In December 1793 Hoche was arrested, probably owing to his colleague's denounciations, and Pichegru became commander-in-chief of the army of the Rhine-and-Moselle, then he was summoned to succeed Jourdan in the army of the North in February 1794, subsequently fighting three major campaigns of one year ( see: French Revolutionary Wars: Campaigns of 1794 ).

In 1736, Toungoo Yaza, the commander-in-chief of the army, summoned Aung Zeya to Ava to check if the village headman was a potential threat to the regime.

Although they produced some natural leaders such as Bakht Khan ( whom the Emperor later nominated as commander-in-chief after his son Mirza Mughal proved ineffectual ), for the most part they were forced to look for leadership to rajahs and princes.

* September 21 – Emperor Valentinian III stabs his commander-in-chief Flavius Aetius to death during a meeting of the imperial council at Ravenna.

** The Bolivian government of President Víctor Paz Estenssoro is overthrown by a military rebellion led by General Alfredo Ovando Candía, commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

The Franco-Spanish war had been continuing in north Italy, and late in 1654, increasing Piedmontese hostility to the current French commander Grancey led to a search for a new allied commander-in-chief ; the French would have preferred to send the Duke of York ( later King James II ), but he too was unacceptable to Turin, so Thomas Francis was appointed as joint commander-though his wife was held in France almost as a hostage for his good behaviour.

The Franco-Spanish war had been continuing in north Italy, and late in 1654, increasing Piedmontese hostility to the current French commander Grancey led to a search for a new allied commander-in-chief ; the French would have preferred to send the Duke of York ( later King James II ), but he too was unacceptable to Turin, so Thomas was appointed as joint commander-though his wife was held in France almost as a hostage for his good behaviour.

The Austrian forces were personally led by their militarily inexperienced 29-year-old emperor, Franz Joseph, who had fired his commander-in-chief Gyulai after the defeat in Magenta, and were divided into two field armies: 1st Army, containing three corps ( III, IX and XI ), under Franz von Wimpffen and 2nd Army, containing four corps ( I, V, VII and VIII ) under Franz von Schlick.

He was commander-in-chief of the Hellenic Army during the unsuccessful Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and led the Greek forces during the successful Balkan Wars of 1912 – 1913, in which Greece won Thessaloniki and doubled in area and population.

Twenty years later, when Finland was at war with the Soviet Union during 1939 – 1944, Mannerheim successfully led the defence of Finland as commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces.

Jafar Ali Khan, also known as Mir Jafar, the Nawab's commander-in-chief, led the conspirators.

Disagreements with the British commander-in-chief, Lord Raglan, and in general, the disappointments due to the prolongation of the siege of Sevastopol led to his resignation of the command, but he did not return to France, preferring to serve as chief of his old division almost up to the fall of Sevastopol.

As commander-in-chief of the British Army in America, General Braddock led the main thrust against the Ohio Country with a column some 2, 100 strong.

In 1782 and 1783 he led as the commander-in-chief of all British forces in North America.

An 1890 royal commission led by Lord Hartington ( later the 8th Duke of Devonshire ) criticized the administration of the War Office and recommended the devolution of authority from the commander-in-chief to subordinate military officers.

On the night of 18 May 1822, a mass demonstration led by the Regiment of Celaya, which Iturbide had commanded during the war, marched through the streets and demanded that their commander-in-chief accept the throne.

Pownall already harboured some dislike of Shirley over an earlier snub, and his reports to New York Governor Sir Charles Hardy, combined with damaging allegations provided by other Johnson supporters, led to Shirley's dismissal as commander-in-chief.

On February 23, 1991, a military coup led by Generals Sunthorn Kongsompong, Supreme Commander of the armed forces, and General Suchinda Kraprayoon, the commander-in-chief of the army, imprisoned the leader of the democratically elected administration of Chatichai Choonhavan.

On the night of the May 18, 1822, a mass demonstration led by the Regiment of Celaya, which Iturbide had commanded during the war, marched through the streets and demanded that their commander-in-chief accept the throne.

On the night of the May 18, 1822, a mass demonstration led by the Regiment of Celaya, which Iturbide had commanded during the war, marched through the streets and demanded that their commander-in-chief accept the throne.

He was commander-in-chief of the Manchu fleets which destroyed the power of the Zheng family in the 1660s, and led the conquest of the Kingdom of Tungning ( 東寧王國 ) on Taiwan in 1683.

After Lu Kang's death, his command was divided into four parts, led by his five sons: oldest son Lu Yan ( 陸晏 ) was named as the commander-in-chief of the land force, third eldest son Lu Xuan ( 陸玄 ) was named as the deputy commander-in-chief of the land force, second eldest son Lu Jing ( 陸景 ) was named as the commander-in-chief of the navy, and fourth eldest son Lu Ji was named as the deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, and the fifth eldest son Lu Yun ( 陸雲 ) named as the commander of local garrison respectively.

