58 Verbs to Use for the Word raid

The origin of the name of Pau is the Spanish "Palo," a "stick" or a "stake," and takes us back to the time when the Saracens had taken possession of a large part of Spain and were making raids beyond the Pyrenees.

In the early summer it was thought desirable to destroy the Turkish railway which ran from Beersheba to Asluj and on to Kossaima, in order to prevent an enemy raid on our communications between El Arish and Rafa, and the mounted troops with the Imperial Camel Corps had had a most successful day in destroying many miles of line and several bridges.

The officer who planned the raid, however, was among the killed.

He had intended to lead a raid in person, swooping down the French flank to their rear; but the three staff traitors, Daulch, Hattin and Aubck, sent forward the previous evening to place the division and hold it ready, had simply tipped the French off to the whole plan and at the critical moment of Feisul's arrival on the scene had ordered the sauve-qui-peut.

"Rumors had reached the post that the coast Indians contemplated such a raid, and in consequence the native Indians in the vicinity remained about nearly all summer.

Rules for playing King-raid with modern pieces and cards.

It escaped the first raid of Cromwell in 1536, but in spite of the petition of John Draper, the last Prior, in 1539 the house was demanded of him and he surrendered it.

Who stopped the last Afghan raid?'

You were trying to bring off a raid on Judaea.

In like manner the Cinel Eogain, as we saw, hired the fleet of the Norsemen of the Western Isles of Scotland to help them to resist a raid of the Connachtmen.

Upon several occasions German battleships, cruisers and submarines had ventured from behind the mine field and had delivered raids upon the British coast, almost 400 miles away.

The young king of Scotland, David Bruce, had "ridden a raid" into England, and ravaged and plundered on his way as far as Auckland, after having burnt the town of Alnwick, amongst others, but having been repulsed before the castle.

"We've been discussing the threatened raid on the I.W.W. hall," he said.

At another table a French lieutenant would describe a raid made by the son of an American banker in Paris who is in command of an armed automobile.

We are far indeed from desiring air-raids, but if such things must be, there is a curious satisfaction in being "in it."

He had just dispatched a military force in another direction to intercept and disarm a raid about to be made by a detachment of Lane's men, when news came to him that the Missourians were still moving upon Lawrence, in increased force, that his officers had not yet delivered his orders, and that skirmishing had begun between the outposts.

He encouraged piratical and plundering raids, and on the other hand failed to show the courage and daring that are sometimes partial offsets to ferocity.

So harmlessly ended this raid, that might have been a bloody battle but for Major Molly's Christmas promise! POLLY'S VALENTINE.

It purely a light-infantry campaign, excepting the dashing raids of Tarleton and Simcoe.

It was under the leadship of this same Morgan that the buccaneers reached the height of their reputation, and executed their most daring and successful raids.

The position assumed by Eastern Virginia and Maryland was of consequence only so far as it might facilitate a sudden raid on Washington, and the policy of both these States was to amuse the Government by imaginary negotiations till the plans of the conspirators were ripe.

The inhabitants all fled at our approach, fearing an Indian raid; for they were absolutely unprepared to have any one come from the unknown regions up-stream.

" "Did you find the mine?" inquired Tom, forgetting the raid and pursuit in his eagerness to learn about the Lost Lode.

They revenged themselves by intensifying their raids on the coast of central China; they often massacred whole towns, and burned down the looted houses.

Not hour-long raids such as London knows, but week-long raids.

58 Verbs to Use for the Word  raid