Sentence examples similar to offers command of from inspiring English sources

A few weeks later he resigned his captaincy, saying that he had been offered command of a regiment of cavalry.

Promoted to mate in 1752, Cook was offered command of a bark three years later, after eight years at sea.

Caracciolo was offered command of the Parthenopean navy, which was in a state of disrepair, and he soon turned it into an efficient force.

Buckner was offered command of the unit and a promotion to the rank of colonel.

Kościuszko, however, refused the offered command of Polish Legions being formed for service with France.

Gen. George B. McClellan's failure in the Peninsula Campaign, Burnside was offered command of the Army of the Potomac.

Lincoln and Stanton also offered command of the Army of the Potomac to Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, who refused the appointment.

Morgan was offered command of a corps in Italy but declined in favour of becoming one of Smith's three deputies.

Searching for a military leader for a filibuster expedition, they first offered command of the Cuban forces to General William J. Worth, but he died before making his decision.

Eyre returned to Britain, arriving at Spithead on 10 December 1826, and was almost immediately offered command of a squadron fitting out for Lisbon.

In light of his service to the fighter arm, he promised no further action would be taken against him and offered command of a unit of Me 262 jets.