Sentence examples for was ordered to patrol from inspiring English sources

The navy was ordered to patrol the sea nearby.

Unsuccessful, she was ordered to patrol the Bay of Biscay against any breakout attempt by the German ships from Brest.

Cruiser Division 2 was ordered to patrol the Atlantic between Trinidad, the Cape Verde Islands and the eastern bulge of Brazil in April, although Milwaukee was not immediately available.

As flotilla commander his first successful action took place the night of 19/20 November 1941, when his flotilla was ordered to patrol 10 mile off the Hook of Holland to engage E boats returning to base.

He bucked up police morale, which under Mr Dinkins had been so low that one policeman sued the city over the "health hazard" of being ordered to patrol a rough neighbourhood.

They explained who they were, and said that if they returned to Afghanistan they would be ordered to patrol poppy fields; given their known connections to the U.S. government, they would be in extreme danger.

South Korean Air Force planes were ordered to patrol the skies over the stadium on the day of the match, and chemical warfare and antiaircraft units were poised for any contingency, the spokesman said.

They were ordered to patrol approaches to Pakistan's Karachi harbour and Makran Coast, for which they established waiting stations and submarine havens.

Claudel and Garnier-Duplessix were ordered to patrol the French bank of the Oum er Rbia and attempt to separate the Zaians from the Chleuh to the south while Henrys planned for an advance through the Middle Atlas to the Guigou River.

Obviously, this reputation isn't going to go down well in the favelas they've been ordered to patrol; it's unlikely you'd put a lot of trust in a group of men accused of shooting first and asking questions later.

During another sortie by the High Seas Fleet on 18 October 1916, Achilles and three other armoured cruisers were ordered to patrol the northern end of the North Sea, between the approaches to Pentland Firth and Hardangerfjord in Norway, but they saw no German ships.