The King, in his turn, refused to give them up, and raised a strong force.

Unable to raise a large enough force, no action was taken.

With great difficulty he raised fresh forces and again advanced.

And even should he be able to raise a force from amongst the population, how long would it take to train them?

They called in their braves and raised a force of about 150 warriors.

My son Mordred has raised a great force against me.

It was basically built as a training ground for raising a revolutionary force.

The Republicans had to raise major forces to defeat them, and then only with difficulty.

Do you raise forces there to keep their opposition suppressed?

John raised a force of 1,000 knights, and entered Paris in 1405.