Two hundred leagues of countryside were left to roving bands of Cossacks.

The 'civilised' Romans constantly had to contend with revolts and roving bands of outlaws.

There had been a dozen skirmishes between the regulars and roving bands of desperadoes.

For miles around this village the country was patrolled by roving bands of the enemy.

Malazan regulars were digging in, forming shieldwalls against attack from roving bands of Crimson Guardsmen.

Casual damages to the town were not repaired, lest they make those roving bands curious.

As time passed, they crumbled into smaller groups, and these degenerated into roving bands of harriers.

He ordered the security forces to "confront and defeat these roving bands of killers".

These did not prosper, however, and the region was populated mainly by roving bands of Indians.

When possible, all camp near together, taking proper precautions against attacks from roving bands of marauders.

Roving bands ravaged the country, plundering the people, holding the forests, and robbing collectors of Crown revenue.

Few knew the danger we were in of being cut off by Hamilton's roving bands of Indians.

The streets were utterly deserted but for roving bands of Reformist troops, drunk, breaking into shops, looting.

There was no chief at the head; indeed, in these roving bands it was every brave for himself.

In this territory, roving bands wandered around, driving their cattle with them and clearing the woods of game.

The sodium halide lamps in the parking lot protected the cars of the guests from roving bands of thieves.