Sentence examples for given its command from inspiring English sources

Ottendorf's Corps, although it was named for its principal recruiter, a German mercenary named Nicholas Dietrich, Baron de Ottendorf, was commanded by Charles Armand, a French soldier of fortune who was given its command in May 1777 after Ottendorf abruptly left the army.

In the wake of the success, the Massachusetts provisional government agreed to organize an expedition on a larger scale against Quebec, the capital of New France, and gave its command to Phips.

Given its support of the military commanding the commons it would have been instructive to hear NAF's perspective on the U.S. involvement in negotiations over the UNCLOS.

Give it commands to sit or stay.

In March 2009, after years of training indigenous forces and hundreds of millions of dollars spent on counterterrorism activities, General William Ward, the first leader of U.S. Africa Command, gave its inaugural status report to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Until 1961 The Nore gave its name to a naval command for the eastern area of England.

And though I wasn't the one who pushed the buttons that activated the munitions systems that launched their laser-guided payloads, I was, in fact, holding a remote-control device that gave its own impression of instant command.

Three years later he was given complete command over its kitchen.

The central front was reorganized and its command given to an American volunteer fighting on the Israeli side, Colonel David Marcus, who was subsequently appointed Aluf (Major General).

Google has built an artificial intelligence system that can learn – and become amazing at – video games all on its own, given no commands but a simple instruction to play titles.

Enlarging the UN force gives an excuse to reorganise its command.