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Example sentences for "under orders"

  • Dudley in command, under orders to reconnoitre the west bank of the river.

  • At the close of May there was present for duty, under orders of the lieutenant-colonel, seventeen officers and three hundred and fifty-seven men.

  • Seth Pratt’s company was added to the detail, under orders of Capt.

  • The department was reëstablished, under orders[251] of May second, with James G.

  • McIntosh's Creek Regiment is under orders to advance up the Verdigris, toward the Santa Fé road.

  • Prospect Station the same night, under orders to rejoin Sheridan.

  • On my return to the west side of the river I found my regiment, with others, under orders to march at 9 o'clock at night for Stevenson, destination Athens, Alabama.

  • The sheriff went to Colonel Boone's quarters and was there informed that the writ could not be executed, as, under orders received, the military authorities would not permit it.

  • Foster was at Tazewell, under orders to relieve him of the command of the department.

  • McCook's division of cavalry covered the extreme flank at Varnell's Station, under orders to demonstrate on the direct road to Dalton as our infantry advanced.

  • Under orders of the Fifth and later of the Fourth Army, it was ordered to fight a rear-guard action to delay the advance of the enemy and to fill dangerous gaps on the army fronts.

  • The latter regiment was not engaged in the great battle, but, under orders, crossed Bull run and attacked the strong force in front of McLean's ford.

  • All the way downtown the wheels of the elevated train seemed to rattle out, “Under orders, under orders,” and Myles could think of nothing else.

  • Thus thinking he finally decided that he was proud of being “under orders,” and that if he could make a name in no other way he would at least gain a reputation for strict obedience to them.

  • He placed his troops by division upon the different sections of the line, under orders to push repairs with all possible expedition.

  • On October 1st, Bragg, leaving Polk in command at Bardstown, under orders to slowly retire to Bryantsville, started for Lexington.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    curved line; good feller; national wealth; public profession; spherical body; under another; under certain; under charge; under construction; under count; under different; under heaven; under heavy; under ordinary; under side; under tail; under the firm name; under the present circumstances; under the present system; under those; under tone; under water; under wing; underparts white; understand that; understood afterwards