Example sentences for: saintes

How can you use “saintes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This disastrous French naval defeat is known as the Battle of Les Saintes.

  • British Admiral Rodney, with 37 ships and a crucial superiority in cannon (3,012 to 2,246 French), struck off Les Saintes.

  • 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.

  • Some islands were taken by the French, but Admiral Rodney saved Jamaica by defeating the French fleet at the Battle of Les Saintes in 1782.

  • So are the tiny eastern and southern satellites of La Désirade, Marie-Galante, and Les Saintes.


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