Sentence examples for supreme command over from inspiring English sources

Before taking office, however, he received supreme command over all the eastern provinces.

Mr. Russell, on the other hand, a virtuoso of chaos, has supreme command over a movie that regularly feels as if it's teetering on the edge of hysteria, in respect to the characters and director both.

Since the administration began, Mr. Young has helped coordinate law enforcement matters, and keeping him there effectively ensures the mayor can maintain his supreme command over a department whose crime-reduction campaign has so defined his tenure.

The prevailing confusion was increased by Weygand's arrival to take over supreme command.

In 66 another tribunician law appointed Pompey, fresh from his naval victories, to take over supreme command in the East, which he did at once, studiously insulting his predecessor.

Abu Ubaidah joined Khalid at Bosra and Khalid, as per the caliph's instructions, took over the supreme command.

When the imperial commander in chief proved incapable, Franz Joseph himself took over the supreme command, but he could not prevent the defeat of Solferino (June 24 , 1859.

He was "rehabilitated" three years later, and de Gaulle, in his memoirs, would later write, "when on May 20 , [1940 Weygand] had taken over the supreme command, it was too late, without any doubt, to win the battle of France".

The command over the Athenians was held by Aristeides, and the supreme command by Pausanias, who was the guardian14 of the son of Leonidas.

Intercepted letters apprised the imperial court of these negotiations, but, after the Swedish victory over General Tilly (who had replaced Wallenstein) at Breitenfeld (September 17 , 1631, the emperor had to offer Wallenstein once more the supreme command.

Garibaldi expected to be offered supreme command of all armed forces.