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Blockade

Blockade [fr. bloccato, Ital., military term], the disposition of troops or

Paper Blockade

Paper Blockade. The state of a line of coast proclaimed to be

Blockade

ingress or egress or the reception of supplies as the blockade of the ports of an enemy

Blockader

One who blockades

Continental system

The system of commercial blockade aiming to exclude England from commerce with the Continent instituted

Declaration of Paris

of war are not liable to capture under enemy's flag. Blockades to be binding must be real. (See also LETTERS OF

Beleaguer

an army so as to preclude escape to besiege to blockade

blockaded

having access obstructed by emplacement of a barrier or by threat of force

Laws of war

public war, such as the relations of neutrals and belligerents, blockades, captures, prizes, truces and armistices, capitulations, prisoners, and declarations of

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