Sentence examples for launch a reconnaissance from inspiring English sources

The decision of this meeting was to launch a reconnaissance in force of about 1,700 men toward the American left flank.

The division launched a reconnaissance in force on the Voëvre Plain, but before it could begin a full assault, the Allies signed an Armistice ending hostilities.

The division launched a reconnaissance in force on the Voëvre plain, but the main assault was never conducted as hostilities ended on 11 November 1918 with the signing of the armistice.

As part of the technical enhancements slated for 2015, France has plans to launch a military reconnaissance satellite in March, in collaboration with Germany, and is also negotiating the purchase of three US-made Reaper surveillance drones, which could be operational by the summer.

This operation was badly planned and did not have a clear purpose; it was launched as both a reconnaissance in force and a counter-attack, but evolved into an attempt to establish a blocking force at KB Mission.

Between 1966 and 1967, NASA launched five unmanned orbiters on a reconnaissance mission to scope out landing sites for future lunar exploration.

Afterwards, Scherger began to restore order and launched a Hudson light bomber on a reconnaissance mission, though there was no further contact with Japanese forces.

She noted that China launched a new military reconnaissance satellite last January that was based on technology used in a similar civilian satellite.

They launched a number of reconnaissance aircraft the following day to search for the Americans, but without result.

The Italian fleet was detected by a reconnaissance aircraft from Ark Royal and the carrier launched Swordfish torpedo bombers while the capital ships of Force H turned to meet the enemy.

The Liman, launched in 1970 as a research vessel, had been retrofitted by the Russian navy as a reconnaissance ship.