| 单词 | koppie |
| 例句 | As he finished, hundreds of striking miners began to walk down from the koppie. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Thousands of mine workers gathered at the rocky hill, or koppie, where their colleagues were killed last year, singing songs and listening to speeches. Lonmin sorry for South Africa deaths 2013-08-16T14:37:44Z It shows police officers walking and shooting far from the initial clash, and the television cameras there, near the rocks of the koppie. The Lede Blog: Police Video of Shootings at South Africa's Marikana Mine Raises Questions 2013-02-01T23:41:43Z The cell phone footage from the koppie, aired on Britain's Channel 4 television, shows a police officer lying on the ground behind a rock with his pistol drawn. Phone video of South Africa mine massacre pressures police 2013-01-29T15:16:01Z It is 16:13, and he might have been escaping from the cauldron of death that was the innermost circle of the weathered jumble of granite that was the remains of the koppie. Marikana massacre: shocking new footage raises fresh questions 2013-01-29T11:56:13Z Police opened an explosion of intense fire – 295 bullets, many aimed from the top of the koppie down at the shapes of men huddling below. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z The cellphone footage from the koppie, aired on Britain's Channel 4 television late on Monday, shows a police officer lying on the ground behind a rock with his pistol drawn. New South Africa mine massacre video pressures police 2013-01-29T07:56:06Z We looked around for a place to off-saddle, and made for a koppie surrounded by trees. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z Den he look at de big stones, an’ de little bushes all down de side o’ de koppie, an his big eyes ’gin a-shinin’. Old Hendrik's Tales Skirting this till he reached the other side, he pulled up, exclaiming— “There, you’ll find good water in the hollow; go drink, while I prepare supper on the koppie.” The Settler and the Savage Mambush was in a small group at the foot of the koppie. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z They ran away, not into their tents, but right away into the "koppies" on the other side of the railway line. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service On the morning of the fifth day I could go no farther, so I crept to the top of a koppie and watched their long line winding across the plain. The People of the Mist The day was hot, and the koppies simmered blue and brown along the Vaal River. Old Hendrik's Tales The koppie to which he referred was a scarce discernible knoll on the horizon. The Settler and the Savage Then two groups of officers closed in one of the two smaller koppies. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Sein koppies," and now we close the chapter with the following words, which I have translated from his diary: "The crown has been set on my undertaking. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Now from the koppie I saw a little kraal far away to the right, and to this kraal I came that same afternoon with my last strength. The People of the Mist Meanwhile the Christian nurse had rushed off over the crest of the koppie to fetch Thomas and Dorcas, or either of them. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales To their left stood a koppie, covered with white, slab-like stones, on which the sickly moonbeams danced. Jess And with that, crouching low to show they planned no attack, Mambush to the fore, they began walking slowly towards the koppie. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z He hastily gave the order to retreat over the "koppies" and across the railway line, thus entering Pretoria on the opposite side. The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service Now they rested awhile, but not long enough to grow stiff, then hastening down the slope they reached the plain, and headed for the white-topped koppie which shone in the moonlight some six miles away. Swallow: a tale of the great trek A few yards farther on they emerged from this tunnel-like roadway and found themselves travelling along the northern face of the koppie. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Midway between the koppie and the wall behind which lie the men of the king stands a flat rock, and all about that rock are stretched the bodies of dead soldiers. The Wizard The following day, Sunday 12 August, a group of about 150 strikers marched from their new base on the koppie to the Lonmin office. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z What is that yonder, moving above the tops of the mimosa, in the little dell at the foot of the koppie? Allan's Wife So they went out in the grey dawn, and climbing a koppie in the mouth of the pass, looked before them. Swallow: a tale of the great trek These koppies, the guides told them, were the gates of Sisa Town. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales Now Nodwengo and his soldiers saw what had happened, and with a shout of "Treachery!" some hundreds of them leapt into the plain and began to run towards the koppie to rescue their envoy. The Wizard Instead he argued for the police to move in Mambush and the 4,000 men who were then on the koppie knew nothing of this. Marikana massacre: the untold story of the strike leader who died for workers’ rights | Nick Davies 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z They are in full cry; the giraffes hear them and are away, rolling round the koppie like a ship in a heavy sea. Allan's Wife "There is time," he muttered, "for the koppie is near, and the Zulus will not attack till they can see the white moons upon their finger nails." Swallow: a tale of the great trek But before morning he appeared at the hut beneath the koppie announcing that he had come to see how they were getting on, and shaking as though he had a bout of fever. