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Meanings of expeditionary in English

Expeditionary.

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Usage of expeditionary in English
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Disappeared completely, although I heard a rumour they'd joined Crassus' expeditionary force.'
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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It was classic expeditionary behavior, putting the needs of the group first.
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
3
Togo, the German Colony which was surrendered to a Franco-English expeditionary force.
New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, ...
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Safety to the expeditionary column of which Gauvain is in command.
Studies in Literature
5
Aug. 24-Firstcasualty list of expeditionary army includes Earl of Leven and Melville.
The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, I...
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All Socialists everywhere are like expeditionary soldiers far ahead of the main advance.
First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life
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The expeditionary force was to comprise eventually some forty thousand men.
The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot
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Avery automatically parsed the code: ninth marine expeditionary force, twenty-first division, 1st battalion.
Contact Harvest
9
Pershing, Commander-in-Chief of American expeditionary force, arrives in England en route to France.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
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But it was an unequal war against an expeditionary force of countless numbers.
Kitchener's Mob: Adventures of an American in the British Army
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Wars are planned which require huge expeditionary armies trained and equipped for war.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 /...
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Overly prudent and badly supplied, the expeditionary force made slow progress.
The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
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Also directs expeditionary force of regulars under Gen. Pershing to go to France.
America's War for Humanity
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Our wars on land have been adventures undertaken by expeditionary forces.
England and the War
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They may-butthat is most improbable-bean expeditionary party of Italians.
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
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England's first expeditionary force landed at Ostend, Calais and Dunkirk on August 7th.
History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's...
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