During the remainder of this war the French fleets, except in the East Indies, appear only as the pursued in a general chase.
In both cases the signal was made for a general chase, and the action which resulted was a mêlée.
Tourville pursued; but instead of ordering a general chase, he kept the line-of-battle, reducing the speed of the fleet to that of the slower ships.
Instantly the signal was made from the flagship, the Sandwich, for a general chase.
The Admiral stretched over to Fort Royal, but finding none of the French ships there, or at Saint Pierre's, he made the signal for a general chase.
With unbounded satisfaction the seamen saw the signal thrown out from the flagship for a general chase.
Admiral Duncan, having judiciously placed his squadron in such a position that the enemy could not regain the Texel unless they fought their way thither, immediately bore up and made the signal for a general chase.
As the Spaniards, being inferior in force and favoured by the wind, endeavoured to escape, the British admiral changed the signal for a line of battle abreast to that for a general chase, with orders to engage as the ships came up.
Admiral Pocock immediately threw out the signal for a general chase; but, the wind abating, he could not approach near enough to engage, though he crowded all the sail he could carry.
The enemy on discovering him crowded all sail to escape, on which he made a signal for a general chase.
Lord Howe then made the signal for a general chase, and to engage the enemy.
It was very necessary to prevent the enemy from entering the Mediterranean, as Napoleon’s orders strictly enjoined them to do, therefore the signal was made for a “general chase S.
Rodney had hitherto kept his fleet in line of battle, but when he saw that the escape of the French had become a question of an hour or two, he ordered a general chase of the few which still remained to leeward of the Saints.
At four o’clock Rodney, seeing that he need not stand on ceremony with an enemy half his size, hauled down the signal for the line abreast, and hoisted that for a general chase.
Even had they wished to retreat, they could not have done so before a general chase, unless prepared to sacrifice their slower ships.
He had therefore signalled a "General Chase," which, by permitting much individual freedom of movement, facilitated the progress of the whole body.
Finally, if the enemy tries to make off and avoid action, the fleet is well collected for a general chase.
The words italicized sum up the whole philosophy of a general chase.
A brief attempt to form line was quickly succeeded by the signal for a general chase, the ships to engage to leeward as they came up with the enemy, who, by taking flight to the southeast, showed the intention to escape into Cadiz.
Precisely such an opportunity never came to Hawke; for, although L'Etenduère waited, he did so under conditions and dispositions which gave the ensuing affair a nearer analogy to a general chase than to a pitched battle.
If ever in the naval battles of the future it becomes expedient for an admiral to order a general chase, it stands to reason that ships of the battle-cruiser type will be invaluable for the purpose.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general chase" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
