Offaly has many raths (prehistoric hill forts) and a chain of mottes, which command passes through the bogs.
In the three-day Battle of Warsaw in July 1656, the untried army of Brandenburg, under the Elector's command, passed its test of fire.
On Nelson's death in the battle, command passed to Collingwood, and he had the difficult task of conserving the fleet and its prizes during the storm that followed.
Ironically, Danish soldiers had to withdraw from the operation in Macedonia this year when command passed from NATO to the EU because of Denmark's opt-out on military affairs, whereas Norway, a non-member of the EU, has been able to continue.A moral superpower?The five Nordic countries have a good deal in common.
Hood retired below and command passed to his second in command, Lieutenant Case.
Fatally wounded and bleeding profusely, Hood was carried below and command passed to Lieutenant William Butterfield.
Command passed to Major Gough but by late afternoon the position was becoming untenable.
The command passed now to First Lieutenant Raymond J. McDoniel of D Company, senior surviving officer.
On 13 April 1805 Adamant and captured the 4-gun privateer Alert, and in October 1805 command passed to Captain John Stiles.
Late in the evening Saumarez's flagship HMS Caesar lost its foretopmast in strong winds, and command passed to Sir Richard Bickerton, 2nd Bt., in HMS Terrible.
