He entrusted the command of the troops in the field to subordinates while he retired to his home at the Hermitage, near Nashville.
Robert entrusted the command of the expedition to his brother Roger, but on particularly difficult occasions e.g., the siege of Palermo in 1071 he came to his brother's aid.
It entrusted the command to Caxias, who in turn requested that Joaquim Inácio head the Brazilian fleet in Paraguay.
Farnese returned to Borculo, entrusted the command of the town to Verdugo, and sent Taxis to guard a fort nearby.
To face these insurgencies, al-Ma'mun turned to another of Tahir's sons, Abdallah ibn Tahir, to whom he entrusted the command of his army.
Priscus, however, also negotiated with and assisted Heraclius in the overthrow of Phocas, and was entrusted with command against the Persians in 611 612.
Meanwhile, General Philippe Pétain was entrusted with commanding the defense of Verdun.
As wartime commander in chief he was hampered by the refusal of Congress to heed pleas for naval and military development and made the initial error of entrusting army command to aging veterans of the Revolution.
Castelo Melhor overcame the difficulties which had hitherto beset Portugal in the war against Spain, reorganizing the troops (now reinforced by an English contingent by virtue of the English king Charles II's marriage to Catherine of Braganza) and entrusting their command to competent generals.
Duch wasn't one of the masterminds, but he was their zealous servant, and he was entrusted with the command of S-21, the prison where Khmer Rouge cadres were sent to be purged.
