He would attempt to lead Causation Sercey into believing that the convoy was formed Coming_to_be not from lightly armed East Indiamen , but from the powerful ships of the line that the Indiamen resembled Change_sentiment .

After the convoy Patrolling was blocked Hindering by the Sri Lanka Navy , India instead chose Choosing to airdrop Bringing supplies Supply to the besieged Besieging city in a mission codenamed Operation Poomalai .

The first incident of this kind took place Process_start on 30 January 2013 , when Israeli aircraft were accused Judgment_communication of allegedly striking Attack a Syrian convoy transporting Sending Iranian weapons to Hezbollah .

According to some sources , the incident was the first time Israeli officials clearly confirmed Check an Israeli strike Attack on a Hezbollah convoy during the Syrian Civil War .

On 14 April , the guided missile frigate struck Attack a mine while deployed Arranging in the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Earnest Will , the 1987–88 convoy missions in which U.S. warships escorted Sending reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers to protect Defending them from Iranian attacks Attack .

The French frigate `` Sensible '' had been detached Removing from the convoy Patrolling after the capture Conquering of Malta , under orders Request to carry Sending wounded soldiers and looted Robbery treasure back to France while the main body continued Arriving to Egypt .

The engagement Hostile_encounter formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of a wider campaign Military_operation , in which a major French convoy sailed Self_motion from Toulon to Alexandria at the start of the Napoleonic campaign Military_operation in Egypt .

The British frigate was one of a number of vessels detached Removing from the main British Mediterranean Fleet in the Tagus River , sent Sending to augment Cause_change_of_strength the fleet under Sir Horatio Nelson that was actively hunting Aiming the French convoy .

A French frigate force that had been raiding Attack British commerce off West Africa approached Self_motion and attempted to attack Attack a convoy of valuable East Indiamen , large and heavily armed merchant vessels sailing Motion from Britain to British India and China , two ships sailing Motion for Botany Bay , and a whaler sailing Motion for the South Seas ' whale fishery .

The small British ship of the line escorted Patrolling the convoy , which otherwise had to rely on the ships ' individual armament to protect Preventing_or_letting them from attack .

Due to their large size , the East Indiamen could be mistaken Coming_to_believe for ships of the line at a distance , and the French commander Commodore Jean-François Landolphe was un-nerved when the convoy formed Becoming a line of battle Hostile_encounter .

The French squadron had sailed Self_motion from Brest in search of an inward bound British convoy in October , but instead encountered Hostile_encounter the two British ships returning Self_motion from escorting an outward-bound convoy .

The French squadron had sailed Self_motion from Brest in search of an inward bound British convoy in October , but instead encountered Hostile_encounter the two British ships returning Self_motion from escorting an outward-bound convoy .

Between 22 and 25 August 2014 , Russian artillery , personnel , and what Russia called Name_conferral a `` humanitarian convoy '' crossed Motion_directional the border into Ukrainian territory without permission of the Ukrainian government .

The people killed included Cause_to_be_included Mangudadatu 's wife , his two sisters , journalists , lawyers , aides , and motorists who were witnesses or were mistakenly identified Check as part of the convoy .

In order to achieve Achieve this , convoy movements were restricted Limiting to release Releasing their escorts .

the battle Hostile_encounter of the beanfield took place Process_start over several hours on 1 june 1985 , when wiltshire police prevented Preventing_or_letting the peace convoy , a convoy of several hundred new age travellers , from setting up the 1985 stonehenge free festival Social_event in wiltshire , england .

the battle Hostile_encounter of the beanfield took place Process_start over several hours on 1 june 1985 , when wiltshire police prevented Preventing_or_letting the peace convoy , a convoy of several hundred new age travellers , from setting up the 1985 stonehenge free festival Social_event in wiltshire , england .

The convoy of travellers heading Self_motion for Stonehenge encountered Hostile_encounter resistance Defending at a police road block Hindering seven miles from the landmark .

Around the same time police smashed Bodily_harm the windows of the convoy 's vehicles and some travellers were arrested Arrest .

Two years after the event Social_event , a Wiltshire police sergeant was found Know guilty Legal_rulings of Actual Bodily Harm Bodily_harm as a consequence of injuries Bodily_harm incurred by a member of the convoy during the Battle Hostile_encounter of the Beanfield .

Operation Vigorous was a westward convoy from Alexandria ; Operation Harpoon was an eastbound convoy operation from Gibraltar .

Operation Vigorous was a westward convoy from Alexandria ; Operation Harpoon was an eastbound convoy operation from Gibraltar .

Two of the six ships in the Harpoon convoy completed Process_end the journey , at the cost Cost of several Allied warships .

The Vigorous convoy was driven Motion back by the Italian fleet and attacks Attack by Axis aircraft .

The Carthaginians , now led by Himilco , a Magonid kinsman of Hannibal , managed to capture a Greek supply convoy of ships using the Carthaginian fleet , which forced the Greeks to face the threat of starvation in turn .

Four days after the Deir Yassin massacre Killing , on April 13'th , a revenge Revenge attack Attack on the Hadassah medical convoy Patrolling in Jerusalem ended Process_end in a massacre Killing killing Killing 78 Jews , most of whom were medical staff Employment .

