| They were commanded by another privateer, Woodes Rogers, who later went legit, leased the Bahamas and became the islands' first governor. |
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| Abba Joseph had commanded the brother to eat some of the fruit of a nearby mulberry tree. |
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| Bill commanded great regard throughout the community and news of his passing was received with much regret and sadness. |
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| He was good neighbour and friend who commanded much regard and respect in the area. |
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| Fifteen cohorts were annihilated at Atuatuca, and another garrison commanded by Quintus Cicero only just saved by a relief column. |
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| The navy, of course, was commanded and largely officered by Royal Navy personnel. |
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| He commanded troops in Guangdong and advocated a fight to the finish late in the war. |
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| Moses commanded us a Law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. |
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| Each company is commanded by a major and consists of four platoons, led by a captain and sergeant first class. |
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| An outstanding scientist, he commanded great respect for both his abilities and also for his exceptional personal qualities. |
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| Its not too late for the premier to regain the initial respect she commanded among constituents of this province. |
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| Thus it was Titus who commanded the Roman legions during the famous sack of Jerusalem. |
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| The most important fighting unit of the Roman Army was the legion commanded by a legatus. |
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| Between 5000 and 6000 legionaries made up a legion that was commanded by a legatus. |
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| Just as we are commanded to show respect for God's name, so also must we revere His teachings. |
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| For a system so leveraged and commanded by speculative finance, there is little room for error. |
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| As the patriarch of the family, my grandfather commanded an enormous amount of respect. |
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| He has commanded in every rank from lieutenant to vice admiral, and has flown his flag in all three of the Navy's aircraft carriers. |
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| A squadron, usually commanded by a lieutenant colonel, normally consists of two or more flights and has 50 to 750 personnel. |
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| It typically has 50,000 or more soldiers, is made up of two or more corps, and is commanded by a lieutenant general or general. |
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| Typically commanded by a lieutenant general or higher, an army combines two or more corps. |
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| Respected by the Sunnis and Shi'ites alike, his religious and social standing commanded respect and raised him above suspicion. |
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| The essays that commanded my sustained attention ranged from one end of the century to the other, from the canon to the apocrypha and back. |
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| A lady of the utmost integrity, Celia commanded the height of regard and respect throughout the region. |
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| Major Smith commanded most of the forces in the arcology I used to live in. |
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| The English forces initially were commanded by James Butler, Duke of Ormonde and lord lieutenant of Ireland. |
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| Abraham is commanded to take his son Isaac on a journey to a mount in the land of Moriah and there offer him as a sacrifice to God. |
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| The operation, commanded tactically by a British army officer, was divided into two. |
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| The other big takeaway from the book was that life insurance is another industry that only commanded high prices by hiding information. |
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| In this battle the Anglo-Egyptian force commanded by Kitchener defeated the Mahdists and established British dominance in Sudan. |
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| Roger and James also commanded squadrons of their own, and were in the thick of the fighting during the battle. |
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| Following a number of defections from other parties, Thai Rak Thai commanded an absolute majority in parliament. |
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| The smallest entity commanded by a commissioned officer is usually a platoon of about 30 men. |
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| King Angus MacFergus of the Picts commanded a mixed army of Scots and Picts who were fighting an army of Saxons from Northumbria. |
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| Gone are the days when schools had masters, who commanded respect be it in the classroom or on the playing fields. |
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| A senior first lieutenant commanded the FASCO and a master sergeant served as the noncommissioned office in charge. |
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| Returning as was her wont, she then commanded the same child that had stopped the hole to unstop it, whereupon the lad regained his sight. |
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| Three to five platoons form a company, which is commanded by a captain with a first sergeant as the commander's principal NCO assistant. |
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| In 1968 Gen. Franks returned to Fort Sill, where he commanded a cannon battery in the Artillery Training Center. |
