Sentence examples for remained in command of from inspiring English sources

Nikephoros remained in command of Charsianon until his appointment as the commander-in-chief (monostrategos, "single-general") against the Arabs in southern Italy in replacement of Stephen Maxentios, who had been defeated by the Arabs.

The reason he remained in command of Labour strategy for so long was his knack for understanding and framing a political argument.

Captain LaRue, a Philadelphia native and a veteran of World War II merchant marine operations in the Atlantic, remained in command of the Meredith Victory until it was decommissioned in 1952.

However, he and his lieutenants remained in command of JUD, which runs hundreds of schools and clinics in Pakistan, and is alleged to have raised funds for its banned sister organisation.

Špegelj remained in command of the ZNG.

Prince Heinrich remained in command of Irene during the cruise.

After the failed offensive at the Battle of Loos in 1915, French was replaced as commander of the BEF by Haig, who remained in command for the rest of the war.

That man was Thomas Cromwell, who, in April 1532, won control of the council and thereafter remained in command for some eight years.

It is appropriate for America and Britain to remain in command of international military and police forces.

Quiet co-operation with the Turkish authorities is said to have enabled Mr Ocalan to remain in command of the PKK from his island prison near Istanbul.

"Despite his proven deficiencies, as both a commander and leader," General Taguba concluded, General Karpinski allowed Colonel Phillabaum "to remain in command of her most troubled battalion guarding, by far, the largest number of detainees in the 800th M.P. Brigade".