Word: scours
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...make a sweep along the Italian south coast at a moment when the Italians might suppose him preoccupied with disarming surrendered French units at Alexandria, Sir Andrew took his squadron, led by his flagship, the War spite, and two sister battleships on a full-speed dash westward. To scour the sea carefully and not reveal his full force, it was natural for Sir Andrew to split his command into two or more columns, one of which was the force seen by the Italian scout south of Crete. In the night the columns made rendezvous. Off Cape Spartivento next...