Turkey is not a world power and they are not going to engage in gunboat diplomacy just to satisfy your desire to get even with Israel. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » What’s Going on With Turkey] Reference
The gunboat was a large one, and carried two midshipmen besides. From Wordnik.com. [Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril] Reference
She recalled her gunboat and as a concession to obtain peace, was permitted to acquire some territory in the French Congo country. From Wordnik.com. [History of the American Negro in the Great World War His Splendid Record in the Battle Zones of Europe; Including a Resume of His Past Services to his Country in the Wars of the Revolution, of 1812, the War of Rebellion, the Indian Wars on the Frontier, the Spanish-American War, and the Late Imbroglio With Mexico] Reference
"gunboat" that had been seen by the fishermen to steam out of Sagua la. From Wordnik.com. [The Cruise of the Thetis A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection] Reference
"He had a chance on Monday in the House, when he was asked a question about the German gunboat which is reported to have gone to Agdar. From Wordnik.com. [The Mischief Maker] Reference
Lookin 'out for the boat,' Yes that's a gunboat sure. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
The 13th of February Admiral Porter had sent the gunboat. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
An 'he cover'd 'em up agin an' toted 'em to the gunboat. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
There was also a craft fixed up to look like a small gunboat. From Wordnik.com. [The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore] Reference
Commodore Foote had his gunboat fleet at Cairo; and General U. S. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Jan. 5. 1861, unm. falling off a gunboat into the Missippi River. From Wordnik.com. [The Stephens Family A Genealogy of the Descendants of Joshua Stevens] Reference
Both countries were practicing gunboat diplomacy on a grand scale. From Wordnik.com. [On A Gunboat To China] Reference
Steele's Bayou we came to the gunboat Price, Lieutenant Woodworth. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
General Forrest wants some transports, maybe even a gunboat or two. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
In the first weeks of 1864 the enemy sent a gunboat expedition up the. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
May 26 -- A British submarine has sunk a Turkish gunboat in the Sea of. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Tennessee, at Fort Heiman, and captured a gunboat and three transports. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Aden for even a gunboat to show itself off his port, but to no purpose. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
I shall establish communication with you there, by steamboat and gunboat. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
In about four miles we overtook the gunboat fleet just as it was emerging into. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
At 6 o'clock P.M. of the 26th the leading gunboat and one transport came down. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
I followed, keeping the transports within about three hundred yards of the gunboat. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
She was passing the lower battery now, and there was no sign of any gunboat escort. From Wordnik.com. [Ride Proud, Rebel!] Reference
Dandelion, a tender of the regular gunboat Flag, posted at the mouth of the Ogeechee. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Some works strengthened their positions, and there was a gunboat anchored in the bay. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Fuller, Captain, improvises a gunboat, 119; delays Federal advance up the Teche, 121. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
At dawn of the 23d (June, 1863) our guns opened on the gunboat, and speedily drove it away. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
McClernand had about as much idea of what a gunboat was, or could do, as the man in the moon. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Queen of the West, gunboat, runs the Vicksburg batteries, 122; captured by Confederates, 124. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
Captain Bryant, commanding the gunboat, notified me that he was ready to proceed up the river. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
I will send a steamboat under care of the gunboat, to collect corn from cribs on the river-bank. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
This opened to us Ossabaw Sound, and I pushed down to this gunboat to communicate with the fleet. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
He started without delay, taking, however, only his own gunboat, the Carondelet, towed by the steamer. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
What he saw was a high-tech version of the "gunboat diplomacy" that the West once used to bully China. From Wordnik.com. [China's Balkan Crisis] Reference
On the night of the 23d the powder-boat was towed in by a gunboat as near to the fort as it was safe to run. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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