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| If so, she was even closer to the making of history than the five Scottish captains who commanded ships at Trafalgar on that fateful day. |
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| I have been commanded to return them to the property forthwith so they can be consulted at a moment's notice. |
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| She spoke that one word, which commanded acknowledgement and attention, but still managed to sound silvery and sleek. |
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| Galahad felt power rise in him again and silently commanded the sigil to disappear. |
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| With masterful technique and an unhinged mad scene, she commanded the first act. |
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| The US secretary of state is a Vietnam veteran who has commanded field units at almost every level. |
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| Savings must become the driving force behind sound investment, replacing the current mess commanded by financial credit and endemic speculation. |
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| However, the clean-shaven, well-dressed, spectacled man has an authoritative air which commanded respect. |
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| He waits as Ian takes in a deep and shuddering breath then opens his eyes as commanded. |
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| There the boy is captured by Jack's colleagues, who have been commanded by the Lord to kill their truant captain. |
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| Dod is reputed to have had archery in his blood, one of his ancestors having commanded the English bowmen at Agincourt. |
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| Crane spoke with a hint of a southern accent but commanded respect nonetheless. |
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| The story ended with Sam boarding a starship commanded by Sirians who may be able to aid in defeating the villain. |
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| He has commanded airborne infantry units at the company, battalion, brigade and division levels. |
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| The trend to contract out the management of the utilities to outside companies commanded attention. |
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| A traffic island and refuge in the centre of the road is one solution which commanded significant support at the meeting. |
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| A midshipman in the U.S. Navy at sixteen, young Porter commanded his first ship at thirty-three during the Mexican War. |
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| He pointed toward one of the settees across from the windows and then commanded Adam to sit. |
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| A wing, normally commanded by a brigadier general, is the Air Force's prime warfighting instrument. |
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| She commanded him-in his native Nahuatl to seek out the head of the Mexican church and ask that a chapel devoted to her be erected on Tepeyac. |
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| When commanded by the powertrain control computer, the solenoids direct oil to valve lifters equipped with the switching mechanism. |
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| Once West Pointers achieved sufficient seniority, they commanded in all of America's wars save one. |
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| Two to five battalions form a brigade, which is commanded by a colonel and has from 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers. |
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| The 194th Tank Battalion was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Ernest B. Miller and was comprised of M3 tanks, half-tracks, jeeps, and motorcycles. |
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| Damayanti commanded the stage, unfaltering, elegant and magically transformed from the person we knew off-stage. |
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| Seamus was a grand gentleman who commanded great regard in the community Funeral obsequies will be published later. |
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| There were several breakout hits, films that commanded both critical kudos and broad audience appeal, assuring substantive box-office numbers. |
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| Chaeronea, a small Boeotian city located 31 miles north of Thebes, commanded the Cephissus valley. |
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| Later he commanded a tank battalion, an armored brigade and the First Cavalry Division. |
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| Kirkland's measured arguments, and his sense of fair play, commanded respect in both union halls and the halls of power in Washington. |
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| He has commanded a fighter squadron, two fighter wings, and a numbered air force. |
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| After the war he served as staff commander of an infantry regiment and division and commanded a combined unit. |
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| David, reacting to James' untimely outburst, commanded his retinue of elite combatants to fight their way to the exit. |
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| The Legion's NCOs were 60 Centurions, long-serving professional soldiers who each commanded a century of 80 men. |
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| We know that in those days a ship was commanded from the quarterdeck at the ship's stern. |
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| Noticing that Greasy 62's centerline tank had not jettisoned, he commanded a jettison reattempt. |
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| Up to 1916, the German High Seas Fleet had been commanded by Admiral von Poul. |
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| As ranking officer on the afternoon of 1 July 1863 at the Battle of Gettysburg, he briefly commanded all Federal forces on the field. |
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| Dublin commanded proceedings by keeping the ball in the air and winning the aerial battle. |
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| Noticing that the plane's centerline tank had not jettisoned, he commanded a jettison reattempt. |
