Sentence examples for the enemy fleet from inspiring English sources

At Mylae the Romans destroyed 50 Carthaginian ships, and the remainder of the enemy fleet fled.

He realized that his only chance lay in setting fire to the enemy fleet, and it was by that drastic measure that he managed to gain the upper hand.

"Breaking the line" of the enemy fleet was one aim, because this broke the enemy's tactical cohesion and made it possible to overwhelm individual ships by bringing greatly superior force to bear on each of them in turn.

Another 322 men were enrolled in a naval unit under the command of Adm. Caspar Goodrich, who had won a measure of fame for destroying the enemy fleet at Manzanillo, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.

Two invasion attempts by the Mongols in 1274 and 1281 were thwarted by Japanese warriors with the aid of the "divine wind" (kamikaze) of typhoons that decimated the enemy fleet.

The combined forces of the French navy and American armies eventually cornered British general Charles Cornwallis in Virginia and staved off the enemy fleet in New York, sealing the independence of the United States from the British empire.

After repairs Bellerophon was employed blockading the enemy fleets in the Channel and the North Sea.

In 433 BC the enemy fleets confronted each other at the Battle of Sybota and a year later the Athenians fought Corinthian colonists at the Battle of Potidaea; these two events contributed greatly to Corinth's lasting hatred of Athens.

At four o'clock in the morning of 21 October Nelson ordered the Victory to turn towards the approaching enemy fleet, and signalled the rest of his force to battle stations.

Iowa then joined in the pursuit of the fleeing enemy fleet, shooting down one torpedo plane and assisting in splashing another.

In planning the attack on Pearl Harbor, Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto was specifically thinking of how, 37 years earlier, the Japanese had surprised the Russian Navy at Port Arthur in Manchuria and, as he wrote, "favorable opportunities were gained by opening the war with a sudden attack on the main enemy fleet".