His lordship finding his convoys intercepted and viewing the generally insecure state of his posts in the lower country, considered himself under at least the temporary necessity of retreating thither.
The convoys got under way very quickly, followed by Mounted Infantry and Life Guards.
The large convoys of merchantmen that came out supplied the men that were required to man the disabled ships; and transports brought out cargoes from the depots to fill up the skeleton ranks of the different companies.
Being a dull sailer, and fit for nothing else, she was constantly employed in protecting large convoys of merchant vessels to America and the West Indies.
On the roads I had frequently encountered convoys moving in various directions, and the commissariat department seemed to be particularly on the alert.
The bridges were carried away, the fords were impassable, and his convoys were at the mercy of the enemy.
Swiftly in these vessels the swollen waters of the Segre were crossed; the convoys were rescued.
Early in September the weather was fine; and I shall always remember that the oats dropped by the German convoys began to grow all along the road they had taken.
The convoys of stores and provisions sent forward had always been accompanied by strong escorts, and orders were issued that officers going forward on duty should not travel without protection.
French was now based on Natal for supplies, and arrangements had been made that two large convoys should be sent to him by way of Utrecht.
Four convoys were to have carried Sakai's division, but the second and third lost one ship to submarine torpedoes and another to a mine, while air attack damaged a third.
Although air strikes caused little measurable damage, save at Rabaul, they demoralized the defenders, who already suffered shortages of supplies and medicine because of air and submarine attacks on seagoing convoys and coastal shipping.
There is a touch of oriental romance about the camel, as the mile long convoysloom up through the night and pass in uncanny silence, slow but untiring across the moonlit desert.
The covering parties were now pushed further out to protect reconnaissances by senior officers, while in the darkness long camel convoys went out to fill with water the old cisterns which dotted the hills beyond the wadi.
A Squadron was detached to escort convoys to and from Piet Retief and Bergen.
Supplies were scarce, country having been cleared, and rivers too swollen to permit convoys coming through.
In these different spots the cruisers were always in a position to intercept or hinder the movements of transports laden with troops, and of the numerous convoys carrying supplies of all kinds.
War directed against them may be considered as a war upon commerce, and the islands themselves as ships or convoys loaded with enemy's wealth.
During this time French privateers, scattered throughout the Channel, harassed the enemy's commerce and protected convoys sent into Ireland.
He also raised from the governor of Havana the money urgently needed by the Americans; and finally, instead of weakening his force by sending convoys to France, as the court had wished, he took every available ship to the Chesapeake.
We send off convoys of the sick and wounded to Umbala, where we hear they are well tended and are doing well.
So I had to bring my men up here, half-way between the two camps, and to make arrangements for insuring the safety of the roads, and protecting the convoys on which the existence of the army depends.
On this road the garrison of Young's house kept a vigilant eye, to intercept the convoys of cattle and provisions which had been collected or plundered by the enemy, and which passed down this valley toward New York.
The last, ekit to Virgillis nowmyr evyn By Mapheus, convoys Ene to hevyn.
Rehersyng this, convoys sche Eneas Towart the place quhar hir ryche palyce was, And tharwith eik commandis halyday, Throwe owt the cyte all suldbe game and play.
From their strongholds in the hills they laid waste the plain country, holding villages and towns to ransom and driving off cattle; nor did any travellers pass with impunity through the hills except in convoys too large to be attacked.
One class became merchants and travelled with large convoys of goods, and the others were the bards and genealogists of the Rajputs.
The Division moved up at the end of July in huge brigade convoys of 'buses and lorries, and by the 30th was in the back area of the XIX.
So close were the big convoys to the German trenches that extraordinary precautions to avoid noise had to be taken.
The former takes his passage on board the Audacious, which convoys the transports to Yarmouth.
I shall inquire about the periods when convoys will be required, and let you know the results.
Admiral Reynolds had been stationed at Hano, which is near Matvick, where the convoys assembled, and which were with very little loss protected through the Belt.
This officer pointed out the harbour of Matwick, only a few leagues to the northward of Hano, as the situation most suitable for the collection of convoys under the circumstances.
The convoys at anchor there consisted of ships under various neutral flags, which had licences from Government.
There will be sure to be convoys of sick and wounded going down, and a number of ladies at Meerut who will be leaving at the first opportunity.
Yet that cannot be depended upon, since the King of Khandesh, it is well known, is now sending up large convoys from his dominions by the northern passes, which we cannot prevent, and with them come some heavy guns.
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