Sentence examples for refused to command from inspiring English sources

A true republican, he distrusted Napoleon, and he refused to command Polish legions in a fight only for France, promising cooperation only if the liberation of his country would also be involved in the plans.

To make matters worse, when South Carolina militia units arrived in Georgia under the command of Colonel Andrew Williamson, their commander also refused to allow Howe to command that state's militia units.

However, the other naval powers, including Corinth and Aegina refused to give command to the Athenians, and Themistocles pragmatically backed down.

Defense attorneys argued that their clients were simply doing their best to restrain someone who refused to obey commands as police investigated a report of someone trying to open car doors in a nearby parking lot.

Remember those who refused to obey commands or to follow in the good path "... neither were mindful of Your wonders that You [Oh Lord] didst among them; but hardened their necks,... in their rebellion"[4].

In 1745 George refused to allow him to command the army against the Jacobites.

The Baltimore Sun reported that Attorney Mosby said the first two cops were justified in shooting because the suspect refused to adhere to commands and made a move toward his waistband.

Lee resumed the attack on the morning of May 3 and slowly pushed back Hooker, who was knocked insensible by Southern artillery fire but refused to surrender his command even temporarily.

The only possibilities are either that they refused to believe my command of English and theory or, and I think is even more likely, that they were punishing me for world events in which I had played no role.

General Nkunda had refused to surrender his command and integrate his troops into the national army, as other armed groups had done, contending that Congolese Tutsi faced a unique threat at the hands of the Rwandan Hutu extremists who carried out the Rwandan genocide, in which 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutu were slaughtered in 1994.

Georgia Governor John Houstoun refused to give up command of his militia to the Continental Army general and declined to participate in Howe's council.