In the evening we watched the French and English transports and warships leaving the harbor.
It was dark when we left the transports off Gaba Tepe and crept in towards the denser blackness that represented the shore.
Judge of my transports when, having lifted up the piece in the middle, I found the whole coffin full of gold and silver, some in the form of ancient coins, but the most of it in bars and ingots.
At this answer my friend Jack Tickle threw himself upon the bed, where he rolled over and over, until his coat was covered with down and feathers, which cooled his transports a little.
The satiric smile was still on her lips, to check transports and cool the glow of fascination.
Arthur wanted him to go, and listened to all his transports with superficial attention; his real mind was elsewhere.
When the victors returned to their camp, all were full of joy, but the insolent transports of the Thracians were particularly remarkable; for on their way back they chanted songs, and carried the heads of the enemy fixed on spears.
Since Perseus, by a sudden attack on the fleet stationed at Oreum, took twenty transports laden with corn, sunk the rest of them, and even made himself master of four galleys of five banks of oars.
Transports were yesterday ordered to carry away the Hanoverians!
From the warships to the transportsdanced an almost steady stream of launches and small boats to assist in the landing.
Clark that on arriving at Port Tampa we were to immediately go on board the transports, but after disembarking from the train and waiting for some time it was found that no transports had been assigned to us.
When we reached the pier it was not long before we were transferred to the transports Saratoga and Vigilancia, the Springfield companies being on board the latter.
Meanwhile the remainder of the transports had come to Siboney and were landing the rest of the expedition.
Meanwhile, the famous "round robin" had been sent, and its result was that the Fifth corps was ordered to return home as soon as transports could be procured.
That night our transports sailed down the harbor as far as Bedloe's Island where we anchored opposite the Bartholdi statue and where we stayed anchored until the next afternoon.
One of the warships with the transports added to the excitement by shelling the woods on top of a point near us and we began to conclude it would be our turn next.
One of the transports became stuck on a bar outside the light-house and the Prairie had hard work getting her off the bar.
Two companies of the second battalion, E and M had "toted" their knapsacks with them from their transports and about the second day out they were sorry for so doing.
June 6th orders were received to break camp and proceed to Port Tampa, there to go on board the transports for Cuba.
He transports us beyond the seas for trial for pretended offences.
The next moment Saul Shemuel almost rolled at my feet in an ecstasy of humble delight, sniffling, writhing, breathing hard, and clawing at my sleeve in histransports at sight of me.
Admiral Graves arrived with fleet from London, also transports with Fifth and Thirty-eighth Regiments.
Signals were made for the transports to close up and keep in their stations, and the Agamemnon stood on in advance to communicate with the strangers.
British Andromaches were perforce shipped on board the transports and restored to their Hectors.
It consisted of two steamers for staff officers and horses, seven steamers for troops and chargers, one for 300 pack horses, four sailing transports for horse artillery, and two transports for commissariat animals.
The Sea of Marmora was covered with the white sails of transports and store-ships, making way against the current, and the little wharf and landing-place at Scutari were alive with men loading boats with provisions or munitions of war.
Many sailing transportswere already stealing out to the southwards under all light canvas, in order to get a good offing.
In about half an hour after they joined us, signal was made to the transports to steer to Eupatoria.
Ere seven o'clock arrived the steamers had weighed anchor, and each was busy "dodging about" the mass of transportsto pick up its own particular charges.
The Napoleon arrived and anchored near us, and several French steamers withtransports in tow hove in sight.
It did happen that a Russian man-of-war very nearly captured one of our screw transports off the mouth of the Bosphorus as she was running up to Varna with the commissariat chest full of gold on board.
Acting on the old formula whentransports took eight weeks to Malta, the Admiralty supplied steamers which make the passage in as many days with eight weeks' "medical comforts.
Firebrand and some other steamer to sea, in order to tow up the slower transports of men-of-war.
Your rashtransports and vain declarations offend and hurt me.
With what transports of joy she pressed her long-desired child to her bosom--the child in whom all the happiness of her life was bound up, and in whom all her tenderest feelings would be centered!
You are of course waiting impatiently to see and know her, to establish your empire over her by fresh transports on your side and fresh weaknesses on hers--and that moment will never come.
