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Example sentences for "under command"

  • The remaining six companies, under command of Colonel A.

  • There were four troops of the Tenth engaged, composing the First Squadron of that regiment, under command of Major Norval.

  • The Spaniard wisely concluded to heave to, and within five minutes a boat was lowered from the Nashville to put on board the first prize a crew of six men, under command of Ensign Magruder.

  • In the street facing the palace stood a picked troop of the Second Cavalry, with drawn sabres, under command of Captain Brett.

  • The expedition destined for Porto Rico, under command of Major-General Brooke, left Newport News.

  • The steamers City of Puebla and Peru sailed from San Francisco with the fourth Manila expedition, under command of Major-General Otis.

  • Of these the first to sail was the "Lee," under command of Capt.

  • One night a boat, under command of Lieut.

  • The captured ship was taken into the United States navy, under the name of the "Retaliation," and sent, under command of Lieut.

  • From Xivray to Mouilly the Second Colonial French Corps was in line in the center and our Fifth Corps, under command of Maj.

  • The forces of Great Britain, under command of General Maud, later General Allenby, must be given the credit.

  • A force was at once detailed, under command of the gallant Nicholson, to intercept the enemy and, if possible, to bring them to battle.

  • He was guarded by fifty men of my regiment, under command of a Lieutenant; and on the 22nd I went to see him, accompanied by our Adjutant.

  • This was under charge of a company of firemen from Cincinnati, under command of "Captain Billy Glass of the Fourth Ward," and they went to work when the fight opened as if they were "putting out a fire.

  • One battalion of the 9th Pennsylvania, under command of Major Jordan, about three hundred and fifty strong, constituted the entire force.

  • The squadron remained with the forces under command of General Hindman until the evacuation of Bowlinggreen and the retreat from Kentucky.

  • When about twelve miles from Grand Junction, I was overtaken by a squad of thirteen rebel cavalry, including one Sergeant, under command of a Lieutenant.

  • At the time I speak of, Grand Junction was garrisoned by a small brigade of infantry and a battery of artillery, under command of Brigadier-General M.

  • Another party of the Governor's troops which, under command of Maj.

  • As soon as the news of his death was carried across the Chesapeake, to Berkeley, the Governor sent a party of men, under command of Maj.

  • The expedition from Vicksburg, under command of Brevet Brigadier-General E.

  • A cavalry force was also, at the same time, sent from Memphis, under command of Colonel Winslow.

  • A very considerable force, under command of Major-General Sigel, was so held for the protection of West Virginia, and the frontiers of Maryland and Pennsylvania.

  • General Sigel was therefore directed to organize all his available force into two expeditions, to move from Beverly and Charleston, under command of Generals Ord and Crook, against the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.

  • In like manner, Don Gonzalo sent another ship, under command of Don Gonzalo Ronquillo de Vallesteros, to Peru, with some merchandise, in order to obtain certain goods from those provinces which he said that the Filipinas needed.

  • The governor despatched the ship "San Juanillo" to Nueva Espana, under command of Captain Juan de Ribera, but it was lost at sea and never heard of again.

  • Of course, when the midshipmen handled the "Farnum," under command of a Navy officer, the submarine boys had but little more to do than to be on board.

  • Then the "Pollard," under command of a naval officer, followed.

  • The soldiers on board consisted of two hundred and fifty recruits from Governor's Island, under command of First Lieutenants E.

  • A detachment of Louisiana militia, about one hundred and fifty men, under command of Major Arnaud, had been sent in the night a mile or two down the river to oppose the landing and to check the advance of the British.

  • A large part of this flotilla moved up the Potomac and disembarked about six thousand men, under command of General Ross.

  • Three hundred and fifty of the Louisiana militia, under command of General David Morgan, were stationed at English Turn, seven miles below Villere's, and nearly fourteen miles from New Orleans.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    especially interesting; first course; little deprecatory; reasonable cause; solid state; the king; under any; under certain; under conditions; under consideration; under count; under different; under domestication; under favorable; under glass; under heavy; under her; under normal; under other; under pain; under stress; under surface; under the same conditions; under water; under whatever; understand each