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Definition of Flotillas
1. flotilla [n] - See also: flotilla
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flotillas
Literary usage of Flotillas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Nineteenth Century (1885)
"IRONCLADS AND TORPEDO flotillas. MOST people will admit that the mimic naval war,
which lately took place on the coast of Ireland, by the fleet under the ..."
2. Military Operations and Maritime Preponderance: Their Relations and by Charles Edward Callwell (1905)
"As deep-sea communication ETf"? w^n them rarely exists, the flotillas which fight
for mastery l?s^d°dnr. on their surface, or which by their existence at ..."
3. With Togo: The Story of Seven Months' Active Service Under His Command by H. C. Seppings Wright (1905)
"Mine sweepers were very busy after the gale, and I went out with one of the
flotillas to peep into Port Arthur again, though on this occasion I was on a ..."
4. Calabria During a Military Residence of Three Years: In a Series of Letters by Duret de Tavel (1832)
"COMBAT BETWEEN THE TWO flotillas. CAMP OF MEGLIA, JULY 22, 1810. NOTHING favourable
to the execution of our enterprise has yet presented itself. ..."
5. The War in the Crimea by Edward Bruce Hamley (1891)
"... of the Invasion—Instructions to the British Commander—A Siege contemplated—Preparations
for Invasion—The Cholera—The Fleets and flotillas—Composition of ..."
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