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| He has commanded a fighter squadron, two fighter wings, a numbered Air Force and two major commands. |
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| Do you think he would have commanded as much respect if he had worn different coloured contact lenses, white make-up and black eye-shadow? |
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| When the war ended he re-enlisted and commanded an artillery battery in the Korean War and the Vietnam War. |
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| He put the turban upon his head and set the gold rosette as symbol of holy dedication on the front of the turban as the Lord had commanded him. |
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| Where a court or a public officer wrongly refuses jurisdiction the exercise of the jurisdiction can be commanded by a writ of mandamus. |
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| The king was intelligent and punctilious in his performance of his official duties and had a regal bearing that commanded immediate respect. |
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| Pleasant and affable in his dealings with people, he commanded great regard throughout the community. |
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| One of the grand ' old stock ' of the area, Nora commanded great regard throughout the community. |
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| Typically commanded by a sergeant or staff sergeant, a squad or section is the smallest element in Army structure, and its size is dependent on its function. |
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| Ever resourceful, the Duchess commanded her dealer to take photographs of the paintings of the same size and place them in their original mounts and frames. |
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| Four to six companies make up a battalion, which is normally commanded by a lieutenant colonel with a command sergeant major as principal NCO assistant. |
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| Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. |
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| Swinburne commanded an impressive variety of verse forms, writing in classical metres, composing burlesques, modern and mock-antique ballads, roundels, etc. |
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| As a rear admiral Spruance commanded the cruiser division which acted as the surface screen for Halsey's carrier task force during the first months of the war. |
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| Lights were blinking on the signs that commanded vehicles to stop. |
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| He commanded dynamic playing from the young musicians and imbued each score with idiomatic fervor and a wonderful sense of the music's ebb and flow. |
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| I commanded, gesturing him forward with an airy wave of my arm. |
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| No matter what generation reads these words, they are commanded to claim the Mosaic history as their own and not merely to recall what their ancestors experienced long ago. |
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| Protestants observe only two sacraments, baptism and the Lord's Supper, for we find that these are the only two that Jesus commanded to be observed. |
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| Despite his injuries, he managed to regain flying status and commanded a flight wing at Elgin Air Force base. |
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| During a night operation in the Solomon Islands in 1943, the patrol torpedo boat he commanded was rammed by a Japanese destroyer. |
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| That volume commanded polite notices and some positive reviews. |
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| Innovation rarely comes from a unit commanded by a screamer. |
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| The general who commanded coalition troops in the first Gulf War was known for his straight talk as well as his battle prowess. |
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| He commanded the brigade in the 2008 war with Russia that suffered the most casualties and he himself was shot in the calf. |
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| He also commanded all his Thessalian subjects to mourn for her. |
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| When you hear the sound of the horn, the pipe, the lyre, the trigon and drum and all the musical instruments, you are commanded to bow down and worship. |
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| Centurions took their title from the fact that they commanded a century. |
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| For years, such peacekeepers, whether in Srebenica or Mogadishu, wielded no power and commanded less respect as women and children were shot down in their presence. |
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| At Marston Moor, in 1644, he commanded the left wing of the royalist army. |
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| A kestrel commanded the long valley views, rabbits scampered unconcerned. |
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| When Schettino commanded him to turn the ship, he can be heard repeating errant commands. |
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| In 1964, Kabila had been a Simba leader, and Mobutu had commanded the Congolese army. |
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| The problem was that Ernst was in Kuwait with the 1168 Transportation Company, a National Guard supply unit that she commanded. |
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| He said he had been commanded to grab every journalist showing up at the morgue. |
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| He commanded bright-toned singing from his excellent chamber vocal group. |
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| Sharman said the mostly Irish track crew, commanded by the colorful J. S. Casement, who carried pistols and, occasionally, a bullwhip, numbered about three hundred men. |
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| That mailshirts and helms would have been widespread is shown by the fact that Ethelred commanded that every eight hides provide a helmet and byrnie. |
