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Sentence Examples According to an Associated Press report, about 100 people had been rounded up, with some of the raids directly involving CIA and FBI agents. In at least two of the raids, the robbers fled in cars stolen in Dublin the previous night. Brutal raids against Tuaregs in Mali and Niger led many to abandon their countries and flee north to Algeria and Libya. Goal raids were frantic and the keepers were kept busy as the balls shot into the box and past the bars regularly. Meanwhile, I hope Interpol gets a line on this operation and raids them for counterfeit goods. He denies committing three of the burglaries, but admits handling goods stolen in the same house raids. Allotment holders are seeing red after burglaries and raids by vandals left their gardens in a mess. Tribal forces specialize in raids, skirmishes, and ambushes where the assault rifle, machinegun, mortar, and mine are basic weapons. Short-wave radio allowed tactics such as submarine wolf packs, massive bombing raids, and co-ordinated blitzkrieg attacks. The raids of the defenders were generally relieved by big thrusts carried out by forces far superior to those of the attackers. It is primarily employed in close air support of ground troops, target destruction raids, and armed escort of other aircraft. They had no perceptible impact on German opinion, though the leaflet raids gave aircrew some essential training in night navigation. He was driven to use reprisal raids, the razzias that had traditionally formed part of warfare in North Africa. He repeatedly had to ransom prisoners taken in the course of Lombard raids, who would otherwise have been sold off as slaves. Air raids began last Thursday and troops started the ground assault the following day. The police are trying their best, but all they can do is make nightly raids on the underworld and round up Dusseldorf's riff-raff. Most fake drugs found in raids were pain killers, weight-loss or lifestyle drugs, such as those that helped impotency problems. These raids were made possible by Operation Refresh, which will also be targeting street drinking, begging and ticket touts. Because of Mongol devastation and subsequent Tatar raids, the Eastern Ukrainian lands were relatively uninhabited. But all aerial bombardments, offensive raids, ambushes and assassinations are to come to a halt, he said. Show More Sentences If real, it is believed the raids will be the biggest seizure of criminal assets in British legal history. In some of the raids the man masked his face with dark sunglasses, a baseball cap, a hood and a newspaper. A mix of airstrikes and coordinated raids would destroy the group's material assets in Somalia. The raids were among the last gasps of a defeated McCarthyism that remained lethal to the bitter end. A Tadworth man has been charged in connection with three ram raids in Banstead, which were all carried out on the same night. They played an important part in preventing enemy raids, sabotage and terrorist operations. Corsairs made repeated raids on enemy airfields, shipping, and equipment during various battles of the island-hopping war. Valuable stone flags and memorial stones have been stolen by thieves in a series of churchyard raids. The fragments would shred an aeroplane's fuselage and render it inoperable, making the anti-personnel bombs very effective on airfield raids. We hear the boom of cannons in the distance and occasionally the rattle of anti-aircraft guns during air raids. The council was supposed to be fencing off the shops to prevent ram raids but that has not been completed. Niven had volunteered for a secret military commando unit making raids on the enemy coastline. The move follows a series of recent ram raids, when thieves have smashed into the barriers to get at the cash. Too weak to attack their enemies' high-tech military head on, they resisted through surprise raids and bombings. Police were today questioning a man whose arrest led to a series of anti-terrorist raids last night. In previous months, the same team of soldiers had launched 11 similar raids, sometimes reportedly missing their quarry by just a few hours. During the raids police seized personal belongings, documents, drugs paraphernalia, a quantity of crack cocaine and a small amount of cannabis. The raids were timed to coincide with a parallel operation by the South African police service in Durban this morning. Throughout the invasion and occupation there has been torture, dawn raids and shootings of civilians. The white Ford Sierra was used in three ram raids before ending up burnt-out in Beare Heath, four miles south of Dorking. Show More Sentences Images of bombed houses in Drove Road, Beatrice Street, Whitehouse Road and Ipswich Street graphically illustrate the carnage of such raids. For the fist time, civilians themselves were targeted with bombing raids