This resulted in Britain forming its merchant ships into convoys for mutual protection, escorted by warships while in European waters to defend against roving attacks by French ships.
The son of the Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour jumped on the bonnet of a protection car escorting Prince Charles during last year's student tuition-fee protests and helped ransack a nearby Topshop store, a court heard yesterday.
These included shipping protection patrols, escorting bombers, conducting fighter sweeps over northern France and contributing to the air defence of southern England.
The Sturmbock were heavily armed and armoured, which meant they were un-manoeuvrable and vulnerable without protection from escorting Bf 109s.
From there, a handler for the Y.P.G. (in translation, an acronym for the People's Protection Units) escorted him into Syria — at night, on foot.
Emmett and Ulyett each took a stump for protection and escorted Lord Harris off, assisted by some members.
Among the complaints by Republicans and human rights groups was that U.S. officials were too trusting in that they neither secured adequate protections for Chen before escorting him off embassy grounds nor did they stay with him at the hospital.
I should also like to state that we proposed that the cost of services, equipment, escorts, protection and other support to be provided by the Iraqi side to UNMOVIC and IAEA should be reimbursed, because we believe that when such services are rendered against payment, this fact ensures that they are efficient and timely, and this would facilitate the work of the two organizations...
This company transported goods from India to Europe using a fleet of large and well-armed merchant ships named East Indiamen, which travelled in convoys for protection, and were escorted during wartime by ships provided by the Royal Navy.
In addition to the legal costs, there are administrative expenses in running a trial: 1,000 potential jurors were screened for the case; federal marshals are protecting the turncoat mob boss under tight security; and the jurors hearing the case are anonymous and are being provided with protection and escorts to their homes.