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| Another teacher had spoken of an angel at the Bethlehem nativity, who had taken pity on a tiny fir-tree, and had commanded a star cluster to rest on its boughs. |
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| Franco-American institutional rivalry led to the initial dispatch of two naval forces to the Adriatic, one under Nato and one under WEU, each commanded by Italian admirals. |
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| A lady of gentle and quiet disposition, Mary Ellen was a firm favourite throughout the local rural community where she commanded great regard and respect. |
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| With the advent of the vicinages and the Governors, his rule became more of a titular one, though he still commanded a great deal of support from the people at large. |
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| When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the parlour or stove being nearly emptied, in came a company of musketeers. |
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| And the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to tell David, to go up, and build an altar to the Lord God in the thrashingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. |
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| It gained its popular name from Sergeant Yakov Pavlov, who commanded the platoon that seized the building and defended it during the long battle. |
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| In January 2012, Brickman commanded the top three spots on the Top 10 of Billboard's New Age chart for his albums Love, Romanza and All is Calm. |
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| Legions, auxiliary cohorts and the fleet were commanded by the respective incumbent provincial governors. |
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| We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. |
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| Through the wisdom of our legislators, only the intelligent may contracept, while the stupid are commanded to reproduce their kind. |
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| Fredrick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg and King of Prussia, commanded the most powerful electorate in the Empire. |
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| In 1616 an act in Privy council commanded every parish to establish a school. |
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| In 1498, a Portuguese expedition commanded by Vasco da Gama reached India by sailing around Africa, opening up direct trade with Asia. |
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| Oratory was an art to be practiced and learnt, and good orators commanded respect. |
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| The II Augusta is known to have been commanded by the future emperor Vespasian. |
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| The Legio II Augusta, commanded by future emperor Vespasian, was the only one directly attested to have taken part. |
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| He therefore commanded one of the largest Roman armies, stationed along the important Rhine frontier. |
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| The resources he commanded in England helped him to establish control of the majority of Scandinavia, too. |
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| Warwick travelled to Ireland to concert plans with York, evading the royal ships commanded by the Duke of Exeter. |
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| Her army, commanded by the fourth successive Duke of Somerset, was brought to battle and destroyed at the Battle of Tewkesbury. |
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| Richard's vanguard, commanded by Norfolk, attacked but struggled against Oxford's men, and some of Norfolk's troops fled the field. |
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| At the Battle of Barnet, he commanded the Lancastrian right wing and routed the division opposing him. |
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| He also commanded a unit in Manchukuo, before assuming his final post in Borneo. |
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| And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. |
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| Their landing at Stornoway began well, but the colonists were driven out by local forces commanded by Murdoch and Neil MacLeod. |
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| General Melas had a numerical advantage, fielding about 30,000 Austrian soldiers while Napoleon commanded 24,000 French troops. |
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| Wellesley withdrew his army and, joined with the smaller corps commanded by Rowland Hill, began to retreat to Portugal. |
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| Ancient Rome commanded a vast area of land, with tremendous natural and human resources. |
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| Prior to the middle of the 3rd century BC, officials known as duumviri navales commanded a fleet of twenty ships used mainly to control piracy. |
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| Ships were commanded by a navarch, a rank equal to a centurion, who was usually not a citizen. |
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| The details of command structure and fleet strengths during this period are not well known, although fleets were commanded by prefects. |
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| Along the Via Principalis were the homes or tents of the several tribunes in front of the barracks of the units they commanded. |
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| On his day, the tribune effectively commanded the camp and was even respected as such by the Legate. |
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| Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire commanded the Royalist force. |
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| The residents of the city were commanded to look away as she rode, but one man did not and was allegedly struck blind. |
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| The King, upon hearing that Johnson would visit the library, commanded that Barnard introduce him to Johnson. |