by Zeppelins and coastal raids by the German Navy. The other day I visited a pharmacist in Auckland who had suffered from ram raids. The current rash of raids and busts on bars that showcase objectionable entertainment is making some of our tourists itch. A drugs haul of heroin, cannabis, cocaine, amphetamines and ecstasy tablets were seized in raids on 27 houses. When stealing money from financial institutions, he remembers his manners and is polite at all times to the victims of his raids. The Papal State, too, was subjected to Ottoman raids particularly on its Adriatic coast, and Genoese ships likewise feared the Ottoman pirates. Wales is contiguous to England and had been the subject of Saxon raids for centuries. Most of the damage was done by the Sri Lankan military through air raids and artillery barrages. Portchester Castle is the site of a third century Roman fort built to guard against Saxon raids. Hand guns and heroin were seized by drugs squad police in the latest Crack Down raids. The tayra occasionally eats poultry and raids corn and sugar fields, but damage is usually minimal. Prosecutors claim three of the men arrested in Tuesday's raids were found by police at the reactor in December last year. Burglars made off with a haul of antiques worth thousands of pounds in two raids in Broad Town. During the campaign raids were carried out in six of the county's nine divisions. Five people were arrested in separate police raids in England and in Holland. A relative of one of the suspected bombers was arrested following police raids of six homes in Leeds, West Yorkshire, and two cars were seized. I suppose I forgot to mention it, but as a rule we don't allow renegades to partake in raids on the houses they used to belong to. One of the raids was in Leyland Road, near Turf Moor, where there had been reports of heroin being dealt from the back door of a house. The disclosures forced the police to quickly arrest 12 suspects in raids across England. Show More Sentences They alleged that some senior police officials were running illegal taverns and shebeens, and said the raids were to ward off competition. Sections of the churchyard and a whole path were dug up and stones taken in the last two years in six separate raids. So far, it has sparked a massive increase in calls to Crimestoppers prompting a string of police raids and arrests. He clearly possesses pace but did not have the stamina to complete lung-busting raids. The men were arrested during raids by anti-terrorist police across the South-East two weeks ago. Hit-and-run attacks, terrorist acts, raids and ambushes were cleverly combined with high-profile ideological activities. An Algerian asylum seeker arrested in Bury during police raids on terrorist suspects has been jailed for six months for using a false passport. So they went underground, formed the Red Army Faction, and carried out bank raids, kidnappings, hijacks and bombings. Expensive hair products, made popular by TV series The Salon, have been plundered in smash-and-grab raids on hairdressers' shops in Bradford. It turns out they are using the house to launch raids in the neighbourhood, prompting Mohammad's son Jamal to plot reprisals against the occupiers. In October four people were charged after raids on their homes in Belfast once again unleashing a flood of shock-horror stories about death lists and prominent targets. For the first time in four decades, save for the usual raids and counterraids with Blackfeet and Lakotas, the Crows had their country to themselves. More importantly, contends Winroth, the Vikings were acting completely rationally with their raids. But all the 10 people arrested in a series of raids were later released. Anne cannot sleep because of the air raids, and they are eating terribly-dry bread and ersatz coffee for breakfast, spinach and rotten potatoes for dinner. The operation was part of a series of drug raids in the Bolton area. Both the Central Powers and the Allies used aircraft on strategic bombing raids, targeting enemy industries and to a lesser extent enemy civilians. Incidents have included ram raids and commercial burglaries. A few weeks later, the militants carried out a series of raids on border posts, killing five Iranian policemen. Another week, he caught scores of the rodents that had been conducting raids on vegetables. Show More Sentences As a major source for steel during World War II, Sheffield was a frequent target of bombing raids. A spokesman for ComReg said its policy was not to comment on raids. From the fall of France in May 1940 the role of the RAF was essentially defensive, save for raids on enemy airfields and occasional bombing attacks to boost morale. Appleby, the county town, suffered greatly from Scottish raids, since it was athwart an easy line of advance across Stainmore towards Durham and York. However, the target of the raids was not the industrial