The third was, the decree superseding York, and ordering Kleist to take command of the troops.
But he would have to take command of the army until orders from headquarters arrived appointing another general-in-chief.
Accordingly, he requested General Kleist to take commandof the troops.
Vann after holding various appointments during the summer, had finally left to take command of the 6th Battalion at the end of September.
It was at this juncture that our Brigade Commander, General Carey left us to take Command of the 20th Division, with everyone's good wishes and congratulations.
Morris, the Brigade Major, who had worked so strenuously all through our period of training in England, and done so much to help us in learning our job in France, having left on June 1st, to take command of the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles.
Washington is also arrived in Virginia to take command of the army.
John Vanderhorst, then a supernumerary officer, to take command of this band, and Capt.
James who had just arrived in camp, and came for orders, to take command of his regiment.
Anderson, of my corps, to take command of a division of your cavalry, and give him instructions that Forrester must be driven beyond Goose River and kept there, I will guarantee good results.
You stay with the headquarters and take care of my traps, and I will not ask you to take command of my troops in time of battle.
Papson he directed to take command of the left and center and to advance, if he should drive the enemy in the direction of the Mission House road, so as to get the enemy across it if possible.
When Napoleon handed over the pursuit to Soult, he despatched the Duke of Montebello to take command of the corps of Junot and Moncey at Saragossa.
In 1810 he was despatched to Spain to take command in Catalonia.
After Oudinot was beaten at Grosbeeren, he despatched him to take command of the army opposed to the mixed force of the Allies under Bernadotte, which was threatening his communications from the direction of Berlin.
He was ordered to Besancon to take command of the troops there, and to help oppose Napoleon's advance on Paris.
I notified him, also, that I had sent Grierson to take command of his cavalry, he being a very efficient officer.
You blew the bloody foam from your mouth and said, 'Tell General Field to take command, and move forward with the whole force and gain the Brock road,' but hours were lost.
Hood, and I was asked to take command of the corps left vacant by assignment of General Hood.
But when the more courteous O'Hara arrived to take command of the British, Neapolitan, and Sardinian troop, the new commander agreed to lay aside the question of supreme command.
Still, with indomitable energy, he charged Ney to take command of Oudinot's army (a post of which this unfortunate leader begged to be relieved) and to strike at Berlin.
Lee" In February, 1860, he was ordered to take commandof the Department of Texas.
It was thought best at this time to send General Lee to take command of military operations in West Virginia.
Yes; he had started for the South then, to take command, I suppose, of this vessel.
He is very kind; but I do not think I shall be able to take command at present.
After obtaining the command of the Tallapoosa for Pillgrim, I went to Wilmington, where I was to take command of the Coosa.
The anti-Embargo resolutions were followed by the refusal of both Massachusetts and Connecticut to allow federal officers to take command of their militia and by the call for the Hartford Convention.
Burnside, after his defeat at Fredericksburg, had been sent to take command of the Department of the Ohio.
Flores and his rivals united in face of the common danger, the Colombian veterans scattered through the country rallied to the banner of Sucre, who came in person to take command, and the decisive battle was fought at Tarqui in February.
Miranda, who had come from Europe to take command of military operations, warned them that the fabric was not strong enough to withstand the shock of battle, but the eager young reformers persisted.
Lord Thomas Cochrane, a very able but very erratic British naval officer, who had gone into politics and got into trouble in his native country, arrived in November, 1818, to take command of the patriot navy.
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