Sentence examples for experienced command of from inspiring English sources

The army, nominally commanded by Władysław, but in practice under the experienced command of Chodkiewicz, took the fortress of Dorogobuzh on 11 October 1617.

The Russian army that crossed the Lithuanian border in early October 1632 had been carefully prepared and was under the experienced command of Mikhail Borisovich Shein, who had previously defended Smolensk against the Poles during the 1609 1611 siege.

Allen himself was also an experienced commander who had taken command of USS Argus during her engagement with HMS Pelican in the War of 1812.

In Ms. James, the Working Families Party found an experienced candidate with a fluent command of the issues facing this district: the rising costs of housing as higher-income newcomers have pushed out longtime residents, the large-scale construction projects in the neighborhood and problems with the public schools.

Within less than a month he had an expedition ready to sail for America under the command of two experienced navigators, Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlow.

Henry kept most of his force together and placed it under the command of the experienced Earl of Oxford.

The flight was under the command of an experienced cockpit crew, consisting of Captain Henrique Stefanini Di Sacco (53) and Co-Pilot Kleyber Lima (54).

To prevent this merger of the Austrian forces, Masséna established a forward line centred at Winterthur, and under overall command of the experienced Jean Victor Tharreau.

The Persians, meanwhile, had already assembled a joint Phoenician, Cilician, and Cypriot fleet, under the command of the experienced Athenian admiral Conon, which had seized Rhodes in 396 BC.

Under the able command of the friendly and experienced crew -- Capt.

Under the command of Bolivar and Sucre, the experienced veterans of the combined army, mainly Colombians, destroyed a royalist army under La Serna's command in the Battle of Ayacucho on December 9 , 1824