What is "guerrillas"

Usage examples of "guerrillas".

His Sindebele was so flawless and easy that it was the leader of the guerrillas who blinked.

Craig picked up his leg and in a moment had fitted it to the stump - and instantly all three guerrillas were intrigued, their murderous intentions set aside as they crowded around Craig to examine this marvellous appendage.

The serial of the book had been shown on Zimbabwe television two years previously, before these guerrillas had returned to the bush, and it had enjoyed an avid following throughout its run.

The guerrillas immediately recognized the black American actor who had taken the part of the old Matabele king.

The famous Wankie National Park was also in Matabeleland, and for minutes the two guerrillas whispered together and then looked up at Craig again.

The guerrillas unloaded the rest of the ammunition and the weapons in disciplined silence, but they could not conceal their grins of delight as they handed down the bags of ammunition and 302 the haversacks of grenades, for these were the tools of their trade.

The guerrillas had hidden their own women in a safe place, and only reluctantly consented to Sarah accompanying the raiding party, but she carried a full load and kept up with the hard pace that Comrade LoQkout set for them.

One of the guerrillas fell, and his ankle swelled up so that they could not get his boot back on his foot.

The guerrillas lay up in the forest below the kopie, and they sent Sarah in to make certain all was safe and to warn the villagers of their presence.

Then he sent her to help his wives to prepare food and beer and take it down to the guerrillas hidden in the valley before he turned back to Craig.

As soon as the main force of guerrillas arrived, Craig sent Comrade Lookout with five men along the road beyond the bridge.

The arrowheads were barbless mild steel, honed to a needlepoint for penetration, and one of the guerrillas had stood off thirty paces and sunk one of these arrows twenty inches into the fleshy fibrous trunk of a baobab tree.

In the same instant the guerrillas hiding below the bank burst from the water, and went up through the reeds, just as the troopers whirled to face the bowmen.

The naked guerrillas took them from behind, and this time Craig heard the explosive grunts as they swung the long-bladed pangm, like a tennis-player hitting a hard forehand volley.

There was a single shot, and then all the troopers were down, scattered along the edge of the bank, but the guerrillas were still working over them, swinging and chopping and hacking.