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales When we reached the koppie, the base of which covers about half an acre of ground, the soldiers who had been trying to cut us off halted, for they knew the strength of the position. Maiwa's Revenge We rushed up to him, and there, sure enough, in a deep cut or indentation on the very top of the sand koppie, was an undoubted pool of water. King Solomon's Mines At first one would see nothing but a vast field of white mist suffused towards the east by a tremulous golden glow, through which the tops of stony koppies stood up like gigantic beacons. Allan's Wife In something less than an hour Zinti came to the camp, which was formed of unlaagered waggons and tents pitched at the foot of a koppie, along one base of which ran the river. Swallow: a tale of the great trek By the following afternoon they came to the koppies through which the river ran, and asked its name. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales I looked at it, and an idea struck me: probably there would be no water on the koppie. Maiwa's Revenge When I came to I found myself back at the koppie, with Good bending over me holding some water in a gourd. King Solomon's Mines On one side of this valley was a series of stony koppies, on the other rose a sheer wall of rock. Allan's Wife The Boers, being warned and awake, beat off the Zulus with great loss to Dingaan, for they had the waggons in front, the koppie behind, and the river to one side. Swallow: a tale of the great trek In the centre of this plain was another large koppie of which the river Ukufa, or Death, washed one side. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales They killed two of my bearers in this way, and wounded a third, for being at the top of the koppie these men were most exposed to the fire from the dip at its base. Maiwa's Revenge At one point in the table-land of the mountain, there was a little koppie of brown stone, which served the double purpose of head-quarters and of a conning tower. King Solomon's Mines “And they never found the Black Officer,” I said, thinking of young Campbell in Sekukoeni’s fighting koppie. Angling Sketches The stead where we lived in Natal was built under the lea of a projecting spur of the white-topped koppie, and over that spur runs a footpath leading to the township. Swallow: a tale of the great trek IV When Menzi and his company had departed, vanishing round the corner of the koppie, Thomas again asked the Chief where they were to sleep, an urgent matter as darkness was now approaching. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales A large party rushed round the base of the koppie, and attacked us in flank, while the others swarmed wherever they could get a foothold, so that we were taken on every side. Maiwa's Revenge The hills stood out dark against the illimitable splendour, and on every koppie you saw the huge lions, like kittens at play, roaring till you could scarcely hear the thunder. Old Friends, Epistolary Parody So you will think when I come to visit you among your koppies. Finished It was at this juncture that from the top of a tall tree Klaus saw a certain koppie a long way off, which he recognised as being within fifteen miles or so of Marais's camp. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Then he turned his head and looked at the darkling river that just here, where it ran beneath an overhanging ledge of the koppie, was very deep and still. Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales The soldiers attacking us turned, realizing that the town was being assailed from the rear, and clambering down the koppie streamed off to protect their homes against this new enemy. Maiwa's Revenge But we had the start of them, and with the exception of one unfortunate man who stumbled and fell, we were well on to the koppie before they arrived. Maiwa's Revenge At length it began to grow light, and presently I saw long columns of men advancing towards the koppie. Maiwa's Revenge Near to our camp was a stone-covered koppie, where, on the morning after our arrival, I saw six or eight men executed in a way that I will not describe. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Then at the sight of the smoke we in the koppie will begin to shoot into the town of Wambe, and all the soldiers will run to kill us. Maiwa's Revenge How were we to get possession of the koppie? Maiwa's Revenge It was lucky, however, that we drunk our fill before coming up, for, as I had anticipated, there was not a drop of water on the koppie. Maiwa's Revenge But we, on the other hand, had excellent reasons for not arriving till night was closing in, since we relied upon the gloom to cover our advance upon the koppie which commanded the town. Maiwa's Revenge Thus it came about that the gorgeous sunset was finished and the sky had grown grey with night before we reached the foot of the koppie. Marie An Episode in The Life of the late Allan Quatermain Indeed, unless taken by surprise, it seemed to me quite impregnable to a force operating without cannon, and even cannon would not make much impression on rocks and stony koppies filled with caves. Maiwa's Revenge To this we replied by pushing them to one side and marching in single file through the gateway, which was not distant more than a hundred yards from the koppie. Maiwa's Revenge As it happened, right at the foot of the koppie the ground broke away a little in such fashion that it was almost impossible for us to search it effectually with our fire. Maiwa's Revenge |
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