The crisis occasioned by the Japanese attack on Imphal led Admiral Louis Mountbatten, the commander-in-chief of the Allied South East Asia Command, to request 38 C-47 aircraft to reinforce Imphal.

Semyon Timoshenko, commander-in-chief of the Russian Southwestern Front ( WWI ) | Southwestern Front, who led the Second Battle of Kharkov.

Prince Frederick, Duke of York was the commander-in-chief of the British Army during the French Revolutionary Wars and led the reform of the army into a capable modernised force.

In the Book of Samuel, Abner ( Hebrew אבנר " Avner " meaning " father of is a light "), is first cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army ( 1 Samuel 14: 50, 20: 25 ).

His demands were certainly grand: the concession of a block of territory 200 miles long by 150 wide between the Danube and the Gulf of Venice ( to be held probably on some terms of nominal dependence on the Empire ) and the title of commander-in-chief of the imperial army.

In 1894 the young King brought his father, Milan, back to Serbia and, in 1898, appointed him commander-in-chief of the Serbian army.

Also determined to fight a major engagement, the Duke of Marlborough, commander-in-chief of Anglo-Dutch forces, assembled his army – some 62, 000 men – near Maastricht, and marched past Zoutleeuw.

With the rise of drilled and trained infantry, the mounted men-at-arms, now sometimes called gendarmes and often part of the standing army themselves, adopted the same role as in the Hellenistic age, that of delivering a decisive blow once the battle was already engaged, either by charging the enemy in the flank or attacking their commander-in-chief.

On 9 June he was nominated lord-general ( commander-in-chief ) of the army.

Throughout the late 1720s Eugene's influence and skilful diplomacy managed to secure the Emperor powerful allies in his dynastic struggles with the Bourbon powers ; but physically and mentally fragile in his later years Eugene enjoyed less success as commander-in-chief of the army during his final conflict, the War of the Polish Succession.

He soon crossed to Gaul with an army and was defeated by Honorius ; it is unclear how many troops remained or ever returned, or whether a commander-in-chief in Britain was ever reappointed.

Upon the assassination of Hasdrubal ( 221 BC ), Hannibal was proclaimed commander-in-chief by the army and confirmed in his appointment by the Carthaginian government.

Alarmed, the Chinese emperor Qianlong appointed Fukang ' an commander-in-chief of the Tibetan campaign ; Fu defeated the Gorkhali army and the Gorkhali were forced to accept surrender on China's terms.

* February 22, 1732-George Washington-Considered the father of the U. S .. Was born in the Virginia Colony. First president of the United States from 1789-1797. Became commander-in-chief of the army in May 1775. George crossed the Potomac River. He died in 1799.

In response, an elite paratroop unit was dispatched to Leipzig — almost certainly on Honecker's orders, since he was commander-in-chief of the army.

On 24 August 1973, General Prats was forced to resign both as defense minister and as the commander-in-chief of the army, embarrassed by both the Alejandrina Cox incident and a public protest in front of his house by the wives of his generals.

* Archytas of Tarentum, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman, strategist and commander-in-chief of the army of Taranto ;

Fred Rwigema was appointed deputy minister of defense and deputy army commander-in-chief, second only to Museveni in the military chain of command for the nation.

Following the assassination of Hasdrubal, Hannibal, the son of the Carthaginian general, Hamilcar Barca, is proclaimed commander-in-chief by the army and his appointment is confirmed by the Carthaginian government.

In the wake of this he was appointed commander-in-chief of the British army in North America and colonel-in-chief of the 60th ( Royal American ) Regiment in September 1758.

In late 577, despite his complete lack of military experience, he was named as magister militum per Orientem, effectively commander-in-chief of the Byzantine army in the East, in the ongoing war against Sassanid Persia, succeeding the general Justinian.

Maurice, whose court still used Latin in the same way as the army and administration did, was in total an able emperor and commander-in-chief, even though Theophylact's description may be a bit too glorifying.

He was the last of a series of emperors placed on the throne by Aspar, the Alan serving as commander-in-chief of the army, who thought Leo would be an easy puppet ruler.

On 9 June 1659, he was nominated lord-general ( commander-in-chief ) of the army.

His grandfather of the same name reached the rank of magister militum under Emperor Theodosius I and, as commander-in-chief of the Illyrian army, he was present at his coronation at Sirmium, in 379.

His rulership was severely limited by the growing influence of high dignitaries, particularly that of Shamshi-ilu, who was then commander-in-chief of the army.

Military strategy is the management of forces in wars and military campaigns by a commander-in-chief employing large military forces either national and allied as a whole, or the component elements of armies, navies and air forces such as army groups, fleets and large numbers of aircraft.