Sentence examples for evacuation of troops from inspiring English sources

Preparations for a Christmas magazine and exchanges of fruit and cigarettes across the trenches were the focus of an article published on 28 December rather than the undercover evacuation of troops and equipment which was actually by then almost complete.

Preparations for the 75th anniversary of the evacuation of troops from Dunkirk are under way in Ramsgate.

In December, Bataan and Warramunga assisted the mass evacuation of troops and refugees from Hungnam.

The following month Defender assisted in the evacuation of troops from Crete to Egypt after the Germans invaded on 22 May (Operation Merkur).

The ship participated in Operation Demon, the evacuation of Allied troops from Greece in April, and assisted in the evacuation of troops from Crete to Egypt after the Germans invaded Crete on 22 May (Operation Merkur).

She sailed for Le Havre, France on 9 June, to assist in the evacuation of British troops before advancing German troops (Operation Cycle).

Boadicea began a refit at Chatham Dockyard on 2 May and was not operational until she sailed for Le Havre, France on 9 June to assist in the evacuation of British troops before advancing German troops.

For the next three months, due to the intensity of the fighting in the sector, the battalion alternated their position with the 24th Battalion almost every day until the evacuation of Allied troops from the peninsula occurred, embarking with the last troops to leave on the night of 19/20 December 1915.

The soldiers were stationed on the peninsula until the evacuation of Egyptian troops in October, then taking control of the principal strongholds still held by Turkish troops.

One of Lie's first tasks was helping to secure the evacuation of Soviet troops from northern Iran.

The evacuation of the troops was carried out from Suvla Bay and from "Anzac Cove" under cover of darkness in December 1915, and from the Cape Helles beaches in January 1916.