"fleet" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The coast of Sicily was at his back and the Punic fleet ready for battle at his front.
- En route to Sicily, however, the Punic fleet suffered losses, possibly severe, due to poor weather.
- Gnaeus manned his ships with picked legionaries, and now sailed down to attack the Punic fleet.
- The Punic fleet managed to extricate some of the survivors.
- The Carthaginians resumed marching south along the coast, while the Punic fleet sailed alongside.
- He encountered Hannibal Gisco and the rest of the Punic fleet soon afterwards.
- The Punic fleet was undermanned as some of the crews had perished in the plague, and many of their ships were deserted.
- The conflict developed into a naval war in which the Romans learned how to fight at sea and then decisively defeated the Punic fleet.
- The Carthaginian army was probably dependent on supplies from their strongholds and allies, being inland the Punic fleet could not have supplied them.
- The main Punic fleet then set sail, led by a vanguard of 50 triremes, while the rest sailed with the main fleet.
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