Sentence examples for English commander from inspiring English sources

Fearing the worst, the English commander, Maj.

The English commander Earl Byrhtnoth replies that they will pay their tribute in spears and darts.

It was the English commander Giles Smith, King Edward III's chief military strategist, who needed quiet the most.

It proved sadly ineffective, however, as was shown in 1544 when an English commander, the earl of Hertford, devastated part of the town, including the Canongate and Leith.

an English commander during the attack of the Spanish Armada and in other forays against the Spanish during the reign of Elizabeth I.

Most of the cast were good actors, and the people who were featured Terence Archie, as the English commander; Michael James Shaw, as Joan's benefactor Baudricourt; and Sean Allan Krill, as the bishop were very good.

One could imagine English commanders holding councils of war in the gatehouse before heading off to do battle with the French or Spanish navies.

Whether this was due to the inexperience of the English commanders or the indiscipline of the English soldiers is unclear.

The tribunal was composed entirely of pro-English and Burgundian clerics, and overseen by English commanders including the Duke of Bedford and Earl of Warwick.

The result was the Battle of Schooneveld in June and the Battle of Texel in August, a controversial sequence of engagements in which, at a minimum, poor communications between the French and English commanders assisted the marginal Dutch victory.

Although Hesse was confident that he would be able to hold Gibraltar against the numerically superior Franco-Spanish force, he was undermined by political disputes between the Habsburg and English commanders.