noun
definition
The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
Examples of reconnaissance in a Sentence
Grant directed the offensive reconnaissance of Belmont in the autumn.
A final reconnaissance was made on the 5th.
On the 30th of June Sir Henry Lawrence ordered a reconnaissance in force from Lucknow, which met the enemy at Chinhat; but the native sepoys and artillerymen turned traitors, and Sir Henry was forced to retreat to the residency, where the siege now began.
His first expedition to Africa (1474) was a mere reconnaissance, but four y ears later a favourable opportunity for invasion arrived.
It was a two-seat reconnaissance float biplane of very small overall dimensions designed to be folded and carried in the confines of a submarine.
Before beginning the pre-wedding countdown, do a bit of reconnaissance.
Route reconnaissance may orient on a road or on an axis of advance.
These materials generally include reconnaissance survey of small districts, route surveys and astronomical observations supplied by travellers, and information obtained from native sources.
The states of British South Africa have each their surveyor-general, and a reconnaissance survey has been in progress since 1903.
Reconnaissance had brought to light the extent to which the Turks were making preparations to repel attempted landings, both on the Gallipoli Peninsula, and on the Asiatic coast adjacent to the mouth of the Straits; and everything pointed to the expeditionary force having to start work by fighting its way ashore.
To north and northeast was the land which had been visited in the reconnaissance of the previous year, but beyond it a water-sky appeared in the supposed position of Petermann Land.
Russian explorers and natives of India trained for geographical reconnaissance, and employed in connexion with the great trigonometrical survey of India, had done so much towards clearing away the mists which enveloped the actual course of the river, that all the primary affluents were known, although their relative value was misunderstood, but the nature of the districts which bordered the river in Afghan Turkestan was so imperfectly mapped as to give rise to considerable political complication in framing the boundary agreement between Great Britain and Russia.
He also defended Crete against the Turks; and subsequently was killed in a reconnaissance at Friuli.
At noon on the 20th, Napoleon, after a prolonged reconnaissance, advanced the main army against Bautzen and Burk, leaving the enemy's right to be dealt with by Ney on the morrow.
The British forces, beyond a reconnaissance in April 1917, did not enter Kurdistan till Dec. 1917, when Khaniqin was occupied without opposition from the Kurds.
Work was carried out at various scales, from regional reconnaissance surveys or appraisal, to the drilling of a geochemical or geophysical anomaly.
Gathering together a reconnaissance team, MacReady investigates the now desolate Norwegian camp to ascertain the source of their madness.
During the second half of 1940 at least eleven reconnaissance aircraft flying from French airfields are known to have operated over Bath.
Spring The German D-type reconnaissance biplane, produced by various firms, is introduced.
Sicily, to the north of Malta, had Italian and german dive bombers, fighters and reconnaissance aircraft.
An airborne reconnaissance pod with a data downlink capability to be carried by tactical aircraft.
When conducting reconnaissance forward of ground troops, coordination must take place to prevent fratricide.
During the reconnaissance mission, the P-3 was hit by fire from Khmer Rouge patrol boats, being lightly damaged.
Coastal Command aircraft were flying North Sea reconnaissance patrols.
By this the strategists usually seem to mean using special forces or satellite-guided bombs or pilotless reconnaissance planes.
At the start of the game each side may allocate one reconnaissance platoon to infiltration via the sewers.
The nose radome came from the Reconnaissance pod supplied in the Matchbox Phantom kit.
The armored cavalry regiment is of adequate size to conduct a reconnaissance in force.
The squadron or troop performs route reconnaissance of the designated route or routes for the movement.
Most of the aircraft lost on the Western Front on both sides were involved in aerial reconnaissance over enemy lines.
Special Operations Forces and tactical air reconnaissance complemented these efforts.
It is home to 744 and 848 Squadrons, who are responsible for maritime reconnaissance and SAR coverage along the Eastern coast of India.
Here a special camera is being taken into an aircraft before it departs on a photographic reconnaissance.
Training exercises should stress the importance of a thorough map reconnaissance to evaluate the terrain.
Several members of the expedition made a preliminary reconnaissance in ordinary clothes.
The ship had been spotted by RAF reconnaissance planes and Ursula informed of her course.
They also used technical means to avoid enemy reconnaissance.
Early 1942 was relatively calm, apart from some high altitude reconnaissance flights by British and US aircraft.
An air cavalry troop may be assigned an air route reconnaissance mission.
The Atlas 2 carried a U.S. reconnaissance satellite into orbit.
Following its arrival, the squadron flew armed reconnaissance sorties in support of British troops in the French colony.
Numerous reconnaissance sorties were flown over the Aegean to track enemy shipping.
These were carried in aircraft (mainly Lancasters) of RAF photographic reconnaissance squadrons.
The units include troopers, reconnaissance vehicles, tanks, antiaircraft and so on.
Before beginning the work, he made a preliminary reconnaissance of the fortifications on the south of the town from the Valley Gate, which was near the S.E.
During the recap session, the guests on board the 2004 voyage attended a briefing by the reconnaissance team.
Just in time for the Great War the reconnaissance aircraft appeared on the scene.
It would be the second time in a month that Iraqi defenses had brought down one of the American reconnaissance drones.
The bases include a naval station and an RAF military airfield, and garrison troops, infantry battalion and reconnaissance squadron units.
Zone reconnaissance may be oriented on the main body 's zone of action or an axis of advance.