Sentence examples for commander of some from inspiring English sources

The commander of some of the shogunate's forces turned and attacked Kamakura instead of the shogunate's enemies.

Gen. James N. Mattis, the commander of some 4,000 marines who had arrived in the Afghan theater by now.

Leigh-Mallory thus became the commander of some 9,000 U.S. and British aircraft allotted to this operation, and he found himself in the middle of numerous debates about how best to use aircraft to assist in the invasion.

By afternoon, after a barrage of shells battered the hills around him, Mr. Jaffar and his cousin, Harun, the commander of some of his troops, offered to surrender, contacting the Northern Alliance general, Khalil Anderabi, by walkie-talkie.

As Bury comments, the expedition's fate might have been quite different "if Belisarius had been opposed to a commander of some ability and experience in warfare", and points out that Procopius himself "expresses amazement at the issue of the war, and does not hesitate to regard it not as a feat of superior strategy but as a paradox of fortune".

The decision was apparently eased by a surprise message of support from commanders of some of the biggest rebel groups fighting on the ground, who had been summoned by their international sponsors to a parallel meeting in Ankara, the Turkish capital.

In another blow to the authority of the Free Syrian Army, following Col Okaidi's resignation, commanders of some of Syria's largest rebel brigades have been meeting in Turkey to discuss forming a new Islamist military grouping.

Some, including the high-ranking commanders of some groups, have already returned to the bush, making it becomes more and more difficult to contain the ranks.

The American military said that the commander of the 343rd Quartermaster Company, some of whose members refused orders to transport fuel through a dangerous area last week, had been relieved of duty.

As a local Lieutenant-Colonel and commander of its Camel Corps he led some of the units that helped restore Emperor Haile Selassie I to the throne of Ethiopia in 1941.

Only the commander of the circle commands".