Sentence examples for minor raids from inspiring English sources

In between these minor raids Simon also walks off with expensive skis that have been nonchalantly set aside by their owners and which he later sells.

A number of Union reports filed in the summer and fall of 1864, however, mention a "Captain Rayborne" and his troops involved in minor raids that frustrated federal commanders but did not significantly alter military affairs.

During the interview period with the communities, several interviewees on both sides reported minor raids in which, however, no or few people got hurt.

In this period conflict developed from minor raids to major conflicts, incorporating many of the innovations of continental warfare.

Minor raids against other communities convinced Governor Joseph Dudley to send 20 men to garrison Deerfield in February.

Under his command, this group of men would launch minor raids against Jewish settlements and British security personnel.

Tensions rise, and the construction of a small wall in a neighbouring camp provokes a minor raid – overnight, guy ropes are loosened and buckets of water are upturned in a fit of vindictiveness.

Just now Hulk did make a minor raid down the right but, with Falcao baying for the ball in space in the middle, the winger elected to slow the play down.

The third minor raid took place in 911 or 912.

On 6 October, in concert with three parties from the 1st Battalion, the 2nd carried out a minor raid on a German position to the north-east of a position known as "The Bluff" in order to gain intelligence.

L'Hermite conducted an effective but minor raiding operation of his own, cruising off West Africa and capturing a number of merchant ships and slave ships, eventually sailing for Cayenne and then back to France in September 1806.