Japan could not prevent the passage of soldiers by the railroad, but Russia could prevent the passage of transports across the Japan Sea, provided her fleet could overcome the Japanese fleet and get command of the sea.
Troops with their transports will much complicate and increase the difficulties of the problem, and they may or may not be needed.
Russia sent large forces of soldiers to Manchuria by the trans-Siberian railroad, and Japan sent large forces there by transports across the Sea of Japan.
This would seem the more prudent procedure in most cases, since one successful night attack on a group of transports by an active enemy might destroy it altogether.
The mortar schooners were to rendezvous first at Key West, and sail then for Ship Island, off Lake Borgne, where the transports were to take the troops and the war-vessels were to meet as soon as possible.
Laden with these supplies, the transports started for Fort Johnson, and there awaited the signal gun which was to direct them to land at Sumter.
She was on one of the hospital transports at Harrison's Landing when the Confederates bombarded it, but kept right on with her work as if she were not under fire.
He moved promptly, at the same time with the armies led by Grant and Sherman, embarking his forces on transports at Fort Monroe, and first making a feint of steaming up York River.
Franklin's division of McDowell's corps had now been sent to McClellan, and immediately after the battle of Williamsburg he moved it ontransports to White House, on the Pamunkey, where it established a base of supplies.
Grant therefore gave up the project of crossing here, moved his transports down stream under cover of darkness, and at daylight on the 30th began the crossing at Bruinsburg.
The vessels arriving on the morning of April 12th were the war ship Pawnee, under Commodore Rowan, and the transports Baltic and Harriet Lane.
One was, the difficulty of getting together enough transports to carry sixty-five thousand men and all their equipage without too much delay.
The six large vessels then passed down safely without any serious accident, and a few hours later the whole fleet was ready to go down the river with the transports under convoy.
To tell how Mr. Pickwick in the first transports of his emotion called Mr. Winkle "Wretch!
A severe storm occurred off the Norfolk coast, and several transports were lost at Yarmouth, where Admiral Gambier arrived with 32 sail of the line, several Dutch prizes, and a great number of frigates.
Arrived at Yarmouth twotransports from Ostend with 300 sick and wounded soldiers of the Duke of Wellington's army.
The Dutch Regiment, about 600 strong, which had been formed at Yarmouth, embarked in three transports from that port for Holland.
The young, the old, who feel her inward sway, One instinct seizes, and transports away.
For when thy charms my sober thoughts engage, And join'd to them my own unequal age, 570 From thy dear side I have no power to part, Such secret transports warm my melting heart.
The troops were gotten again on board the transports without any particular trouble, though about 25 wounded were left in the hands of the enemy.
Again the skirmish line was pushed forward in search of the enemy, but he offered only a moderate resistance, and the troops made their way back to the transportswith little difficulty, though the excitement was tremendous.
German warships had defeated the English, and their transports were speeding from every side.
It was also reported that two transports had come in the night and had landed from England about 8,000 soldiers.
Then the warships went closer and the transports followed.
Despite Admiral Togo's efforts, some supply boats and transports have passed his ships.
A fog came up that night, which made the transports hold off.
All was bustle throughout Nagasaki, for several regiments of soldiers had come in, bound for some transports which were to take them to Manchuria.
While the fleet of Admiral Togo was patrolling the whole of the southeastern coast of Manchuria and protecting the Japanese transports which were pouring troops into the country, occurred a catastrophe as appalling as it was unexpected.
The Japanese transports were bound for the coast of Manchuria, to land near the village of Petaka.
If the scandalous history of society did not supply them with topics of discourse, nature filled their hearts with transports of wonder and delight.
The want of bulky transports to convey large cargoes of men and munitions to the East had caused great alteration and improvement in the construction of ships.
Weary and faint, hungry and thirsty, undoubtedly must this poor creature be, supported chiefly by the vivacity of spirit, and, uncommon transports of joy that his deliverance occasioned.
No tongue can express the ecstasies and transports that my soul felt at the happy deliverance.
If Ariosto transports us into the regions of romance, Spenser's poetry is all fairy-land.
He transports us to the scorching heat of vertical suns, or plunges us into the chilling horrors and desolation of the frozen zone.
When the jeweller had finished, the prince embraced him with transports of joy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "transports" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
