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Example sentences for "headquarter"

Lexicographically close words:
headmost; headphone; headphones; headpiece; headpieces; headquartered; headquarters; headroom; heads; headsail
  1. It happened that not far from Catlett's we met a negro in the road, who recognized Stuart as an old acquaintance, and offered to conduct him to Pope's headquarter wagons.

  2. At nine o'clock that night, when we were plundering his headquarter trains, he tells Halleck a heavy force had crossed the river that day, and asked him to send up a brigade to guard the bridge over Cedar Run.

  3. So persuaded was the Russian Headquarter Staff that the German offensive had definitely come to an end, that preparations were made in the first days of November for the attack on the frontier fortresses of Germany.

  4. This work of destruction was evidently carried out deliberately by order of Von Hindenburg and the Headquarter Staff.

  5. He ran down from the headquarter steps to the Captain of the battery, shrieking: "Fire!

  6. They were the snuggest, nattiest lot of soldiers we had ever seen, outside of the "paper collar" fellows forming the headquarter guard of some General in a large City.

  7. Toller, who left that day with the bulk of his Headquarter Staff, to join their corresponding unit in the 59th Division.

  8. The Headquarter Mess was at the Maire's House, where we were particularly comfortable, and received much kindness from the Maire and his family.

  9. In its connection with the Army of the Potomac, it was associated with Syke's Division of the 5th Corps, and afterwards with the 2nd Corps, and was chosen Headquarter Guards to Gen.

  10. He has served on detached service as a member of General Court Martial at Headquarter of 1st Div.

  11. These were supplemented by dynamite mines, the fame of which had frightened the Boers more than anything else, all connected with Headquarter Staff Office by electric wires.

  12. We removed our first kitchens across the road, up alongside the headquarter tent of Major Wood in charge of the camp.

  13. Surgeon Hutton's headquarter tent was politely tendered for the first meeting, and as one could never, while memory lasts, forget this scene, so no words can ever adequately describe it.

  14. These contradictions were not unnoticed by General Wood when he took down the report and forwarded it to the headquarter camp.

  15. His Excellency and headquarter staff accompanied the column, and the next morning pushed on to St. Paul's with an escort of cavalry, where were the headquarters of the 2nd Division.

  16. One patriarchal Deputy Commissioner made a law that carts entering his headquarter town, at least by the road which passed his house, should not creak.

  17. We were all most kindly made honorary members of the Headquarter Mess, established in spacious rooms adjacent to the Royal Theatre.

  18. In one of my subdivisions on one day of every week a local pony race-meeting was held, attended by the whole population of the small headquarter town, and often graced by the presence of the leading officials.

  19. In due season the headquarter wagons came up, and we got supper.

  20. I sent back orders to the "plum-bushes" to bring our horses and saddles up to this house, and an orderly to conduct our headquarter wagons to the same place.

  21. I obtained many scenes during the day of His Majesty visiting, in company with General Sir Douglas Haig, various headquarter offices, where he studied in detail the general position of the armies.

  22. That night, through a member of the Headquarter Staff, I enquired of Colonel Wigram if it was at all possible for me to accompany the King on his boat across the Channel.

  23. Most of the headquarter officers were under the influence of liquor, but the regimental officers were unable to obtain whiskey and remained sober, as the orders of Gen.

  24. Major Vredenberg having been for the past year inspector general on headquarter staff, he being the ranking officer was relieved, and ordered to the command of the regiment at Halltown on the 19th of August.

  25. On June 1st the headquarter wagons were sent ahead, marching eighteen miles, and encamping near Fairfax Court House.

  26. Lead by Mike Curran in person, a band of Irishmen had headed straight for the Headquarter marquee, and in a second the ropes were cut and the mass of canvas billowing on the ground.

  27. Dinner was long since over in the Headquarter Mess, and the two were sitting there alone, the rest of the party having retired to bed.

  28. Directing and objurgating the sullen men, he remained till the last beast had drunk and gone; and then he too turned away in search of such cheer as he might hope to find in the Headquarter Mess.

  29. Headquarter signalling station close by, whose own helio was now clicking violently in answer.

  30. Moreover, he was not supported as he should have been by the War Department, nor even by the Headquarter Staff.

  31. Late next afternoon a horseman in full Confederate uniform suddenly broke cover from the enemy side of a dense wood and dashed straight at the headquarter staff.

  32. So far, so good; so very good indeed that Hooker and his staff were as nearly free from care on May Day as headquarter men can ever be in the midst of vital operations.

  33. Finally, as Father's stay was prolonged, I persuaded Grandfather to headquarter over here.

  34. In Bransford, you will headquarter at the Grand Union Hotel.

  35. I make the guess that when you grow homesick and tired of the loneliness at my place you will headquarter at the Gillis place, in fact I have made that kind of arrangement with them.

  36. And, to oblige him, no less than on your own account, I must renew my offer of an appointment on the headquarter staff.

  37. But there was no man, after all, on the headquarter staff better fitted to remove them.

  38. We removed our first kitchens across the road, up alongside the headquarter tent of Major Wood, in charge of the camp.

  39. The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.

  40. The strain on Colonel Baden-Powell and the headquarter staff must indeed have been great.

  41. The headquarter staff had made provision for this, and under Major Hepworth's supervision had had all wells cleaned out and Sir Charles Warren's old well reopened.

  42. The defensive flank was prolonged by Headquarter details who continued on the firestep in Ouse Alley and held a block near the Aid Post in South Duke Street.

  43. Phillips at once attacked over the open with about 20 Headquarter details, the men following most gallantly under heavy fire.


  44. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "headquarter" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.