Sentence examples for field commanded from inspiring English sources

At the start of the war, the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) in the Field, commanded by Sir David Henderson consisted of five squadrons one observation balloon squadron (RFC No 1 Squadron) and four aeroplane squadrons (Nos 2, 3, 4 and 5).

Unlike, say, Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan or Yoweri Museveni of Uganda, military men who developed their charisma in the field commanding troops, Mr. Kagame's specialty was military intelligence.

In the next couple of days you'll see a large number of senior officers being appointed to key positions in the Ministry of Defence and the Iraqi joint staff, and in Iraqi field commands", Gen Abizaid said.

He never did any practical field commanding during the Taliban's 1994-96 blithatieg that culminated in their capture of Kabul.

In 1780 he was finally granted a field command; he served as a division commander in Virginia and participated in the siege of Yorktown (1781), where the British met final defeat.

On Aug. 10, 1870, just after the first major battle of the Franco-German War, Bazaine was appointed commander in chief and took field command of the the Army of the Rhine, which comprised the left wing of the French army.

In 1977, Marshal Kulikov became commander of the Warsaw Pact forces, the top field command in the Soviet forces.

She was, as ever, her husband's most loyal partisan in his troubled Civil War service, first as commander of the Western Department in St .Louis, Missouri, and later in field command in Virginia.

"Operation Ultimate Victory" by Saigon's field command ers.

In short, despite his many martial assets, Bragg was simply not suited for field command.

The laws governing them are secret, as are the mechanisms of Presidential decision-making and field command.