Sentence examples for a sortie on from inspiring English sources

Brown, resuming command, launched a sortie on September 17 that destroyed so much of the enemy artillery that the British abandoned the siege a few days later.

While Russia's troops still sit in neighboring Georgia, making an elaborate point about who wields the military power in the Caucasus Mountains and Central Asia, Moscow has begun a sortie on a totally different front: Gazprom, the Russian state-controlled natural-gas monopoly, has offered to buy all of Azerbaijan's gas exports.

Facing logistical problems, the new Polish Commander-in-Chief Jan Krukowiecki, who had replaced Dembiński in mid-August, ordered a sortie on the right bank.

The squadron joined the Grand Fleet in a sortie on 29 March, in response to intelligence that the German fleet was leaving port as the precursor to a major operation.

Australia joined the Grand Fleet in a sortie on 29 March, in response to intelligence that the German fleet was leaving port as the precursor to a major operation.

On 16 March 1943, Newton led a sortie on the Salamaua Isthmus in which his Boston was hit repeatedly by Japanese anti-aircraft fire, damaging fuselage, wings, fuel tanks and undercarriage.

Having been promoted to acting flight lieutenant, he was on a sortie to attack Düsseldorf in December 1944 when he lost one of his engines.

There are several books that will guide you on a sortie to seek out these and other wild treats – among my favourites are Richard Mabey's classic Food For Free, and my friend and colleague John Wright's River Cottage Hedgerow Handbook and Edible Seashore Handbook.

F/O Donald Murdo Mackenzie was awarded the DFC on 27 February 1945, having destroyed a Ju 88 on 30 July 1944, and then two more in a single sortie on 24 December.

To prevent the Goths from intercepting them in force, Belisarius arranged a strong sortie on the p189 camp near the Flaminian Gate.

Indefatigables first mission was a brief sortie on 1 July 1944 to provide air cover for the ocean liner that was ferrying American troops to Britain.