sector but rather the historic centre of the city, consisting for the most part of timbered residential buildings. The Edmonton native questions the mechanisms that allow us to condone military bombing raids on civilians while we demand that gang warfare be severely punished. The raids followed a series of complaints from investors in Australia, who were phoned by salespeople in Bangkok and invited to buy shares in Japan and Hong Kong. From Entebbe to Iran, The Daily Beast ranks the raids, from first to worst. His raids on Northumberland in May and July 1217 served only to accelerate the Anglo-French peace negotiations culminating in the treaty of Kingston. He used precious time when he could have been resting to brainstorm with Fasanella about ways to make future raids more effective. Hamas officials said the meeting was less a consultation and more a series of home raids and interrogations. It dates from the days when Apache Indian raids were a daily concern. But many other villains are stealing cars to use in other crimes, such as robberies and ram raids, then setting fire to them to cover their tracks. The Squadron hasn't lost a single kite in the last three raids. Such feasts might take place at inauguration ceremonies such as dynastic weddings, or to accompany the distribution of loot or booty from raids or trading expeditions. As well as springing suspects in early morning raids, police have been employing DNA technology, linking vandals to their crimes by blood left at the scene. He began flying aircraft and was soon involved in bombing raids. The unit also did night raids and bombed enemy land targets. The Leigh shop, which has only had three managers in its 48 year history, was the target of a big armed robbery in 1988 and has since been the subject of ram raids. In this gripping, deftly paced story, a runtish boy dreams of joining the older boys of his village in their raids on trawlers and yachts on the Indian Ocean. Show More Sentences With the use of paid mercenaries from Germany, Finland and Scotland, and a strong fleet, the Swedes were able to conduct raids and escape quickly with their loot. In the raids that accompanied the arrests, police also found jars filled with formaldehyde containing severed fingers. A review of security within Northern Ireland banking, the impact raids have on staff, identity line-ups, giving testimonies in open court and personal safety were discussed. Once trainees understand mountainous terrain and its effects on combat, the next step is to conduct small exercises involving patrolling, raids, and ambushes. Information gleaned at these addresses led to subsequent raids. Now the time for the bombing blitz and commando raids appears to be approaching. And even as he plots defenses against American and allied air raids, he is taunting Vladimir Putin and his allies in Grozny. They had onion skin traces made of all bombers returning from raids, as to where they'd been hit by anti-aircraft and enemy fire. Part of that lies in the paucity of documentation of what the Vikings actually did during their raids. In some of their raids they were crushed either by Kingdom of Asturias or Emirate armies. In general, these tactics enabled Vikings to quickly destroy the meagre opposition posted during raids. The city was subject to some Allied bombing raids, aimed at German naval installations in the harbour. The first Danish raids into England were in the Isle of Sheppey, Kent during 835 and from there their influence spread north. The Germans maintained a fleet of Zeppelins that they used for aerial reconnaissance and occasional bombing raids. Upon the completion of her seven expeditionary raids, Alabama had been at sea for 534 days out of 657, never visiting a single Confederate port. Since the beginning, the new monarch was forced to deal with constant Viking raids, with little success. Sporadic raids then continued until 832, after which they began to build fortified settlements throughout the country. Norse raids continued throughout the 10th century, but resistance to them increased. The usual remedy of increased destroyer raids was not possible, because of the difficulty in using Zeebrugge as a harbour. During the beginning raids of Operation Barbarossa the Luftwaffe wiped out the majority of the Soviet air forces. Show More Sentences About 960AD, Count Baldwin III had a town wall erected in order to protect the settlement against Viking raids. In addition, wider raids gave aircrew experience of day and night navigation, and tested the defences. The regular raids by German personnel hunting for radios further alienated the occupied civilian populations. This may require more ships on station, but they can usually operate closer to their bases, and are at much less risk from enemy raids. During the First World War, Ramsgate was the target of bombing raids by Zeppelin airships. The raids were such a