"navy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In 1745 the navy twice defeated the French off Finisterre but their convoys escaped.
- Alfred the Great's navy defeated the Danes in 871 after they had "ravaged Devon and the Isle of Wight".
- His navy defeated the Ottoman Turks at Lepanto in 1571 but the Spanish Armada of 1588 was routed by England.
- But the armies and the navy of the Fatimids defeated the Byzantines.
- Finally, in 923, the imperial navy under the patrikios John Rhadenos defeated Leo's fleet off Lemnos.
- At Syracuse, the navy had defeated a cargo convoy, which was destined to the Acropolis, capturing some ships.
- In 1770, the Russian navy pursued the Ottoman navy across the Aegean and defeated it at Chesma.
- The Spanish navy defeated the combined Anglo-French fleet that had sailed to preserve control of the Azores under António.
- On 2 April 1801, the British navy defeated the Danish fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen.
- His navy launched an assault on the southern part of the island but defeated by the Sri Lankan king.
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