Sentence examples for ambiguous order from inspiring English sources

My grandfather had been issued with a Webley Mk IV revolver and a delightfully ambiguous order.

An ambiguous order by Raglan in the Battle of Balaklava (October 25, 1854) led to the disastrous charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade under the 7th earl of Cardigan.

Although Cardigan queried the ambiguous order from Lord Raglan that originated the charge, he did not hesitate when the order was repeated but led the maneuver steadily and gallantly.

That is a problem, and senior officers have been a bit guilty of issuing ambiguous orders".

The 600 troops of the brigade followed ambiguous orders to charge a heavily defended position though they knew they had little chance of survival.

The Ukrainian troops in Crimea were surprised and overmatched by a well-trained, well-coördinated, and initially well-disguised Russian force, and they had highly ambiguous orders — certainly not orders to fight.

The absence of relief was partly due to heavy ice in the Kane Basin -- the Proteus was crushed in 1883 -- but also to poor judgment, and either rigid or ambiguous orders.

Together with this unfortunate news, the letter contained some ambiguous orders regarding Rupert's northern offensive and future plans: Rupert understood the letter to be an order both to relieve York and defeat the allied army before heading south once more to aid the King.

Ambiguous orders, potentially leading to an overdose, were found three times (2.9%).

The departure of Grant Mitchell from EastEnders was kept ambiguous in order to leave Kemp with a window, should he wish to return.

This makes the interpretation of the measured signals ambiguous in order to find the location of PD faults, while using conventional location techniques.