Sentence examples for command a division from inspiring English sources

Poland would also command a division and has offered to contribute a brigade of troops.

Carl Schurz would go on to command a division, fighting at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and elsewhere.

In 1915 he rose to command a division and then the III Corps, which helped stem the German offensive at the Battle of Verdun early in 1916.

Townshend was promoted to the rank of major general on March 6 , 1761 and went on to command a division of the Anglo-Portuguese army to protect Portugal during the Spanish Invasion.

This made him the first New Zealand officer to command a division in the War.

While he was an able commander, his lack of combat experience resulted in his being replaced by Middleton (though Reinhardt would later command a division in European fighting).

McCaffrey is widely respected in the military, having fought in the Vietnam War, commanded a division in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, and later served as the commander for U.S. military operations in Central America and South America.

He commanded a division on the French left wing at Waterloo and attacked with great pertinacity.

By September 1979 he had returned to regular army duties and commanded a division based in Kaduna.

commanded a division under EARLY during the recent campaign in the Shenandoah Valley.

He then commanded a division fighting in eastern France, and after Germany fell he became Rhineland's governor.