Sentence examples for taking up command from inspiring English sources

Even a Slav invasion headed for Thessalonica allegedly diverted itself towards Dalmatia at the news of his taking up command in Thrace.

In 1918, he briefly served as the first Chief of the Air Staff before taking up command of the Independent Air Force in France.

Commissioner Keric said Deputy Inspector Michael Quinn of the 83rd Precinct in Brooklyn would take up command of the 72nd Precinct.

And he expressed that, despite the concerns he had as he took up command, he was leaving with "an optimism and a very real sense of knowing that we will be victorious".

Trenchard took up command of the First Wing in November 1914 and established his headquarters at Merville.

He returned to France in March 1918 as a temporary major and took up command of a company.

He was moved on 22 April 1807 to take up command of the 38-gun, and duly took part in the expedition to Copenhagen.

While Nelson sailed to take up command of the fleet blockading Cadiz, Murray was compelled to remain in England and attend to family affairs.

The 16th Army transferred its troops to the 5th Army, and its command and staff were moved to the second echelon of the Western Front were the Army took up command of part of the 10th Army's troops, and its defensive positions.

He was then promoted to lieutenant-colonel and took up the command of a squadron of the 2nd Chasseurs à Cheval (on 5 March), before being transferred to the command of a squadron of the 9th Cavalry Regiment on 4 April, a regiment in which he would serve for the next seven and a half years.

Galland never took up this command but was given the task of forming Jagdverband 44 (JV 44).