Word: convoying
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...preserved not only by those who heard him preach the methods of a new government, but also in the history of modern Europe. Even the tremendous magnitude of American intervention in the World War did not wholly overshadow the decision on the part of the German Staff to convoy so dangerous a revolutionist back to his own country from exile. It was that event that marked the beginning of a new Russia, and the subsequent rise of governments elsewhere which felt the need of coping with a remodelled situation...
Crossed With Troop Convoy...
...July, 1918, he crossed the ocean in a destroyer escorting a huge troop convoy. For two months he inspected all United States navy activities in the allied countries, as well as the Grand Fleet, the destroyer and sub-chaser forces, and the aviation and bombing stations. After visiting the allied front lines he returned to this country...
Next morning smart folk of London's West End were scandalized to learn that the "man of substance" was indeed "no riff-raff," but instead their acquaintance or friend Sir Leo Chiozza Money, 57, one-time Parliamentary Secretary to David Lloyd George, author of the British convoy system during the World...
...miles an hour) though at the higher speed its cruising range is, of course, shortened. Larger than any British or German dirigible now planned, it will carry a crew of 45 men. Details as to the number and size of its guns and as to how its airplane convoy can return to it after a flight have not been revealed. It will be the largest dirigible in the world-until someone builds a bigger...