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Example sentences for: fleet

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On 12 April 1782, in the sea channel near Guadeloupe’s little off-shore islands of Les Saintes, a British fleet gained historic revenge against French Admiral de Grasse, of Yorktown fame, in a battle that is still talked about today.
With the aid of brilliant tactics and newer ships, the Greek fleet trounced the Persians, turning the tide in favor of Athens.
He was defeated at the famous Battle of Marathon in 490 b.c. , and ten years later his son Xerxes lost the Persian fleet at the Battle of Salamis.
In May 1782, New Providence surrendered to a large Spanish-American invasion fleet from Cuba and for the next year a Spanish governor ruled the Bahamas.
But more than any specific landfall, the lake is a spectacle on its own, with its fleet of fishing junks and roving sampans.