My appointment at Chatham terminated in March, 1896; and a few days later I delivered at Birmingham an address dealing with the requirements of naval defence.
We of the present generation are at last aware of the significance of naval defence, and know that, if properly utilised, it is the best security against invasion that a sea-surrounded state can enjoy.
Apply the reasoning to the case of an insular country, and reliance on naval defence will be abundantly justified.
There may be cases in which no other kind of naval defence is practicable.
From its long coast-line and the immediate proximity of settlements formed by other nations, Queensland has more interest than any other colony in naval defence.
The striking distance of a ship of war is now on an average two thousand miles,' are the words used by Lord Salisbury not long since to indicate the nature and extent of this change in the conditions of naval defence.
Its only sound basis is not the cost of the fleet in the abstract, but a rational estimate of the conditions of naval defence at sea.
He dwelt on the burden which Britain bore alone and the urgent need that Canada should take a more adequate part in naval defence.
So far as naval defence can go, the disposition was all that was required.
It is further interesting as a pure case of naval defence, with no ulterior object other than control of home waters.
Such examples--and there are many of them--serve to show how serious a matter isnaval defence in the hands of a great military Power with other means of offence.
It is a possibility which on the whole tells in favour of naval defence, a new card which, skilfully played in combination with defensive fleet operations, may lend fresh importance to the "Fleet in being.
The future growth of that unit is indicated in the report on naval defence presented to the Commonwealth Government by Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, a report which has been accepted in substance.
New Zealand, with an equal Imperial zeal, has not the same national self-consciousness and is willing to allow her share of naval defence to take the form of a cash payment.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "naval defence" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