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| Walpole commanded a substantial majority in Parliament and George had little choice but to retain him or risk ministerial instability. |
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| George's son, the Duke of Cumberland, commanded the king's troops in northern Germany. |
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| Despite trade restrictions imposed in most foreign markets, by 1937, American films commanded about 70 percent of screen time around the globe. |
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| At the top of the column is a statue of Horatio Nelson who commanded the British Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar. |
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| At the Battle of Dupplin Moor, Balliol's army, commanded by Henry Beaumont, defeated the larger Scottish force. |
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| By comparison, Duffy notes that Frederick the Great usually commanded from 23,000 to 50,000 in battle. |
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| The Italian 2nd Army Corps, commanded by general Alberico Albricci, also participated in the operations around Reims. |
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| These units are commanded by a Group Captain who is also the parent unit's Station Commander. |
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| Luftflotte 2, commanded by Generalfeldmarschall Albert Kesselring, was responsible for the bombing of southeast England and the London area. |
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| Pitcairn Island was sighted on 3 July 1767 by the crew of the British sloop HMS Swallow, commanded by Captain Philip Carteret. |
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| These men were commanded by Royal Marines officers and fought alongside their regular Royal Marines counterparts at the Battle of Bladensburg. |
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| It comprises three helicopter squadrons and is commanded by the Joint Helicopter Command. |
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| Ensign flown by the Royal Logistic Corps from vessels commanded by commissioned officers. |
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| After its independence, Singapore had two infantry regiments commanded by British officers. |
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| The naval squadron and transports for the expedition were commanded by Richard Howe. |
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| It was based upon the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps headquarters commanded by then Lieutenant General Mike Jackson of the British Army. |
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| The British 1st Armoured Division was commanded by Major General Robin Brims. |
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| In addition to British troops, 3rd Division now commanded Italian, Dutch, Danish, Czech, Lithuanian, Norwegian and New Zealand forces. |
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| Later, the descendants of Isaac's son Jacob were enslaved in Egypt, and God commanded Moses to lead the Exodus from Egypt. |
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| The putsch was spearheaded by Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, who at the time commanded the army. |
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| The putsch was quickly suppressed by forces commanded by Chief of General Staff Mahamoud Mohamed, a veteran Somali military official. |
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| After independence, Djibouti had two regiments commanded by French officers. |
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| Ideally a villa commanded a view or vista, carefully framed by the architectural design. |
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| A maniple consisted of two centuries and was commanded by the senior of the two centurions. |
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| Ninian, while the king commanded the rearguard at the entrance to the New Park. |
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| This attempt failed, and his army was defeated in a pitched battle by a smaller army commanded by the King of Scots, Robert the Bruce. |
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| Stirling Castle was one of the most important castles that was held by the English as it commanded the route north into the Scottish Highlands. |
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| On 23 June 1314 two of the English cavalry formations advanced, the first commanded by the Earl of Gloucester and the Earl of Hereford. |
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| Bedford commanded the division facing the French, and Thomas Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, that facing the Scots. |
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| The first three companies were commanded by William Grant of Ballindalloch, Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat and Sir Duncan Campbell of Lochnell. |
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| The next three companies were commanded by Colin Campbell of Skipness, John Campbell of Carrick and George Munro, 1st of Culcairn. |
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| In the 16th century, Elizabeth I of England commanded that the bards be examined and licensed to ensure performance standards. |
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| The right was commanded by William fitzOsbern and Count Eustace II of Boulogne. |
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| De Burgh's fleet scattered the French and captured their flagship, commanded by Eustace the Monk, who was promptly executed. |
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| In April, Castell y Bere was besieged by over 3,000 men, and the small Welsh garrison, commanded by Cynfrig ap Madog, surrendered on 25 April. |
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| Something within him once or twice commanded him to throw his crime into the fire, while yet it is obliterable. |
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| The United States North Sea Mine Force was commanded by Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss aboard the Atlantic Fleet Mine Force flagship USS Black Hawk. |
