Sentence examples for corps command from inspiring English sources

While serving on the Western Front, Godley continued to fulfill his role as the overall commander of the NZEF in addition to his corps command.

The paper was quickly passed up to the corps command, where Staff Col. Samuel Pitman, who knew Chilton from before the war, verified the signature.

Although he was inspirational to the Union battle victory, Logan was demoted back to corps command four days later in favour of Maj.

In the reshuffle, Gen Khan was given command of the Lahore corps, his first corps command and still a powerful position.

"The bodies were taken to the army base immediately after the attack, and then transported by helicopter to the corps command," he said.

In the same year he was sent to Spain, where he took a prominent part in the Peninsular War (especially at Espinosa, Talavera, Barrosa, and Cádiz), until his appointment in 1812 to a corps command in the invasion of Russia.

The basic unit of the Army is the corps, commanded by an officer of a rank ranging from lieutenant to brigadier, who is responsible to a divisional headquarters.

Campbell's diary bears witness to what appeared at first to be one of the key breakthroughs of the entire war.The Union's Army of the Cumberland — three corps commanded by Maj.Gen.

Grouped into a single corps commanded by Sir John Monash, who complemented the panache and the tactical skill of his soldiers with comprehensive, careful planning, the Australians nevertheless were central to defeating the German offensive of March 1918 and to the "hundred days" from August 8 to November 11 that ended the Great War.

He also created four corps commands within the Army of the Potomac making it easier for him to intervene in McClellan's operation if need be — indeed, one of his first steps was to keep one of them, Irwin McDowell's First Corps, behind to defend Washington.

They were organized into four large corps, commanded by Maj.