Sentence examples for began disembarking from inspiring English sources

The fate of the armies was sealed in mid-March when Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 49,000 men began disembarking at Pittsburg Landing.

Newly freed inmates from Rikers Island began disembarking daily in the plaza, courtesy of an early-morning bus that deposited them there from the jails.

Early on 3 May, Shima's force arrived off Tulagi and began disembarking the naval troops to occupy the island.

82nd Airborne were finally relieved by 90th Division, who began disembarking at 16:00 on D-Day and were all ashore by June 8.

On Sword, 21 of 25 DD tanks of the first wave made it safely ashore to provide cover for the infantry, who began disembarking at 07 30.

The troops began disembarking at Alexandria on 6 December 1914, and were entrained for Cairo where they began to set up camp at Mena.

On 27 July 1953, the French landing craft departed from their assembly points, and by 04:00 on the following had begun disembarking 160 amphibious landing craft belonging to Group A's 3rd Amphibious opposite the coastline.

Those saved began to disembark in Sicilian ports on Sunday evening, with further landings expected in the toe of Italy's boot on Monday.

A16 Two Sailors Remain Missing Delayed by searches for two missing sailors, the amphibious assault ship Nassau dropped anchor in North Carolina after nine months at sea and began to disembark 1,100 Marines returning to Camp Lejeune, from the war in Iraq.

Delayed by searches for two missing sailors, the amphibious assault ship Nassau sailed yesterday into North Carolina waters, dropped anchor after nine months at sea and began to disembark 1,100 marines returning to Camp Lejeune, part of the first contingent home from the war in Iraq.

The expeditionary corps began to disembark without meeting any opposition on the evening of August 29, finishing on the morning of August 30.