problem coastal settlements were seldom undertaken until the 19th century. Pirate raids for the acquisition of slaves occurred in towns and villages on the African Atlantic seaboard, as well as in Europe. Around 1000, a wall was built around the hill as a defence against Viking raids. The French and English mounted raids on each other throughout that summer, but achieved little, and both sides were by then exhausted. For various reasons it was not a success, but Pitt was determined to press ahead with similar raids. Nonetheless Pitt remained committed to the idea of raids on the French coast. The Boers formed loose militias, which they termed commandos, and forged alliances with Khoisan groups to repel Xhosa raids. Religious strife and the Slavic raids remained a source of struggle in the following years. During the Second World War, the town was left almost unscathed by the air raids that devastated other German cities. In 400 or 401, Hunnic raids forced many Germanic tribes such as the Goths to migrate Westward. During the Second World War, Hamburg suffered a series of Allied air raids which devastated much of the city and the harbour. The Tatar raids took a heavy toll, discouraging settlement in more southerly regions where the soil was better and the growing season was longer. During World War II, more than 30 air raids destroyed about 80 percent of the city's center, including most of the historic buildings. During the last war in Germany, more than 30 air raids destroyed about 80 percent of the city's center, including most of the historic buildings. Their routes passed through the Dnieper down south to Constantinople, on which they did numerous raids. Show More Sentences It is notable that the Northmen did not begin their European raids until after the death of Charles' grandson, Charlemagne. The Danevirke protected Danish land and gave Godfred the opportunity to harass Frisia and Flanders with pirate raids. In 875, after enduring eight decades of repeated Viking raids, the monks fled Lindisfarne, carrying the relics of Saint Cuthbert with them. No further serious Danish invasions or raids on England occurred after this. The Viking presence in Normandy began with raids into the territory of the Frankish Empire, from the middle of 9th century. West Francia and Middle Francia suffered more severely than East Francia during the Viking raids of the 9th century. These and other raids prompted a shipbuilding program at the dockyards of Seville. The Rus' raids into the Caspian Sea were recorded by Arab authors in the 870s and in 910, 912, 913, 943, and later. In particular, the lack of help in defense led to constant raids by marauding pirates along the Icelandic coasts. This mention of Karelian raids on Sweden in the chronicle is given as the main reason to found Stockholm, the current capital of Sweden. During the Crisis of the Third Century, from 260 to 274, Gaul was subject to Alamanni raids because of the civil war. Throughout the reign of emperor Constantine the Great, the Visigoths continued to conduct raids on Roman territory south of the Danube River. Vegetable gardens were frequently destroyed by storms, and cattle lost in raids by the Khoikhoi, who were known to the Dutch as Hottentots. Athanaric wanted to fortify the borders, but Hunnic raids into the land west of the Dniester continued. The Danes were also being threatened by the Wends who were making raids across the border and by sea. By 1475 most of the slaves were provided by Tatar raids on Slavic villages. The recapture of Crete put an end to Arab raids in the Aegean allowing mainland Greece to flourish once again. However, the raids on China continued, most grievously under the Jiajing Emperor. As the area was hardly accessible for Tatar raids, there was a great influx of population from the recently devastated south. The wealth of Hormuz attracted raids so often that the inhabitants sought refuge off the mainland and initially moved to the island of Kishm. Show More Sentences From their stronghold of Narbonne, they launched raids into the Duchy of Aquitaine. Lacking the means needed for wholesale conquest of large territories, his tactics consisted of raids in the border regions of Vardulia. The raids and attacks of the Reconquista created captives on both sides, who were either ransomed or sold as slaves. Lusitanian raids and rebellions during Roman occupation required the construction of a wall around the settlement. French raids hurt the business, and the weather was terrible, so he redirected his attention to his other colony in Maryland. During the Napoleonic Wars, Mauritius became a base from which French corsairs organised successful raids on British commercial ships. The Rajahnates of Butuan and Cebu also endured slave raids from, and waged wars against the Sultanate of Maguindanao. Galicia also suffered occasional slave raids by Barbary pirates, but not as