Sentence examples for Assume command from inspiring English sources
Gordon, obviously thinking poorly of his battalion commander, now asserted a claim to assume command of the 750 survivors.
He chose Franz Stangl, who had previously been the commandant of the Sobibór extermination camp, to assume command of the camp as Eberl's successor.
Pending Petraeus's confirmation by Congress, the British deputy commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan, Lt Gen Nick Parker, will assume command.
Why was Hargrove available to assume command of this dysfunctional outfit?
On Dec. 15 he secured Lincoln's approval to travel to Nashville himself to assume command.
General Petraeus must be confirmed by the Senate before he can assume command.
Israel promptly invited the Italians to assume command of the peacekeeping force instead of the French.
The next afternoon, Nixon announced that the Missouri Highway Patrol would assume command of police operations in Ferguson.
After the defeat of Sir Henry Bagnal's English army in Ireland (August 1598), Mountjoy was expected to assume command there.
He was about to assume command of the unit, and he invited me to the change-of-command ceremony.
Mr Letta also indicated he would like to see an Italian assume command of Frontex, the EC's boarder protection agency.
