Sentence examples for land operations from inspiring English sources

When de Grasse received these despatches, he made the critical decision to sail his fleet to the Chesapeake Bay to assist in land operations against British forces operating under the command of Charles Cornwallis in Virginia.

Successful land operations in Puntland's coastal towns have accompanied these marine assaults.

Land operations in the northwest occupied much of the purely military history of 426.

By autumn William had begun land operations against the French invaders.

The carriers' main task was to support land operations and, while desirable, they are not vital.

Nevertheless, they were not able to damage either aircraft carrier or sink enough ships to jeopardize British land operations.

"A land operation is a whole new level".

In response, the government launched an air, sea and land operation to capture the dam.

Nato launched Operation Medusa in neighbouring Kandahar in summer 2006 – the alliance's first land operation.

TOUGH NEW TASK -- But as air raids continued, this land operation signaled an important new phase.

Washington knew this was not true, and despite that, decided to send its soldiers on a land operation.