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| Maass informed Rear Admiral Franz Hipper who commanded the German battlecruiser squadron, and who was responsible for local defence. |
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| Both fleets were in three squadrons, each split into three divisions and commanded by a flag officer. |
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| In this occasion, II Augusta was commanded by the future emperor Vespasian. |
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| His first target was the fortress of Gisors, commanded by Gilbert de Vascoeuil, which surrendered without putting up a struggle. |
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| He ordered it to be burned to prevent it from falling into enemy hands, then he commanded the town of Dam to be burned to the ground as well. |
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| During the next fifty years, the Greeks commanded the Aegean, but not harmoniously. |
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| Early in 1805, Vice Admiral Lord Nelson commanded the British fleet blockading Toulon. |
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| Among the dead was Wing Commander Frank Arthur Brock, the man who devised and commanded the operation of the smoke screen. |
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| A 1499 voyage, led by merchant William Weston of Bristol, was the first expedition commanded by an Englishman to North America. |
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| In 1423 the Polish king commanded protection of yews in order to cut exports, facing nearly complete destruction of local yew stock. |
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| Clement wrote about the order with which Jesus commanded the affairs of the Church be conducted. |
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| One ship that had been separated, commanded by Diogo Dias, wandered onward alone, and the other six ships were able to regroup. |
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| When a favourable wind came for Haakon to leave, he commanded the clergymen to return ashore. |
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| Blake was joined by another four warships commanded by Edward Popham, who brought authority to go to war with Portugal. |
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| Promoted to vice admiral on 16 April 1694, Shovell commanded a squadron on expeditions to Dieppe and Dunkirk, later in the year. |
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| Tostig was outlawed a short time later, possibly early in November, because he refused to accept his deposition as commanded by Edward. |
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| The later Emperor Tiberius commanded twelve legions to attack the Marcomanni. |
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| Sulla then commanded six legions to march with him to Rome and institute a civil war. |
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| Each consul commanded an army, usually two legions strong, with the help of military tribunes and a quaestor who had financial duties. |
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| God has commanded that this sacred power be expressed only between a man and a woman who are legally married. |
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| To a large extent, the public were aware of the vast financial resources that Augustus commanded. |
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| With four legions at his disposal, Vespasian commanded a strength of nearly 80,000 soldiers. |
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| His brother Titus Flavius Sabinus II, as city prefect, commanded the entire city garrison of Rome. |
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| Legions, auxilia and fleet units were commanded by the respective provincial governor. |
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| Units of the legions, naval and auxiliary forces were commanded by the respective governors. |
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| They participated in espionage, sabotage and other Fifth column means in their countries of origin, trained and commanded by Abwehr. |
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| Zarco, a knight in service to Prince Henry, had commanded the caravels guarding the coast of Algarve from the incursions of the Moors. |
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| In times of war, the stadtholder, who commanded the army, would have more power than the raadspensionaris. |
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| Philip deliberately commanded his troops to retreat, counting on the untested Athenian hoplites to follow, thus breaking their line. |
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| Pisa and Genoa took part in the campaign commanded by Frederick's successor Henry VI against the Kingdom of Sicily. |
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| In 1411, a smaller fleet, built in Jilin and commanded by another eunuch Yishiha, who was a Jurchen, sailed down the Sungari and Amur Rivers. |
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| The treasure voyages were commanded and overseen by the eunuch establishment whose political influence was heavily dependent on imperial favor. |
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| According to medieval Chinese sources, Zheng He commanded seven expeditions. |
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| The regular European troops, stretched out along the entire length of the walls, were commanded by Karadja Pasha. |
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| Located several miles north of Constantinople, it commanded the narrowest part of the Bosporus. |
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| After the defeat of the third army, which included elite units of Syrians commanded by Kulthum and Balj, the Berber revolt spread further. |
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| The first India Armada, commanded by Vasco da Gama, arrived in Portugal in the summer of 1499, in a rather sorry shape. |
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| Each commanded three ships, sailing with Duarte Pacheco Pereira and Nicolau Coelho. |
