stern chase

But that would simply turn, under control, and follow in a stern chase.

But all of them were caught in a stern chase with low relative speed.

Missiles launched now would have a stern chase, and almost certainly fall short.

I did not want to tire the horses too soon with a long, stern chase.

It would be a stern chase all the way.

There was no reason to start it out as a stern chase for the torpedos.

But a stern chase is a long chase, as the saying goes.

The missiles would never catch him in a stern chase before they exhausted their fuel.

But only a straight stern chase could buy us that much time, and if we fly north we'll find the coast long before dusk.

"Well, a stern chase always was a long one," Costigan said finally.

It will be a slow stern chase because our opponent's forces are so widely separated.

'Since a stern chase always takes a long time, it will be another two weeks before we enter the nucleus.

In this manner the pursuit was altogether a stern chase, and therefore bound to be a long one.

It had been a long stern chase, longer than he guessed when he first received his orders.

Two stern chase guns were poking out through the ports like accusing black fingers.

The kind of engagement I look for is not a stern chase but a surprise attack at close quarters, boarding her in the smoke.

Then they'd have to get their ships up to speed and start a long stern chase to catch up with the fleet.

Unfortunately, the battery crew had committed their missile to a futile stern chase.

Defender will be after us soon, and it will then be a stern chase.

The Raphael still follows its stern chase course, fifty minutes from translation vector.

How much slower, Jeffrey didn't know- and knowing could be the difference between life and death in a stern chase or dogfight.

A long stern chase began.

Fortunately, he was well south of the targets' line of flight, which meant that he wasn't in a stern chase.

It was fortunate this was a stern chase and Ragnhild's men could not shoot over the bow.