Meanings of french fleets in English

The French armies were defeated by land; the French fleets were beaten at sea.

Are French fleets forever to turn tail to an inferior force of stupid English?

All the light vessels of the English and French fleets had taken part in it.

For a year the French fleets blockaded the coast and bombarded exposed towns and villages.

Aug. 24-Japanesefleet has begun bombardment of Tsing-tau; Cattaro badly damaged by British and French fleets.

The English and French fleets were surely engaged.

At the outset of the war the English and French fleets had set up a strict blockade of Germany.

Both the parties remained watching each other's movements, and depending on the operations of the British and French fleets.

On the continent of North America the insurgent colonists, aided by French fleets and French soldiers, gained a signal victory.

To prevent the junction of the Spanish and French fleets, the Tagus was the station fixed upon by Lord St Vincent.

Feb. 19-20-Britishand French fleets bombard Dardanelles forts.

Things are evidently still in the stage of preparation, and nothing has been heard about the movements of the German and French fleets.

A fortress there, in which French fleets could shelter safely, was like a shield for New France and a sword against New England.

Two French fleets from Cherbourg and Brest are coming up Channel, and each of them has a screen of torpedo boats and destroyers.

[British and French fleets pass the Dardanelles, Oct.

Several German submarines appeared in the Gulf of Saros during the month and effectively interfered with the activity of the British and French fleets.