Word: flotilla
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Outside Canton were assembled, cleared for action, a flotilla of foreign warships. They were there to protect the Customs House which Dr. Sun threatened to seize (TIME...
British guns boomed forth a hearty welcome to the American flotilla. Special arrangements were made for officers, some 1,700 U. S. cadets and all the gobs during their stay on the Clyde...
...American flotilla of 20 destroyers in the Near East is refueling, supposedly in anticipation of orders to return home. The ships were sent to Asia Minor when the Turks routed the Greek army last September. They took part in transporting many thousands of refugeess to Greece and other points of comparative safety. That work is done...
...visitors from the Submarine School and Flotilla of New London bring seven veterans from last year's team which was runner-up in, the United States Shore Station Championship. This will be their first game of the season also...
...crews according more to ability depends entirely on the condition of the river. No University class crew will go on to the Charles before the date on which all the other class eights are able to get out; in other words Dr. Howe is planning to send his whole flotilla of Senior, Junior, and Sophomore crews out on the same day. This day has been tentatively set for next Monday but changes in the weather conditions may necessitate a postponement. As for the Freshman crews if, as seems likely at present, the condition of the river permits a few shells...