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List of raids

A military raid is a mission where the main objective is to demoralize, destroy valuable enemy installations, free prisoners, gather intelligence, or capture or kill specific personnel. This contrasts to regular military operations where the end goal is to capture territory and advance. Raids are a quick attack, relying heavily on the element of surprise to achieve their objective. After the success or failure of the mission, the raiding force will attempt to retreat to friendly territory before the enemy is able to co-ordinate a counterattack.

Raids are favored by guerrilla, irregular, or special forces. Due to the disproportional affect that a raid can have on an enemy, relative to the attacker's strength and the duration of the attack, raids are a favored tactic in irregular warfare.

List of land-based raids

Name	Date	Attackers	Defenders	Outcome
Mongol Raid into Hungary	1241	Mongol Empire	Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia  Teutonic Knights  Knights Templar	Parts of the Kingdom of Hungary controlled by the Mongol Empire
Mongol Raid into Lithuania	1259	Mongol Empire	Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Lithuania left mostly untouched by the Mongol raid
Mongol raid into Poland	1259	Mongol Empire	Polish states and allies	Tactical Mongol victory
Mongol invasion of Thrace	1265	Mongol Empire	Thrace	Thrace plundered by the Mongols
Second Mongol invasion of Lithuania	1275	Mongol Empire	Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Third Mongol invasion of Poland	1287	Golden Horde Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia	Kingdom of Poland Kingdom of Hungary	Polish victory; Mongol invasion repulsed
Chaseabout Raid	26 August 1565	Kingdom of Scotland	Protestant rebels	Victory for Mary, Queen of Scots
Raid of the Redeswire	7 July 1575	Kingdom of Scotland	Kingdom of England	Scottish victory
Raid of Ruthven	27 August 1582	Presbyterian nobles	Kingdom of Scotland	Short-lived Presbyterian victory
Raid on the Medway	6 June 1667	Dutch Republic	Kingdom of England	Decisive Dutch victory
Raid on Pickawillany	21 June 1752	France New France Ojibwa Ottawa	Great Britain British America Miami People	French allied victory
Carleton's Raid	24 October 1778	Great Britain	United States Vermont Republic	British victory
Cherry Valley massacre	11 November 1778	Great Britain Seneca tribe Mohawk	United States	British victory
Royalton raid	16 October 1780	Great Britain	Vermont Republic	British victory
Raid on Gananoque	21 September 1812	United States	Upper Canada	American victory
Raid on Elizabethtown	7 February 1813	United States	United Kingdom	American victory
Raid on Fort Oswego	6 May 1814	United Kingdom	United States	British victory
Raid on Alexandria	20 August 1814	United Kingdom	United States	British victory
Andrews' Raid	12 April 1862	United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)	Union victory
Grierson's Raid	17 April 1863	United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)	Union victory
Streight's Raid	30 April 1863	United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)	Confederate victory
Morgan's Raid	11 June 1863	CSA (Confederacy)	United States (Union)	Union victory
Quantrill's Raid	21 August 1863	CSA (Confederacy)	United States (Union)	Confederate victory
St. Albans Raid	19 October 1864	CSA (Confederacy)	United States (Union)	Confederate victory
Price's Raid	27 September 1864	CSA (Confederacy)	United States (Union)	Union victory
Wilson's Raid	22 March 1865	United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)	Union victory
Fenian raids	April 1866	Fenian Brotherhood Irish Republican Brotherhood United States(Alleged)	British Empire Canada (1867-71) Province of Canada (1866)	Stalemate; Fenian raids cease
Warren Wagon Train raid	18 May 1871	Kiowa	United States	Native American victory
Jesse James Northfield Raid	6 September 1876	Law enforcement	James-Younger Gang	Destruction of the gang
Jameson Raid	29 December 1895	Cecil Rhodes Leander Starr Jameson Reform Committee	South African Republic	South African victory
Brownsville Affair	13 August 1906	Black soldiers	White civilians	1 white civilian is killed; 167 black soldiers are dishonorably discharged
Bezdany raid	26 September 1908	Polish revolutionaries	Russian Empire	Polish success
Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby	16 December 1914	United Kingdom	German Empire	German victory
Russian raid on Gotland	2 July 1915	Russian Empire United Kingdom	German Empire	Allied victory
Zeebrugge Raid	23 April 1915	United Kingdom	German Empire	Indecisive
Soviet raid on Stołpce	3 August 1924	Soviet Union	Poland	Soviet victory
Chittagong armoury raid	18 April 1930	Indian revolutionaries	Chittagong police force	Revolutionaries fail to complete objective
Christmas Raid	23 December 1939	Irish Republican Army (IRA)	Ireland Irish Army	Initial completion of objectives; equipment recovered shortly after
Operation Ambassador	14 July 1940	United Kingdom	Nazi Germany	Nazi victory
Operation Colossus	10 February 1941	United Kingdom	Italy	British victory
Operation Claymore	4 March 1941	United Kingdom Norway	Nazi Germany	British victory
Operation Savanna	15 March 1941	United Kingdom Free France	Nazi Germany	Nazi victory
Raid on Alexandria (1941)	19 December 1941	United Kingdom	Italy	Italian victory
Operation Anklet	26 December 1941	United Kingdom Norway Poland	Nazi Germany	Allied victory
Operation Archery	27 December 1941	United Kingdom Norway	Nazi Germany	Allied victory
St. Nazaire Raid	27 March 1942	United Kingdom	Nazi Germany	British victory (all objectives complete)
Indian Ocean raid	31 March 1942	Japan	United Kingdom Australia Netherlands Netherlands United States Canada	Japanese victory
Makin Island raid	17 August 1942	United States	Empire of Japan	United States victory
Dieppe Raid	19 August 1942	Canada United Kingdom Poland	Nazi Germany	German victory
Tatsinskaya Raid	16 December 1942	Soviet Union	Nazi Germany	Soviet victory
Operation Chestnut	12 July 1943	United Kingdom	Italy	British failure
Gran Sasso Raid	12 September 1943	Nazi Germany	Italy	Mussolini successfully rescued
Operation Jaywick	26 September 1943	Z Special Unit (Allies)	Empire of Japan Japan	Allied victory
Operation Begonia	2 October 1943	United Kingdom	Italy	50  (POW) rescued
Operation Candytuft	27 October 1943	United Kingdom	Italy Nazi Germany	British victory
Operation Saxifrage	27 October 1943	United Kingdom	Italy	Rail lines successfully cut
Raid on Choiseul	28 October 1943	United States Australia	Japan	Indecisive
Operation Baobab	30 January 1944	United Kingdom	Italy	British victory
Operation Cooney	7 June 1944	Free French Forces	Nazi Germany	Tactically indecisive Strategic Allied victory
Operation Gaff	25 June 1944	United Kingdom	Nazi Germany	Objective not completed
Operation Dunhill	3 August 1944	United Kingdom	Nazi Germany	Objectives completed
Operation Greif	16 December 1944	Nazi Germany	United Kingdom United States	German failure