frequently as the Mediterranean coastal areas. In retaliation, Tatars living under Ottoman rule launched raids into the Commonwealth, mostly in the southeast territories. Many Cossacks and Tatars developed longstanding enmity due to the losses of their raids. Although the Tatars quickly began raids against their familiar foe, after a short period they ceased, leaving the Russians to their new town. It was this and other minor raids which prompted the Tsar of Russia to support a Cossack invasion of Siberia. Meanwhile, the Picts, Saxons and Scoti continued their raids, which may have increased in scope. Along the Amazon river and its major tributaries, repeated slaving raids and punitive attacks left their mark. The Vikings raided across Europe, but took the most slaves in raids on the British Isles and in Eastern Europe. For years, the Khanates of Kazan and Astrakhan routinely made raids on Russian principalities for slaves and to plunder towns. Russian chronicles record about 40 raids by Kazan Khans on the Russian territories in the first half of the 16th century. The corsairs were no strangers to the South West of England where raids were known in a number of coastal communities. When Lancelot's party raids the execution, many knights are killed, including, by accident, Gareth and Gaheris. The majority of those enslaved and taken to these ports were captured in raids and wars. Show More Sentences To the south, the British were said to be openly funding Creek Indian raids on white settlers in Georgia and adjacent territory. It succeeded in raising revenue in districts that recovered from years of raids, up to levels previously enjoyed by the Mughals. The confederation's raids, and its very existence, hindered American expansion into rich farmlands in the Northwest Territory. American settlers into the Middle West had been repeatedly blocked and threatened by Indian raids before 1812, and that now came to an end. The Viking Age was a period of Scandinavian expansion through trade, colonization and raids. In addition to gold and silver, an important outcome from the raids were thralls, which were brought to the Norwegian farms as a slave workforce. Continuing Tatar raids left the south borderlands of Russia completely depopulated and devastated. Bombing raids brought major loss of life as the German Air Force targeted the docks at Swansea, Cardiff and Pembroke. By 1651 the Royalist governor, Sir John Grenville, was using the islands as a base for privateering raids on Commonwealth and Dutch shipping. It suffered especially from Viking raids, and was often used as a winter base by Viking raiders when they were unable to reach Normandy. The first Viking raids on Britain began before 800, increasing in scope and destructiveness over time. At the time of his death, he was planning a great expedition to end raids on the eastern provinces from the Persian Empire. Egbert's later years saw the beginning of Danish Viking raids on Wessex, which occurred frequently from 835 onwards. This victory postponed Danish conquests in England for fifteen years, but raids on Wessex continued. Despite this relative peace, the king was still forced to deal with a number of Danish raids and incursions. From around 800, there had been waves of Danish raids on the coastlines of the British Isles. There were no serious invasions or raids of England by the Danes after this. It was the climax to a succession of Viking raids spread over a number of decades. During his childhood England was the target of Viking raids and invasions under Sweyn Forkbeard and his son, Cnut. Throughout this period, England confronted repeated raids by pirates that heavily damaged trade and the navy. Show More Sentences Nobles engaged many of these to mount raids, or to pack courts of justice with their supporters, intimidating suitors, witnesses and judges. Warwick and his supporters even began to launch raids on the English coast from Calais, adding to the sense of chaos and disorder. Richard had the authority to summon the Border Levies and issue Commissions of Array to repel the Border raids. She knighted Francis Drake after his circumnavigation of the globe from 1577 to 1580, and he won fame for his raids on Spanish ports and fleets. Drake was considered a hero in England and a pirate in Spain for his raids. There were various minor bombing raids and reconnaissance flights on both sides. As a result, the 16th century became known as linn nan creach, the time of raids. For the rest of the month he carried out raids along the coast and intercepted enemy shipping. Action in the air began on 16 October 1939 when the Luftwaffe launched air raids on British warships. The warring air forces also showed some activity during this period, running reconnaissance flights and several minor bombing raids. That's roughly equivalent to the number of German citizens who died from Allied raids. To reduce