Having made himself and the comandante ridiculous, he took refuge behind an assumption of somber and offended dignity.
Won't the comandante attack us if he learns where we are?
I was at lunch with the comandante when I learned the truth.
As a matter of fact, Jacket is going to take a letter to the comandante at San Antonio this morning, advising him that the child is safe, and asking him to send for it at once.
Permit me to apologize for the inconvenience we have put you to," the comandante began.
The negroes answered him with a loud shout, "Viva elComandante Ponce!
The Comandante de los Morenos de Ponce looked very pale; his left arm was bandaged, and lay in a sling formed by a silk handkerchief, which passed round his neck and hung down in front of him.
Dr Don Juan Jose Castelli and Comandante Don Martin Rodriguez were chosen for this perilous mission.
With the two envoys went Comandante Terrada, who, entering the fort with them, took command of the grenadiers.
Negotiations were then tried; but the Comandante General, who cared much for his dignity and nothing for the people, insisted on playing out his role of the fearless patriot.
He pretended to be a loyal Mexican, and the government wavered between recognizing him as comandante general of Sinaloa and trying to crush him.
At the beginning of March, 1846, Mora y Villamil, the highest engineer officer in the Mexican army and at this time comandante general of Vera Cruz, feared that on account of Slidell's departure the Americans might suddenly attack him.
Traconis, the comandante general, refused to give up.
By the fourth of March the comandante general, to whom the information had been transmitted, was inditing urgent appeals for help, and soon the appearance of Scott showed that a crisis had arrived.
The comandante general decided that the city could not be defended.
The Presidio was in great need of repair and the government at Mexico had paid no heed to the constant requests for assistance, so Comandante Argüello had determined to take matters into his own hands.
The door of the commodious sala at the home of the comandante always stood wide open, and almost nightly the feet of the young people which had danced since their babyhood tripped over the floor of the old adobe building.
When Don José Argüello returned, Rezánov asked him for the hand of his daughter in marriage, but the Comandante indignantly refused.
Governor Sola, not noted for his genial temper, raised his cane with the evident intention of using it, when he noticed that the young Comandante had drawn himself erect and was handling the hilt of his naked sword.
I saw my idol falling, and hastened to assure him that the Comandante had built a boat a short time before, but the result was so disastrous that he never tried it again.
Her father, Ensign Sal, was acting comandante of the Presidio when Vancouver visited the Coast, and Rafaela and Luis Argüello grew up together in the little adobe settlement.
During these days Rezánov saw much of Concepcion, for there was dancing every afternoon at the home of the Comandante and frequent picnics into the neighboring woods.
The Comandante was surprised to have his work thus suddenly interrupted but hastened to obey orders.
Her father was Comandanteof the Presidio, 'el Santo,' the people termed him, because of his goodness.
Comandante Argüello yielded and the betrothal was solemnized, but there were many obstacles before the marriage could be consummated.
After this fearful piece of daring, she swept on: "Hasn't the Comandante promised you peace and protection and a good government for all?
With a daring excitement that for an instant lifted her above her world, she cried, "We will tell the Comandante that we, the women of Nahal, will undertake to bring in the men.
It is useless to go to the Comandante empty-handed," she declared.
Has not the Comandante held out to your men every opportunity to embrace order and peace, and have they not scorned them all?
About 1827 Colonel Piedras, comandante of the Mexican garrison in Nacogdoches, built a house—part adobe and part frame—on Pilar street in the block west of the Square, for the accommodation of his officers and as headquarters for his forces.
Gil Ybarbo, ruling his people as a benevolent despot, was officially known as Lieutenant Governor of the Eastern Province of the New Philippines and Military Comandante of the Post of Our Mother of the Pilar of Nacogdoches.
The Comandante informed me that during the two years that he had been in La Libertad he had not seen another British vessel at the Port, the vessels calling there being either American, German or French.
The Comandante of the Port, Captain Angel Esteves, is quite a young man, possessed of a very pleasing face and figure, as well as of charming manners.
I will betake me to the Comandante and the Alcalde, to learn the dispositions of your party, when the ship will sail, and if your absence is suspected.
The Senor Comandante believes you, Dona Leonora: the Senor Hurlstone is innocent of the piracy.
The Comandante will grant Dona Leonora's request," said the secretary, "if she will answer a question.
The Comandante had still retained as part of the old patriarchal government of the Mission the Presidio school, for the primary instruction of the children of the soldiers,--dependants of the garrison.
