The fort was set up to protect early settlers from Indian raids.

Early residents lived in forts to protect themselves from Indian raids, but moved out by the late 1780s.

The inhabitants of Pro requested that the mission station be established to protect them from raids by much larger settlements.

The city wall, parts of which remain to this day, was built in 1554, in order to protect the town from raids by Japanese pirates.

Even here there are fortifications built to protect the inhabitants from raids by the Mara.

The sea protected the island from raids, and it was virtually unassailable.

The Fortress above the lagoon was built to protect citizens from raids by pirates and the local indigenous population.

A city wall was built for the first time in 1554 to protect the town from raids by Japanese pirates.

In April 1865 it was permanently established to protect the area from Indian raids.

Sherman's supply lines had been protected from Confederate raids.