kraal to the flames, and himself, his people, his wives, and children to the assegai. ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

Meanwhile a Zulu 'impi' or army, numbering about twenty thousand men, or something more than one-third of King Cetywayo's entire strength, had moved from the Upindo Hill on the night of January 21, and taken up its position on a stony plain, a mile and a half to the east of Isandhlwana. ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

The TRC confirmed the "impi" had gone on a killing spree not just against other men, but also against women and children. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It would go ill with the 'impi' which tried to take that kraal. " ❋ Henry Rider Haggard (1890)

You see, with our wagon blown to pieces he and I lit out on two of the draught screws, leaving the wounded in a dry cave, Moran intent on fetching help for them, Flashy merely fleeing in his wake - and as dark fell we blundered slap into an impi, for the hills were full of the brutes by now. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Following Lord Chelmsford's departure at dawn, various detachments had been sent out from Pulleine's camp under the Isandhlwana hill as advance pickets and to deal with small groups of Zulus who had appeared; the largest of these detachments, Colonel Durnford's, encountered a powerful impi and was forced to beat a fighting retreat towards the camp, where Pulleine was already under attack. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It goze awn tu sai rwelees wodewikk, wodnee, etc, etc, awl tu mayk fun ov teh emprerz speetch impi..emped..rong fings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It iz impi… impere… vital dat faeries carry lotsa lols tu plant in such areas tu prevent lolen from groeing there. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The T34s lost 3 tanks to the Paks as the infantry closed in on both objectives one each end of a long line curved impi-style around the tanks. ❋ Cromwell MkI (2007)

It seemed inconceivable that her tiny force could defeat, much less annihilate the Karamzili half an impi, and yet -- if Lotoko's men were taken completely by surprise -- ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)

She could not have successfully attacked one impi -- much less five impis! ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)

In a very short time the Karamzili were no longer an impi -- they were merely a crowd of demoralized individuals. ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)

He walked his horse with the commander of the unit for some distance, and finally, coming to an open run of several hundred moonlit yards, he kicked the horse forward and left the impi behind. ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)

Fortunately, tonight another survivor arrived -- one of the impi. ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)

He was a fierce old warrior and had put up a good fight to the last, till a hired impi of Swazis had surrounded his hiding-place in the forest and destroyed him. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The other five hundred of this impi had perished with Lotoko. ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)

One wide section was empty, the fires down to smoldering embers, indicating that at least one impi had moved out and was padding northward through the moonlight. ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)