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| It commanded the rich alluvial plain of the Pearl River Delta, with its connection to the sea protected at the Humen Strait. |
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| He commanded loyalty from both Moluccan and Papuan chiefs, especially those of Raja Ampat Islands. |
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| Here they learned that Moctezuma was supposedly the one who commanded the officers to be executed. |
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| In 1604, a second English East India Company voyage commanded by Sir Henry Middleton reached the islands of Ternate, Tidore, Ambon and Banda. |
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| He later commanded several voyages to the East Indies, setting up trading posts on various islands. |
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| Zwingli, however, eliminated instrumental music from worship in the church, stating that God had not commanded it in worship. |
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| According to tradition, he was supposedly commanded by Allah to convey this message to the people, and to be patient with those hostile to it. |
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| Maudling, when Parliament dispersed at the beginning of August, could have commanded a majority among backbenchers in the Commons. |
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| The invasion fleet never landed and was chased away by British ships commanded by Sir George Byng. |
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| In fact, he actually saw these as more democratic, as they had commanded more support at elections. |
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| The fire prevention and training divisions are each commanded by a deputy chief. |
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| The fire suppression division is commanded by a deputy chief per shift or group. |
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| Law was what the sovereign commanded, and this meant absolutism, but it was an absolutism of law as impartial and impersonal. |
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| In May 1643, Furness was occupied and plundered by a large Royalist force commanded by Richard Viscount Molyneux. |
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| By and by, after a rugged climb, we halted on the summit of a hill which commanded a far-reaching view. |
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| He commanded those who were appointed to attend him to be ready by a short day. |
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| Let them shew where any thing is advised or commanded after this slothful and slighty way. |
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| In the city of Nizhny Novgorod, top officials were commanded to take up volleyball and swimming. |
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| He was the Teacher on the unique Perisher course and commanded the Submarine Sea Training Organization. |
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| It's commanded by the slightly wonky, semi-invulnerable Capt. |
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| These aborts may be commanded via the ground-based health management system, the on-board Orion Abort Decision Logic, the crew, or ground personnel. |
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| Jones was commanded to leave the house immediately, and told, that his clothes and everything else should be sent to him whithersoever he should order them. |
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| Lt Cmdr Marshall commanded 767 Fleet Air Arm squadron which had the task of converting naval aircrew and also RAF aircrew to the then brand new F4K Phantom. |
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| Weber commanded widespread respect but relatively little influence. |
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| Later he commanded the Dominion Line ships Roman and Turcoman. |
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| And lest by her long talke she should be found to trip or faile in her words, she filled their laps with gold, silver, and Jewels, and commanded Zephyrus to carry them away. |
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| In October 1781, the British surrendered their second invading army of the war, under a siege by the combined French and Continental armies commanded by Washington. |
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| It sailed from Sevastopol, commanded by captain Konstantin Dublitsky. |
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| The highest ranking of such voivodes formed the princes' courts, while others commanded the troops in distant towns and served as advisors to the prince's delegates. |
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| Ivan also commanded that a band of streltsy be sent to reinforce Yermak. |
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| By 1564, Portugal commanded western trade with India, Japan, and China. |
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| The squadron was commanded by Captain Christopher Cole, with Captain Charles Foote on the Piedmontaise and Captain Richard Kenah aboard the Barracouta. |
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| However, the recruitment of the armed forces depended on nai, or mun nai, literally meaning 'lord', officials who commanded their own phrai som, or subjects. |
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| This Brigade was commanded by a flag officer and included divisions of naval artillery, naval infantry and naval artificers, with a total of more than 5000 men. |
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| The Venetian Alviso Diedo commanded the ships in the harbor. |
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| Li Shimin had commanded troops since the age of 18, had prowess with bow and arrow, sword and lance and was known for his effective cavalry charges. |
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| The impressive League's fleet gathered in the Gulf of Lepanto under the command of the Spaniard John of Austria to clash with the Turkish fleet commanded by Kapudan Ali Pasha. |
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| During the ensuing Battle of Chaeronea, Philip commanded the right wing and Alexander the left, accompanied by a group of Philip's trusted generals. |
