Corsairs in a sentence

Ahmed greatly expanded his city's economy, particularly through the employment of corsairs ( pirates ) on crucial Mediterranean shipping routes; nations that wished to protect their ships from the corsairs were forced to pay tribute to the pasha.

Mateo Picha iced the game for Benet with a sublime touch after Alex Farsalas split open the Corsairs in their own end with an early ball in the 74th minute.

At Inchon, MacArthur used navy ships, Marine aerial Corsairs and Marine and army troops jointly, in a superb example of inter-service cooperation.

On the morning of May 10, 1945, two U.S. Marine pilots, Captain Kenneth Reusser and First Lieutenant Robert Klingman were on a combat air patrol ten miles north of Kadena Airfield on Okinawa along with two other pilots, all flying Vought F4U Corsairs.

Toyama holds off Yokohama in series openerThe Yokohama B-Corsairs faced a 58-43 deficit at halftime in Friday's series opener against the Toyama Grouses.

After their 80-mile bus ride from Joliet to Mundelein, JCA head coach Jared Voss’ Hilltoppers, swept the host Corsairs out of East Suburban Catholic Conference championship contention.

For the B-Corsairs (8-23), Hasheem Thabeet had 20 points and eight rebounds and Kawamura put 17 points on the board.

The Yokohama B-Corsairs, Shiga Lakestars and Rizing Zephyr Fukuoka own identical records.

Aegina had always been exposed to the raids of corsairs and had oppressive governors during these last 30 years of Venetian rule.

All supplies of grain from Nauplia and Monemvasia had to be imported from Turkish possessions, while corsairs rendered dangerous all traffic by sea.

Although not French Navy personnel, corsairs were considered legitimate combatants in France (and allied nations), provided the commanding officer of the vessel was in possession of a valid Letter of Marque (fr.

A total of 2,012 Corsairs were supplied to the United Kingdom.

Because corsairs gained a swashbuckling reputation, the word "corsair" is also used generically as a more romantic or flamboyant way of referring to privateers, or even to pirates.

Benjamin Franklin had attempted to persuade the French to lead by example and stop issuing letters of marque to their corsairs, but the effort foundered when war loomed with Britain once again.

British Corsairs served both in Europe and in the Pacific.

Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought 's manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear -built Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster -built aircraft F3A.

Despite reportedly effective results during the tests, this armament was not used with Corsairs during the ongoing Algerian War.

Despite the loss of two soldiers, the western bridge was swiftly secured by the paratroops, and F4U Corsairs of the Aéronavale 14.F and 15.F flew a series of close-air-support missions, destroying several SU-100s.

During three months operating over Dien Bien Phu and Viêt-Nam, the Corsairs flew 959 combat sorties totaling 1,335 flight hours.

Early uses In the 1670s, HMS Kingfisher (1675) was specially designed to counter the attacks of Algerine corsairs or pirates in the Mediterranean by masquerading as a merchantman, hiding her armament behind false bulkheads.