Sentence examples for sea assault from inspiring English sources

In 1741, a massive English sea assault by Edward Vernon, second in size only to the D-Day landings, also failed to break the defences.

The outcome was the humiliating rout of the Georgian army, pushed back by a huge Russian land, air and sea assault, and the loss of Georgia's two breakaway territories over which the government had intended to assert central control.

LIBYA The momentum shifted decisively in the battle over the strategic refinery town of Ras Lanuf, as rebels fled under a sustained land, air and sea assault by government forces.

RAS LANUF, Libya — The momentum shifted decisively Thursday in an uprising that has shaken Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's four decades of rule, as rebels fled from this strategic refinery town under a sustained land, air and sea assault by government forces.

Meanwhile, the New York Times is reporting Israeli military officials as saying the intention of the ground and sea assault is not to vanquish Hamas once and for all: Israeli leaders said the incursion was a limited one focused on tunnels into its territory like the one used for a predawn attack Thursday that was thwarted.

Israel and Hamas had a six-month cease-fire mediated by Egypt starting last June, but it was repeatedly violated and after it ended Israel launched a three-week air, land and sea assault on Gaza aimed at stopping the rockets and weakening Hamas.

US and UK forces move into southern Iraq and launch land, air and sea assaults.

Equally daunting are the many ground and airborne radar systems that the United States has supplied to Taiwan to coordinate air and sea assaults.

Kenedy County, with 415 residents, offers many of the elements such a site requires: limited population, an area outside major air corridors, deep water ship access, and beaches suitable for practicing sea assaults.

When its level rises, the sea assaults the land and makes groundwater saline.

The western city entrance is protected by the strong and nicely-shaped Fort Bokar, and the strong, freestanding, St. Lawrence Fortress (also known as Lovrijenac), protects the western side of the city from possible land and sea assaults.