Assertion: blockade | /r/CapableOf | prove ineffectual
Facets:
value: with bays
type: OTHER
value: with inlets
type: OTHER
value: largely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Because of the thousands of miles of coastline, with many rivers, bays and inlets in addition to developed ports, the blockade proved largely ineffectual during the first couple of years of the war.[b] Blockade runners initially imported military supplies to the Confederacy with relative ease.