losses further, strategy changed to prefer night raids, giving the bombers greater protection under cover of darkness. Some people even told government surveyors that they enjoyed air raids if they occurred occasionally, perhaps once a week. Confidence in the device was diminished by the time the Luftwaffe was ready to conduct big raids. The first deliberate air raids on London were mainly aimed at the Port of London, causing severe damage. Although the weather was poor, heavy raids took place that afternoon on the London suburbs and the airfield at Farnborough. Cardiff was bombed on three nights, Portsmouth centre was devastated by five raids. Viking raids took place for instance in 987 and 997 at Watchet and the Battle of Cynwit. The breakup of the Carolingian Empire was accompanied by invasions, migrations, and raids by external foes. As the war escalated into its second year, the concerns for air raids were greater than ever. Show More Sentences Between July 1940 and May 1944, the city was hit by 67 air raids which destroyed 6625 houses and severely damaged 6549 of them. The air raids caused 930 deaths and wounded almost 3000 people, many of them in the dockyard and military establishments. Among the Swedish runestones mentioning expeditions overseas, almost half tell of raids and travels to western Europe. Raids in Europe, including raids and settlements from Scandinavia, were not unprecedented and had occurred long before the Vikings arrived. The Vikings often deliberately captured many people on their raids in Europe, enslaved and made them into thralls. The Gaels, known to the Romans as Scoti, also carried out raids on Roman Britain, together with the Picts. These raids increased in the 4th century, as Roman rule in Britain began to collapse. During the Second World War, the Japanese Air Force conducted air raids in Chittagong in 1942, displacing several thousand people. After repeated Viking raids, the monks fled Lindisfarne in AD 875, carrying St Cuthbert's relics with them. Little is attributable to the 8th and 9th centuries, due to the regular Viking raids. However, leaving an enemy behind would allow them to interfere with communications and make raids. Each year, there are many raids on individuals suspected of illegally possessing fireworks. From 1941 to 1943, Lewis spoke on religious programmes broadcast by the BBC from London while the city was under periodic air raids. Ursula recorded that during air raids all three slept in the same room in adjacent beds, holding hands for comfort. It was at this time, perhaps as a response to Viking raids, that many of the Irish round towers were built. The rebels, dispossessed at home, probably formed the first waves of raids on the English coast. As part of the ransom, a peace treaty was drawn up that was intended to stop the raids. The Dukes of Normandy were quite happy to allow these Danish adventurers to use their ports for raids on the English coast. During this time, Harold Godwinson led a campaign of raids which dented the authority in Wales. Diarmait and the Normans seized Leinster within weeks and launched raids into neighbouring kingdoms. Show More Sentences In 1346, after more Scottish raids, Philip VI appealed for a counter invasion of England in order to relieve the English stranglehold on Calais. In 1513, after preliminary raids by borderers came to grief, James's main army invaded England. In the 14th century, raids by Moor pirates forced the Venetian Duke of Crete to ask Venice to keep its fleet on constant guard. Their raids in the Adriatic increased rapidly, until the whole Sea was no longer safe for travel. This trade was subjected to frequent raids by thriving bands of pirates based in the coastal cities of Western India. The Continental Army sent the Sullivan Expedition on raids throughout New York to cripple the Iroquois tribes that had sided with the British. Creek warriors also joined Thomas Brown's raids into South Carolina and assisted Britain during the Siege of Savannah. Besides the slaves who died on the Middle Passage, more Africans likely died during the slave raids in Africa and forced marches to ports. The raids on Guernica and Madrid caused many civilian casualties and a wave of protests in the democracies. However, for some raids, they were called back, such as on 13 September to attack Tangmere airfield. By September, standard tactics for raids had become an amalgam of techniques. Keith Park's tactics were to dispatch individual squadrons to intercept raids. From 4 July the RAF achieved some successes with raids on Channel ports, anticipating the build up for an invasion. The raids appeared to show that British radars were difficult to knock out. As the week drew on, the airfield attacks moved further inland, and repeated raids were made on the radar chain. At times these raids caused some damage to the sector stations, threatening the integrity