Sentence examples for convoys which are from inspiring English sources

Greater efficiency means fewer fuel convoys, which are such inviting targets for roadside bombers.

American convoys, which are usually accompanied by armored cars and sometimes by aircraft, are often attacked by insurgents.

The switch is partly driven by cost, but military commanders in Afghanistan and Iraq are also anxious to create a lighter, more fuel-efficient force that is less dependent on supply convoys, which are vulnerable to attack from insurgents.

The Caracals are critical to the French force in Afghanistan because they reduce the number of ground convoys — which are highly vulnerable to improvised explosive devices — needed to supply forward bases, and they hugely increase the mobility of troops in the field.

Intelligence was brought to Afranius that the great convoys, which were on their march to Caesar, had halted at the river.

"It turned out his convoy was a decoy diverted on a special course through the Bay of Biscay to take the submarines away from the north African landings convoys which were heading south.

They escorted some of the Arctic convoys which were carrying vital cargo to the Soviet Union.

In particular, it was ineffective at protecting English Channel convoys, which were forced to abandon operations for a few months, starting in July 1940.

"Mankell is believed to be on the aid convoy which was heading for Palestine.

The police cut off the van before it join the royal convoy, which was heading for a wildlife reserve.

Two others riding in the diplomatic convoy, which was leaving a U.S. Embassy satellite office, suffered minor injuries.