| The CEO set the agenda, and while the board may have questioned the boss's decisions, it rarely countermanded them. |
| Before the tanks had set off, this order was countermanded once it was clear that they would not be able to reach Charleroi fast enough. |
| Eoin MacNeill, chief of staff of Irish Volunteers, then countermanded the mobilization orders given by Pearse. |
| Jefferson Davis countermanded his order for the evacuation of Vicksburg, and, as he had feared, he proved unable to relieve the city. |
| He ordered the police to open fire on the demonstrators but the party's frightened Politburo countermanded the order. |
| Moreover, he countermanded the orders of Major General John E. Wool as to the disposal of some of his troops. |
