Suffren, who wished for a decisive action, kept his course, receiving without reply the shots directed upon his ship by the enemy.
The fact, however, remains that he passed twice along the enemy's line within cannon-shot, yet did not force a decisive action.
The reason no doubt was the same that often prevented sailing-ships from pressing an advantage,--disability from crippled spars and rigging, added to the inexpediency of such inferior numbers risking a decisive action.
In a decisive action, gain and keep fire superiority.
In a decisive action, fire of position should be employed whenever the terrain permits and reserve infantry is available.
Unless we are sure he intends to concentrate with a view to a decisive action, our only means of simplifying the situation is to watch every port closely enough to interfere effectually with sporadic action.
It was no longer a question of whether to make the enemy's trade or his fleet the primary objective, but of how to get contact with his fleet in such a way as to lead to decisive action.
A typical position of the kind was off Scilly, and it was proved again and again that even a superior fleet could not hope to effect anything in the Channel till the fleet off Scilly had been brought to decisive action.
For a moment she stood looking at him in a dazed, uncertain way; then she lifted her head in a pathetic attempt at decisive action.
Then, as if suddenly moved to decisive action, she rose and turned towards the lighted salon.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "decisive action" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
