Definition of "naval campaign" []

• An operation conducted primarily by naval forces in order to gain or extend or maintain control of the sea (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Not only did Fisher’s own cherished scheme, a naval campaign in the Baltic, now obviously have no chance — but also, as he saw it, the Grand Fleet, the central pillar of British naval supremacy and war strategy, was now being nibbled away by the devouring demands of the Dardanelles."