Sentence examples for naval troop from inspiring English sources

The refugees, mostly Afghans, were transferred to a naval troop carrier for the voyage to Papua New Guinea and from there will be flown to New Zealand or the Pacific republic of Nauru, where their asylum applications will be processed.

As army troops cleared the ground, naval troops took up position.

The book documented the view that the general had no connection with the specified atrocities, committed mostly by Japanese naval troops whose commander ignored General Yamashita's orders.

The spy ring was centered on China's Nanjing Military Region, which has naval troops and missile batteries that would be used in any conflict with Taiwan, and was the highest-level espionage operation disrupted by China since 1998, the United Daily News of Taiwan quoted Taiwanese military officials as saying.

The Dutch forces in the province comprised eight full battalions of army and naval troops.

The German naval squadron Meurer blocked the city harbour, bombarded the southern town area, and landed naval troops at Katajanokka.

Early on 3 May, Shima's force arrived off Tulagi and began disembarking the naval troops to occupy the island.

The U.S. mistakenly believed that the islets were garrisoned by only 200 naval troops and construction workers.

At the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, she transported a battalion of naval troops to the Shanghai area.

The Australians estimated that the Japanese garrison on Labuan comprised 650 personnel, made up of 400 airfield troops, 100 naval troops and 250 other lines of communications personnel.

Elite Japanese naval troops, known as Kaigun Rikusentai (Special Naval Landing Forces), with tank support attacked the Allied airfields at Milne Bay that had been established on the eastern tip of New Guinea.