counterraid

counterraid

(ˈkaʊntəˌreɪd)
n
(Military) a retaliatory raid on an enemy
vb (tr)
(Military) to make a retaliatory raid on (an enemy)
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The latest counterraids came in early Tuesday, leaving several people injured, Al-Masirah television network reported.
Serving as a readily accessible and entry-level work for students and scholars to gain familiarity with timeless concepts of guerrilla warfare, combat adaptation, and distinctive martial cultures, the collision of Comanche, Spanish, Texan, and American forces in northern Texas establishes an arena of "raids and counterraids" that shaped the fate of North America (53).
For background on the raids and counterraids that turned the Ohio River Valley into a "dark and bloody ground" in the 1780s, see STEPHEN ARON, HOW THE WEST WAS LOST: THE TRANSFORMATION OF KENTUCKY FROM DANIEL BOONE TO HENRY CLAY 29-57 (1996); GRIFFIN, supra note 35, at 153-211; NICHOLS, supra note 8, at 37-44, 57-68.
Therefore, much of the conflict consisted of raids and counterraids in a war of attrition where armies lived off the land to support themselves and deny resources to the opposing side.
The Norwegian fizzed one effort narrowly wide from the edge of the area in the opening moments, setting the tone for a first half in which Liverpool, demonstrating their manager's determination to win on the night, muzzled Barca's bite and rattled the visiting defence with lightning counterraids centred on the pace of Craig Bellamy.