The presence of the Comandante and his Secretary guaranteed the two ladies of their party a reception at least faultless in form and respect, whatever may have been the secret feelings of the hostess and her friends.
Thank you for the assurance all the same, and in return I promise you I will use my best endeavors with the Comandante for your friend the Captain Bunker.
The Comandante lifted his hand gravely with a gesture of silence, and then slowly removed his plumed hat.
The Senor Comandante says you are free, Senoras, and begs you will only decide whether you will remain his guests or the guests of the Alcalde.
But Governor Echeandía ordered that, as not a single scholar attended, this expense be discontinued; yet he required the comandante to compel parents to send their children to school.
In 1837 Carrillo reports that he has broken up a place where Manuel Gonzalez sold liquor to the Indians, and he calls upon the comandante to suppress other places.
It was in 1776 that the northern provinces of New Spain were put under a comandante general with his capital at Chihuahua.
To Hugo O'Conor, as comandante inspector, fell the task of arranging the line of presidios.
Neither the comandante nor the American consul could imagine the reason for such strange conduct.
There was another Conchita once, the daughter of the comandante of this Presidio, the bewitching, the beautiful, the radiant Concha Argüello.
The central government became interested, ordered several northern states to aid Chihuahua, and instructed Reyes, comandante general of Zacatecas, to assume the defence of New Mexico, Chihuahua and Durango.
It was an admirable opportunity to figure at home and at Mexico as a dauntless patriot, and the comandante general made the most of it.
Two days later the comandante general reported to Santa Anna that he could not defend the town victoriously, and explained in detail why.
The comandante general was especially anxious to have the Americans attacked during their march.
It was now November; and the government, appointing the unpopular Heredia comandante general at Chihuahua, yielded to Santa Anna's views.
The enthusiasm is great, the determination greater, the desire to sacrifice ourselves for the sacred rights of the nation unbounded," wrote the comandante general of Nuevo Leon.
Arlegui, comandante general of Durango, was anxious to protect his own state by recovering Chihuahua, but the governor showed no interest in that project.
All power, civil and military, lay in the hands of Manuel Armijo, governor and comandante general; and that of itself was an ample ground for insurrection.
It subsided at last in the town of Santa Rita, the comandante of which, otherwise a pleasant enough fellow, took me for a German.
The comandante of notorious old Belén prison in the capital spoke English fluently, but he did not show pleasure at my visit.
At a corner of the plaza the comandante called to me from his hut.
From them Facundo received the appointment of Sergeant-Major of Militia, with the powers of Comandante de Campaña, or District Commandant.
For a few moments he might maintain his footing upon the fearful peak; and then-- But as yet he is only Comandante de Campaña, escorting the rebel Aldao into San Luis.
The hungry soldiers stole flour, and to prevent further theft, the comandante divided the remainder among them.
To describe the feelings of Roblado and the Comandante would be impossible.
Vizcarra's eyes were also in search of some one that did not appear to be present, for the Comandante strolled to and fro, peering into every group and corner with a dissatisfied look.
The Comandante with a large troop galloped conspicuously through the town; and after much loud talk and empty demonstrations, went off on the trail which the Indians were supposed to have taken.
To-morrow his foes should have the pleasure of seeing him die--to-morrow the Comandante and Roblado would enjoy their full measure of vengeance.
So reasoned the Comandante and his captain, and hence the strictness of their orders about guarding the rancho.
Carlos felt assured that his request was about to be granted, though as yet the Comandantehad not told him.
What could have brought the Comandante to the rancho?
The only rejoinder uttered by the Comandante was a fierce "Carrajo!
The Comandante and Roblado could not restrain their dastard spirits from indulging in the luxury of revenge.
The strategic designs of the Comandante and himself would have to be carried out by those who felt far less interest in the capture of the outlaw than they did.
Once more the hated face appeared over the wall--this time to announce what the Comandante believed would be glad news to his wretched petitioner.
The comandante surveyed him for a moment, as though still disturbed by the interruption, and then shook his head impatiently.
I cannot help feeling that the proper time for departure had come; but this destroys the story and robs the comandante of his reputation for chivalry.
While you are interviewing the first officer about the foreign countries he has seen, I will ask the comandante if he will kindly tie his boat a little farther down on the island.
Comandante Villameres is reported to have taken twenty soldiers and about 520 warriors of Bontoc and Samoki to punish Tukukan for killing a Samoki woman; the warriors returned with three heads.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "comandante" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