The British Channel Fleet under Admiral Lord Howe attempted to prevent Preventing_or_letting the passage of a vital French grain convoy from the United States , which was protected by the French Atlantic Fleet , commanded by Rear-Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse .

Despite losing Earnings_and_losses seven of his ships of the line , Villaret had bought Commerce_buy enough time for the French grain convoy to reach Arriving safety unimpeded by Howe 's fleet , securing a strategic success .

Less than a year after her capture Conquering , a French convoy to Guadeloupe recaptured Conquering and destroyed Destroying `` Junon '' ; the British subsequently intercepted Hold and defeated Conquering the convoy in turn .

Less than a year after her capture Conquering , a French convoy to Guadeloupe recaptured Conquering and destroyed Destroying `` Junon '' ; the British subsequently intercepted Hold and defeated Conquering the convoy in turn .

Thus the presence of a powerful Spanish squadron at Manila posed a threat Warning to the China Fleet , an annual convoy of East Indiaman merchant ships from Macau in Qing Dynasty China to Britain , which was of vital economic importance to Britain .

To ensure Preventing_or_letting the safety of the merchant ships gathering Come_together at Macau in the winter of 1797–98 , the British commander in the East Indies , Rear-Admiral Peter Rainier , sent Sending a convoy to China escorted Patrolling by the frigates HMS `` Sybille '' and HMS `` Fox '' and commanded Control by Captain Edward Cooke .

Võ Nguyên Giáp , however , used Using efficient and novel tactics of direct fire artillery , convoy Patrolling ambushes and massed anti-aircraft guns to impede land and air supply Supply deliveries together with a strategy based on recruiting a sizable regular army facilitated Cause_to_make_progress by wide popular support Supporting , a guerrilla warfare doctrine and instruction developed Coming_to_be in China , and the use Using of simple and reliable war material provided Supply by the Soviet Union .

By March 1800 Valletta , the Maltese capital , had been under siege Besieging for eighteen months and food supplies Supply were severely depleted Expend_resource , a problem exacerbated by the interception and defeat of a French replenishment convoy in mid-February .

Originally built Building for WWII convoy duty , and then modified Change for distant early warning ( `` DEW '' ) duty in the North Atlantic , their sea keeping capability made Manufacturing them ideal for long-term presence offshore where they provided Supply support for SWIFT boats , pilot rescue and sampan inspection .

The German flotilla was deployed Arranging to escort a convoy Patrolling retreating Escaping from Šibenik to Fiume ( present-day Rijeka ) .

The convoy Patrolling of 19 landing Arriving craft , which was expected to be escorted Patrolling by the three vessels sunk Removing by the Royal Navy , was not intercepted and it reached Arriving its destination by 2 November .

The engagement Hostile_encounter was the third successful French attack Attack on an Indian Ocean convoy Patrolling in just over a year , the French frigates being part of a squadron operating Being_in_operation from the Île de France under Commodore Jacques Hamelin .

As a result Causation , this was the last successful attack Attack on a British merchant convoy Patrolling in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter .

The Action of 3 July 1810 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter of the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter , in which a French frigate squadron under Guy-Victor Duperré attacked Attack and defeated Conquering a convoy of Honourable East India Company East Indiamen near the Comoros Islands .

During the engagement Hostile_encounter the British convoy resisted Defending strongly and suffered Causation heavy casualties Bodily_harm but two ships were eventually forced to surrender .

This force required Imposing_obligation reinforcement and supply Supply from France , and periodic attempts were made Action to reach Arriving the isolated convoy with new frigates , the first of which was `` Niémen '' .

On 25 September , Allemand achieved Achieve a major success when his squadron , while waiting Motion for a convoy from the Leeward Islands , encountered Hostile_encounter a seven-ship convoy Patrolling from the island of Saint Helena .

The convoy 's commander , Captain Daniel Woodriff in the fourth rate , sought to interpose Self_motion his ship between the French squadron and his convoy Patrolling and was captured Conquering after a fierce battle .

All except one of convoy Patrolling escaped Escaping , and by deliberately drawing Causation the French away from his own convoy 's direction , he had saved Rescuing the Leewards Islands convoy Patrolling from attack Attack as well .

All except one of convoy Patrolling escaped Escaping , and by deliberately drawing Causation the French away from his own convoy 's direction , he had saved Rescuing the Leewards Islands convoy Patrolling from attack Attack as well .

On 25 September , Allemand achieved Achieve a major success when his squadron , while waiting Motion for a convoy from the Leeward Islands , encountered Hostile_encounter a seven-ship convoy Patrolling from the island of Saint Helena .

The convoy 's commander , Captain Daniel Woodriff in the fourth rate , sought to interpose Self_motion his ship between the French squadron and his convoy Patrolling and was captured Conquering after a fierce battle .

All except one of convoy Patrolling escaped Escaping , and by deliberately drawing Causation the French away from his own convoy 's direction , he had saved Rescuing the Leewards Islands convoy Patrolling from attack Attack as well .