Sentence examples for naval squadron from inspiring English sources

Byng was given use of No. 2 Squadron, No. 8 (Naval) Squadron, No. 25 Squadron, No. 40 Squadron and No. 43 Squadron, with No. 16 Squadron permanently attached to the Canadian Corps and employed exclusively for observation and artillery support.

Why then, he wonders, is a small naval squadron being dispatched to America?

On December 9 1978 Argentina sent a naval squadron to the Beagle Channel region.

A British naval squadron attacked the town during the War of 1812 but was repulsed.

The Latvians, assisted by an Anglo-French naval squadron, counterattacked and defeated the effort.

The national government retreated to Liepāja, where it received the protection of a British naval squadron.

What appeared at the time to set them off was the arrival of Commodore Perry's American naval squadron in 1853.

Despite his opposition to the expense of maintaining a navy, Jefferson dispatched an American naval squadron to Tripolitan waters.

Palmerston sent a naval squadron to blockade the Greek coast (January 1850) and force the Greeks to meet Pacifico's demands.

Later in 2005 a Chinese naval squadron appeared near the Chunxiao gasfield (known in Japanese as Shirakaba).

Italy cashed in her bargain with France over Libya by declaring war on Turkey and sending a naval squadron as far as the Dardanelles.