Sentence examples for commandant of the fort from inspiring English sources

In August 1780 Arnold was appointed commandant of the fort at West Point, New York, which, at a meeting with André on September 21, he agreed to surrender for £20,000.

In 1673, previous to his coming to France, Frontenac had made him commandant of the Fort of his name which he built on Lake Ontario.

The supporting cast includes Jack Elam, as a truly dishonest bandit, and young Tim Matheson and Elyssa Davalos as what used to be called "the love interest". The veteran actor Harry Morgan has some nice moments as the commandant of a frontier fort that Mr. Knotts and Mr. Conway accidentally burn down as they are attempting to serve fruit punch.

But while waiting for a table at the Thayer, I learn in a brief stroll through the adjacent West Point Museum that 223 years ago, after giving plans of the fort at West Point, which he served as commandant, to the British, Benedict Arnold high-tailed it down a footpath on horseback and made his escape to infamy aboard the British sloop Vulture, anchored around the bend downriver.

He served as Colonel Commandant for the Australian Corps of Signals in Southern Command from June 1958 to June 1963, and was Colonel Commandant of the corps from September 1959 to December 1960.

Construction of the fort began in 1878.

Measure the size of the fort.

The rank of a commandant depends upon the size and importance of his command: in the British Army a colonel commandant is the senior officer of a regiment; in the French Army a commandant is the commanding officer of a battalion, a rank equivalent to major; and the commandant of the United States Marine Corps is a four-star general.

The Commandant of the Coast Guard.

Pate, the Commandant of the Marine Corps.

Commandant means Commandant of the Coast Guard or that person's authorized representative.