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surprise in xhosa
ngaliswa ngo xhosa

this was unless surprise could be achieved under cover of darkness or in bad visibility.
lo yayingumangaliso oqubulisayo onophunyeleliswa ebumnyameni okanye obonakali kakubi.

in war it enables the ship to maintain a better defensive capability against surprise air or submarine attack.
kwimfazwe ivumela inqanawa zifumane ukhuseleko olungcono lokukwazi ngaphandle komothuso womoya okanye wohlaselo lwenkwili.

that disease should kill more sailors than any other cause would not be a surprise to anyone who has studied casualty lists of any war up to 1900.
eso sifo kumele sibulale oomatiloshe abaninzi ngaphezu kwaso nasiphi isizathu zokufa kwabo kwaye oku okothusi kumntu owakhe wafunda uluhlu leengxwelerha zayo nayiphina imfazwe ukuyakutsho ngo-1900.

the port, probably protected by a fort, would have seen the ship on the horizon, not to be caught by surprise had prepared her gun battery in case of an attack.
unxweme olukhuselwe ngenqaba, lakuyibona inqanawa isekude, ukwenzela lungaboni ngayo sele ilapha kwaye lilungise umpu walo mhlawumbi kubekho uhlaselo.