Sentence examples for various commanders from inspiring English sources

Conflict in the theatre was widely dispersed, and so Brisbane delegated command to various commanders of small squadrons and independent cruisers.

As part of his research, he went to Afghanistan, and spent a lot of time in the field with various commanders and troops.

At the same time, Taliban leaders can still exploit their position as moral authorities — Taliban means religious students — which gives them overarching power over the various commanders, bandits, smugglers and insurgents fighting around Afghanistan.

From there, the various commanders and their men went their separate ways.

As the fighting dragged on and casualties mounted, the various commanders of the Army of the Potomac repeatedly raided the Washington garrison for trained artillerymen and infantry replacements.

The various commanders and their crews were presented with a £50,000 prize fund to be divided among them, and the Lloyd's Patriotic Fund and other national and mercantile institutions made a series of awards of ceremonial swords, silver plate and monetary gifts to individual officers.

He held various commands in Holland, on the Rhine, and in Italy, where up to January 1799 he was commander in chief.

It also claimed he used his position as head of a government hospital to channel nearly £14,000 to the group and gave medical care to various militant commanders.

In September 2004, the papers say, Mr. Noorzai met again with Mike and Brian, in Pakistan, where they asked him about various Taliban commanders and Afghan officials.

Various military commanders have for years expressed discomfort that Obama's commitment to emptying Guantánamo has inhibited them from capturing terrorist suspects beyond the declared battlefield of Afghanistan.

In the early fall, as the Pentagon continued to insist that Lavelle "alone was responsible for the air raids," he told the Armed Services Committee that he had discussed the SAM sites and radars with Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and various senior commanders, including Army General Creighton T. Abrams, who was then in charge of the over-all war effort.