Sentence examples for force crossing from inspiring English sources

At the end of July, the 3rd Squadron was sent to patrol 20 mile to the south near the Nagid well, observing the left flank of a Turkish force crossing the Sinai.

The Dutch officers' report was not mistaken: early in the morning, two Spanish scouts had found the track of the Dutch force crossing the river, and Mondragón, anticipating them, had deployed his cavalry beyond a beechwood, the countryside southwards the Lippe being covered by small woods alternating with moorlands.

On the equatorial side, the trade wind is from the south-east, drawn by the continental low pressures and is displaced toward its right to the north of the equator, amplified by the change of sign of the Coriolis Force crossing the equator.

This pressure gradient introduces a deviation of trade winds toward the east, reinforced by the change of sign of the Coriolis force crossing the equator (the rotation of the earth is the origin of this force that forces movements toward the right in the northern hemisphere and toward the left in the southern hemisphere).

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) Nabokov's tragicomic tour de force crosses the boundaries of good taste with glee.

When an invasion force crossed the border from Nicaragua in 1955, Figueres appealed to the Organization of American States (OAS) for assistance.

Picking up cavalry troops along the way, the Confederate force crossed the Potomac River into Maryland on July 5.

In every scene, it seems, Spartacus, in order to demonstrate his moral force, crosses the stage in a detonation of split leaps.

His invasion force crossed the frontier in February 1799 but failed to take Acre after a protracted siege (March 19 May 20), and Napoleon evacuated Syrian territory.

The naval force crossed the channel overnight.

The Royal Air Force's 51 squadron, the base's quick response force, crossed the runway in two heavily-armed, Coyote open-topped vehicles.