Sentence examples for enemy fleet from inspiring English sources

In the process, he developed new tactics for engaging an advancing enemy fleet.

At Mylae the Romans destroyed 50 Carthaginian ships, and the remainder of the enemy fleet fled.

Manned by several hundred soldiers and protected by some 100 cannons, the forts seemed more than adequate to stop an enemy fleet trying to move upstream.

Ballistic missile submarines send death and destruction thousands of miles inland; it is not their role to deprive an enemy fleet of access to the oceans.

He realized that his only chance lay in setting fire to the enemy fleet, and it was by that drastic measure that he managed to gain the upper hand.

"Breaking the line" of the enemy fleet was one aim, because this broke the enemy's tactical cohesion and made it possible to overwhelm individual ships by bringing greatly superior force to bear on each of them in turn.

You can just sail the oceans looking for enemy fleets and destroying them if you like.

Some time ago, we were traversing the internet for signs of enemy fleets.

Attacks are likely to come not from enemy fleets but from coastal submarines, mines, and land-based aircraft and missiles.

Galley oarsmen, confined and sometimes chained to their benches, died of frostbite during winter skirmishes of cat-and-mouse with enemy fleets.

Naval ships, designed to avoid detection by enemy fleets and aircraft, are exempt from an international requirement that vessels automatically and continuously broadcast their position, course and speed.