Fancy what a predicament for a General Officer to be in--no troops, no transport, no horses for his Mounted Infantry; but I trust all are coming.
When as a General Officer he had the opportunity of pushing forward promising young officers, he acted on the same principle; he was always ready to train, but never hesitated to let others reap the harvest that he had sown.
That the table of the fallen Emperor himself was always served in a style at least answerable to the dignity of a general officer in the British service--this was never even denied.
The Staff of the Institution consists of-- 1 General Officer, at present a General of Brigade of Artillery, as Commandant.
The military establishment remains exactly as it was in 1856, and consists of: The Commandant, a General Officer, usually of the Artillery or the Engineers, at present a General of Artillery.
The military commander, a general officer, appointed by the President, was to carry on the government in his province.
Early in the summer each city and its surrounding territory was formed into a military district under the command of a general officer, who was subject to the orders of General Woods at Mobile.
In Russell County a general officer stopped at a house for dinner, and had the table set with a splendid service of silver plate taken from Selma.
There was a story in circulation how a general officer, enraged beyond control at the sight of the flag, had wrested it from its bearer, broken the staff, and trampled it in the mud.
I was talking with a general officer a little while ago; he shrugged his shoulders and told me that Marshal MacMahon was absolutely certain that he had not over seventy thousand men in his front.
He who had questioned me so sharply now wore a general officer's uniform, and seemed to be the chief in command.
A general officer, sir, whose name I don't know, but who told me to take his own horse and follow you.
Scammans says no general officer commanded; when Martin, Gordon, Thatcher, and Prescott himself state explicitly that the original detachment was put under Col.
The point is, was there a general officer detached to exercise a general command in the battle?
Napoleon Buonaparte is to be considered and addressed as a General Officer.
I do not object to General Officer Commanding, Egypt, publishing any telegram I send him, as I write them for that purpose.
From War Office to General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force.
Charley Grant Sahib, as he continued to be called many years afterwards when as a General Officer he commanded a Division.
The man was at the meeting at the personal request of a general officer.
Nothing expedites like a telephone call from a general officer, so in a matter of hours Lieutenant Cummings and Lieutenant Colonel N.
He had a high record for gallantry, but was without antecedents as a general officer.
It was as a general officer, as an admiral commanding great fleets and bearing responsibilities unusually grave through a most critical period of his country's history, that Jervis made his high and deserved reputation.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "general officer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
