Sentence examples for were embarked for from inspiring English sources

By contrast, a much more prolonged bout of suffering, the notorious Middle Passage across the Atlantic, on which more than 12 million Africans were embarked for the Americas over more than three centuries, we know about almost entirely from the perpetrators.

811 and 822 Squadrons were embarked for reconnaissance and anti-shipping missions.

810, 820 and 821 Squadrons were embarked for reconnaissance and anti-ship attack missions during the same period.

Five days later the 187th and 188th Glider Infantry Regiments were embarked for Luzon by sea, while the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment flew by C-46 Commando transport aircraft to Mindoro.

In January 1944, the regiment was embarked for Jackson Barracks in New Orleans and later sent to Fort Eustis in Newport News, Virginia in preparation for overseas deployment to North Africa.

Journalists and cinematographers were allowed aboard to report on Australia prior to her departure, and an official reporter was embarked for the voyage to Australia: his role was to promote the ship as a symbol of the bond between Australia and the United Kingdom.

Today, it was embarking for its pioneering six-night "Epic Thailand" itinerary.

Now Maryland is embarking for what its hopes is an extended run.

A report that he was "missing" in Cinna's army, when it was embarking for the Balkans to deal with Sulla, led to the lynching of Cinna by his troops (84).

When you inform your friend's mother, splayed on her chaise longue in Santa Monica, that you'll be embarking for an African country well known to be infested with deadly snakes and diseases where parasitic worms crawl around in your eyeballs, she will beam at you and coo, "That's going to be a wonderful experience".

These he designed to call off by a certain signal, when all the soldiers were embarked, and left row-galleys for them in a secure place.