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| Thralls and slaves legally commanded no weregild, but it was commonplace to make a nominal payment in the case of a thrall and the value of the slave in such a case. |
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| Domitian quickly launched a counteroffensive, personally travelling to the region accompanied by a large force commanded by his praetorian prefect Cornelius Fuscus. |
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| The castle was then commanded by the La Grua Talamanca family. |
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| He was a former comitadji who had been involved in fomenting unrest in Bosnia after the annexation of 1908 and was even rumoured to have commanded guerrilla bands. |
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| The Abbate family commanded the castle from 1283 to 1397 after Palmerio Abbate campaigned with Geovanni Procida during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. |
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| Cruisers were fitted out by investors and commanded by the reises. |
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| Often the former were commanded by the counts of the districts. |
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| They were supported at longer range by an additional six light cruisers commanded by William Goodenough, and five battlecruisers commanded by Vice Admiral David Beatty. |
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| A British fleet of 31 destroyers and two cruisers under Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt and submarines commanded by Commodore Roger Keyes was dispatched. |
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| The Academy's rapid growth was recognised the year after its formation, when in 1882 Queen Victoria commanded that it should be styled the 'Royal' Cambrian Academy of Art. |
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| Values of commissions varied, but were usually in line with social and military prestige, for example, regiments such as the Guards commanded the highest prices. |
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| According to English report, the groups commanded by the Earls of Huntly and Crawford and Erroll, totalling 6000 men, engaged Lord Howard and were repulsed and mostly slain. |
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| At the Battle of Kay, or Paltzig, the Russian Count Saltykov with 47,000 Russians defeated 26,000 Prussians commanded by General Carl Heinrich von Wedel. |
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| The election produced a majority SNP government, making this the first time in the Scottish Parliament where a party had commanded a parliamentary majority. |
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| The 1st Armoured Division was deployed to the Gulf and commanded British forces in the area, securing areas in southern Iraq, including the city of Basra during the invasion. |
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| Pointe du Hoc, a prominent headland situated between Utah and Omaha, was assigned to two hundred men of 2nd Ranger Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Rudder. |
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| Administrative squadrons on a station are also divided into flights and these flights are commanded by a junior officer, often a flight lieutenant. |
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| Administrative squadrons are normally commanded by a squadron leader. |
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| In peacetime, the Bundeswehr is commanded by the Minister of Defence. |
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| The Kaiserliche Marine's High Seas Fleet, commanded by Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer, fought the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet, led by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. |
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| No small matter of British forces were commanded over sea the year before. |
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| He commanded also to be made in this book many frames well adorned and filled with various figures decorated with many beautiful colours and with gold. |
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| That prominent generals commanded both armies and fleets suggests that naval forces were treated as auxiliaries to the army and not as an independent service. |
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| In the ensuing Battle of Wagram, which also lasted two days, Napoleon commanded his forces in what was the largest battle of his career up until then. |
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| They seemed much troubled, and the King commanded me to go to my Lord Mayor from him, and command him to spare no houses, but to pull down before the fire every way. |
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| Cromwell's troops were commanded by Charles Worsley, later one of his Major Generals and one of his most trusted advisors, to whom he entrusted the mace. |
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| Around 1563 Drake first sailed west to the Spanish Main, on a ship owned and commanded by John Hawkins, with a cargo of people forcibly removed from the coast of West Africa. |
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| In 1689 a Mughal fleet commanded by Sidi Yaqub attacked Bombay. |
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| In March 1604 Sir Henry Middleton commanded the second voyage. |
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| From 1180 to 1183 the tension between Henry and Richard grew, as King Henry commanded Richard to pay homage to Henry the Young King, but Richard refused. |
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| Praetors administered civil law and commanded provincial armies. |
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| In recent years, Schmidt, a chain smoker, was a frequent talk show guest and he commanded more respect as an elder statesman than he did when he led the country. |
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| It was here that nearly 200 Texians, Tejanos and American volunteers stood bravely against General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna who commanded more than 2,000 Mexican soldiers. |
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