Sentence examples for two corps of from inspiring English sources

Three months later Hooker was sent by rail in command of two corps of the Army of the Potomac to help relieve General W.S. Rosecrans, besieged at Chattanooga, Tenn.

In one of history's great marches, the Imperial Guard covered 90 miles (145 km) in three days, and two corps of conscripts covered 120 miles (190 km) in four days, giving Napoleon 70,000 troops on the first day of the battle and 120,000 on the second.

In early April 1915 the Allied forces on the Ypres front comprised (from south to north) elements of the two corps of the British Second Army which included the 1st Canadian Division commanded by Gen. Sir Horace SmitheDorrien, the French 45th (Algerian) and 87th Territorial divisions under Gen. Henri Putz, and the Belgian 6th Division under Maj.

"After the occupation of Chattanooga, two corps of the Army of the Cumberland were left to struggle on through the difficult passes of Lookout Mountain, — the eastern outlets of the passes being commanded by the hostile army concentrated around Lafayette, Ga., twenty-six milesouthth of Chattanooga.

Each regiment was planned to consist of two "corps" of 800 men each.

Gen. John Buford, and soon reinforced with two corps of Union infantry.

Gen. Gordon Granger would feint toward Shelbyville to hold Polk in check, while the remaining three corps of the army circled around Hardee's right flank.

For example, when one corps of the Army of the Cumberland occupied Chattanooga in September 1863, Rosecrans incorrectly assumed Bragg's army was hastily retreating.

As failed and unstable states become a leading security challenge for the United States, the administration is scrambling to draft three corps of more than 4,000 specialists to rebuild and help manage states, Herbst said in an interview.

In a private meeting with Gen. Isaac Trimble the week before Gettysburg, Lee presciently explained how he hoped to sequentially wreck the seven corps of the federal Army: Our army is in good spirits … and can be concentrated … in twenty-four hours … When [the enemy] hear where we are they will make forced marches to interpose … between us and Baltimore and Philadelphia.

The museum will chart the history of the four Corps of the Army Medical Service - the Royal Army Medical Corps, the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, the Royal Army Dental Corps and the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.