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

Thus the direct route between Gibraltar and Alexandria—closed since May 1941—was reopened Openness with prodigious savings in shipping and their escorts .

Driven forward by military escorts , the deportees were deprived of food and water and subjected to periodic robbery Robbery , rape Committing_crime , and massacre Killing .

The decision to attack Attack `` Z33 '' and her escorts , rather than a nearby group of merchant ships , followed Motion instructions Education_teaching from the British Admiralty to RAF Coastal Command .

Planners added Cause_to_be_included additional fighter escorts to cover Filling the outward and return legs of the operation and sent Sending the entire force against Schweinfurt alone , instead of splitting the force .

although the venetians tried Change to protect their shipping with escorts , watchtowers and other protective measures , the cost became Becoming prohibitive : 120,000 thalers annually during the 1590s , 200,000 in the 1600s and 360,000 by 1615 .

On 5 May 1794 , the British escorts Patrolling of a convoy from Cork sighted Know two French ships approaching Arriving and gave Giving chase Self_motion .

The ships , a frigate and a corvette , outmatched by their opponents , separated Forming_relationships and the convoy escorts did likewise , each following Self_motion one of the raiders on a separate course .