of the Dowding system. The strategy agreed on 6 August was for raids on military and economic targets in towns and cities to culminate in a major attack on London. The Germans assumed this was deliberate, and as the raids increased in frequency and scale the population grew impatient for measures of revenge. They increasingly suffered unsustainable losses in daylight raids, and the last massive daytime attacks were on 15 September. A raid of 70 bombers on 18 September also suffered badly, and day raids were gradually phased out leaving the main attacks at night. Show More Sentences The raids disturbed civilians, and continued the war of attrition against Fighter Command. However, on 11 June they began a series of raids against Italian positions in Libya. The Russian army was heavily dependent upon its main magazines in Poland, and the Prussian army launched several successful raids against them. Additionally, allies conducted raids on less fortified sections of the Finnish coast. The raids did minimal damage to the runway, and damage to radars was quickly repaired. World War II wrought widespread destruction of most of the city due to the persistent Allied air raids on Japan and the use of incendiary bombs. These American raids alienated many sympathetic or neutral Nova Scotians into supporting the British. Security Police raids on Peasant Party headquarters were reported last week. Even there they were not immune from enemy air raids, and stayed on occasion with Nancy Astor at her country house, Cliveden. In 1991, Saudi Arabian forces were involved both in bombing raids on Iraq and in the land invasion that helped to liberate Kuwait. As Mongol raids continued periodically over the years, the Ming devoted considerable resources to repair and reinforce the walls. The Viking raids made the sway of French and German lords in the area weak. Robert's forces carried out a series of raids of Northern England, defeating an English army in 1327 at the Battle of Stanhope Park. Medieval Inverness suffered regular raids from the Western Isles, particularly by the MacDonald Lords of the Isles in the fifteenth century. This advantage was at times a major disadvantage as the Vikings came across the North Sea to launch their lightening raids. Bruce also drove back a subsequent English expedition north of the border and launched raids into Yorkshire and Lancashire. The defeat of the English opened up the north of England to Scottish raids and allowed the Scottish invasion of Ireland. Several local raids occurred during her childhood and on one occasion her village was burned. Following the King's instructions, Clarence led 4000 men in raids through the Anjou and Maine. West of the Appalachians, the war was largely confined to skirmishing and raids. Show More Sentences The decoy worked on around four occasions, where several raids resulted in bombs being dropped on the decoy site. During air raids in the Second World War, aircraft were moved to East Fingask beside Oldmeldrum. Meanwhile, there were barbarian raids on Britain in 408, but these seem to have been defeated. Maredudd fought off English encroachment in Powys and increasing Viking raids in Gwynedd. During this period, the division worked to improve the trenches they inherited and conducted raids on the German lines. Further raids followed on 27 February, through 1, 4, 12, 20 March and 3, 12, 29, 30 April and 4 to 11 May. Following the Roman withdrawal, Irish raids and invasions were repulsed, supposedly by the forces under a northerner named Cunedda. North African slave raids discouraged settlement along the coast until the 19th century. Their routes passed through the Dnieper south to Constantinople, on which they carried out numerous raids. The islands were a frequent target of Saracen raids and from the late 11th century, saw a number of Norman and Italian attacks. It is the period of history when Scandinavian Norsemen explored Europe by its seas and rivers for trade, raids, colonisation and conquest. In 1003, the Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard started a series of raids against England. During the first 40 years, the raids were conducted by small, mobile Viking groups. Norwegian Vikings and other Scandinavians conducted extensive raids in Ireland. The first Viking raids began between 790 and 800 along the coasts of western France. They are suspected of carrying out ram raids on ATM cash machines across the region. Police investigating two ram raids in the Black Country had to jump for safety when a car was driven at them. A GANG went on the rampage and tried to carry out four ram raids in less than an hour. The raids were linked by a distinctive white Audi RS5, which was later resprayed black. I experienced air raids, gas masks, black-outs, rationing and the kind of things mentioned in the book. Find more words! 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