Sentence examples for appointment to command the from inspiring English sources

MacBride's good service brought him a promotion to master and commander on 7 April 1762, and an appointment to command the fireship.

Then, in September 1944, came the appointment to command the 393rd heavy bombardment squadron, the A-bomb unit, initially based at Wendover Field in desolate Utah.

His services there led to his appointment to command the army in Italy, where he distinguished himself by forcing the pass of Villafranca and winning the Battle of Coni in 1744.

Lydiard finally returned to active service in December 1805, with an appointment to command the 38-gun.

Giving Frémont a second chance, Lincoln approved his appointment to command the strategically important Mountain Department, overseeing the mountainous region surrounding the Virginia and Kentucky border.

Walker received an appointment to command the new 32-gun on 1 July 1801 and took a convoy of merchants to Jamaica.

In announcing his appointment to command No. 1 Long Range Flight, Minister for Air William McMahon described Cuming as the "RAAF's outstanding test pilot".

A further period on half-pay followed his discharge from the Salisbury in November 1788, but meanwhile he had succeeded in attracting the attention of the Townsend family, and was able to use their patronage to secure an appointment to command, in April 1789.

Mackay was selected to command the 7th Division on the advice of General Sir Brudenell White but Cabinet, after consulting with Blamey, switched this appointment to the 6th Division.

In 879 the death of the founder of the Saffarid state, Ya'qub al-Saffar, allowed the Abbasid government to fully concentrate its attention against the Zanj rebellion, and Abu'l-Abbas' appointment in December 879 to command against the rebels at the head of 10,000 troops marks the turning-point of the war.

They are ably mentored by Oxford and Cambridge universities (50% of students from private schools) in appointments to the commanding heights of the law, the courts, the army, the navy and the air force, the civil service, local government, the Anglican church and the media (if they wish to work).