Which preposition to use with raiders
Driven from the brow they settle on the neck, shaken from the neck they dive between the legs, and but for that far-reaching whisk at the end of the tail, they would found a permanent colony on the flanks and defy ejection, like the raiders of Vatersay.
When Larry and his companions had met the bear, the four raiders with the cattle Jeffreys had seen were only about two miles in advance of them.
The extreme difficulty of preventing the egress of raiders from the North Sea at night, even when so large a force is cruising, was well illustrated by this incident, although a little reflection on the wide area of water to be covered, together with a knowledge of the distance that the eye can cover on a dark night (some 200 to 300 yards), would show how very great are the chances in favour of evasion.
At that time the danger of attack by enemy raiders on shipping in the North Atlantic was small; the protection needed was against attack by submarines, and the dangerous area commenced some 300-400 miles from the British Islands.
"The raiders by this time have seen our signals, and have found out we're up and doing, and more than a match for them; so don't fret,don't fret, any of you," turning to his wife and Mrs. Elliston.
" Realizing from the expressions on their faces that the lads were surprised as well as disappointed at his refusal to accompany them, the horseman said: "You all just take my advice and don't try to follow those raiders into the mountains.
" None the worse for their experience, the cowboys were eager to be under way again that they might exact satisfaction upon the raiders for their unwilling flight.
" The sorghum, meanwhile, had been handed to the raiders in the cabin, and the men could be heard making merry.
"I want to overhaul the raiders before night.
We find the first record of the Northern raiders under the year 795: "The burning of Lambay by the Gentiles.