Sentence examples similar to She was put in command from inspiring English sources

He was put in command of French territory in Oceania in 1849.

After Louisiana left the Union, Bragg was put in command of its militia.

He was put in command of the tanker in the Philippines several months before the end of the war.

Upon his promotion to brigadier general (July 1996), he was put in command of the 2nd Canadian Mechanised Brigade Group in Petawawa.

After war broke out in Morocco (September 1893), he was put in command and succeeded in negotiating the Treaty of Marrakech (January 29 , 1894.

On Nov. 29, 1861, Bonard was put in command of French forces in Cochinchina and charged with governing the French territories there.

He was recalled to service upon the outbreak of World War II and was put in command of an army corps.

Butler then was put in command of Fort Monroe, Va., where he became one of the first Civil War generals to face the problem of runaway slaves.

First promoted to major and then to colonel, Armstrong was put in command of the 9th Regiment, a corps consisting entirely of black troops.

From 1735 to 1740, he was governor of Île de France (Mauritius) and Île de Bourbon (Réunion) in the Indian Ocean, but with the outbreak of war between France and Great Britain, he was put in command of a fleet in Indian waters.

He worked on coastal surveys and in 1805 was put in command of the Buffalo by Governor Philip King, and in 1806 he commanded another ship to Van Diemen's Land.