But what the elements could not do was seriously threatened when Brigadier General William E. ( Grumble ) Jones reached Philippi while on the famous Jones-Imboden raid in May, 1863.

* 1942 – World War II: The most famous ( and first international ) Aggie Muster is held on the Philippine island of Corregidor, by Brigadier General George F. Moore ( with 25 fellow Texas A & M graduates who are under his command ), while 1. 8 million pounds of shells pounded the island over a 5 hour attack.

As soon as the Committee of Public Safety heard of the victory Napoleon became a Brigadier General, the start of his meteoric rise to power.

Like the United Kingdom, prior to 1922 Australia used the rank Brigadier General

Marlborough quickly moved forward two brigades under the command of General Wilkes and Brigadier Rowe to secure the narrow strip of land between the Danube and the wooded Fuchsberg hill, at the Schwenningen defile.

A collective body, the National Council of Public Safety ( CNSP ), presided over by Brigadier General Robert Guéi, took control.

In 1988 Colonel Koffi Botty was the high commander of the National Gendarmerie, having replaced Brigadier General N ' daw in 1983.

* Director of Division for Development of Forces Branches-Operations Division: Brigadier General Josef Bečvář

A committee that was headed by psychiatrist Brigadier General William C. Menninger developed a new classification scheme called Medical 203 that was issued in 1943 as a War Department Technical Bulletin under the auspices of the Office of the Surgeon General.

Among notable recipients below flag rank are: X-1 test pilot Chuck Yeager and X-15 test pilot Robert M. White, who both received the DSM as U. S. Air Force majors ; Air Force Major Rudolf Anderson, the U-2 pilot shot down during the Cuban Missile Crisis ; director Frank Capra, decorated in 1945 as an Army colonel ; actor James Stewart, decorated in 1945 as an Army Air Forces colonel ( later Air Force Brigadier General ); Col. Wendell Fertig, who led Filipino guerrillas behind Japanese lines ; Col. ( later Major General ) John K. Singlaub, who led partisan forces in the Korean War ; and Maj. Maude C. Davison, who led the " Angels of Bataan and Corregidor " during their imprisonment by the Japanese, and Colonel William S. Taylor, Program Manager Multiple Launch Rocket System.

When he returned from that expedition 8 days later, Brigadier General Richard Montgomery had assumed command of the invasion due to Schuyler's illness.

*** HQ Land Force Command ( Commander Brigadier General Pita Driti 2011 )

* 1915 – Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and pilot of B-29 " Enola Gay " over Hiroshima ( d. 2007 )

* 1963 – The regime of Prime Minister of Iraq, Brigadier General Abdul-Karim Qassem is overthrown by the Ba ' ath Party.

The Republican armies in Spain — which were resisting a Carlist insurrection — pronounced their allegiance to Alfonso in the winter of 1874 – 1875, led by Brigadier General Martínez-Campos.

He also served on special assignments for Jewish soldiers in the U. S. Army in the 1950s, receiving the simulated rank of Brigadier General for these missions.

* 1865 – American Civil War: at Fort Towson in the Oklahoma Territory, Confederate, Brigadier General Stand Watie surrenders the last significant rebel army.

* 1918 – William Seawell, United States Army Brigadier General ( d. 2005 )

* 1781 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Cowpens – Continental troops under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan defeat British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton at the battle in South Carolina.

* Joseph R. Smith, US Brigadier General

Hardy handing over command of the Kenya Army to Brigadier Joseph Ndolo on 1 December 1966, British influence was underlined with the appointment of Major General Robert Penfold as Chief of General Staff, a new position as senior officer of the entire armed forces.

His replacement as commander of the Federal District of New Mexico was Brigadier General James H. Carleton.

A few days later, Brigadier General McAuliffe and the 101st Airborne Division along with elements of the 10th Armored Division ( United States ) and the 82nd airborne arrived to counter-attack but, after heavy fighting, became encircled within the town.

* Monuments to Brigadier General McAuliffe, General Patton and others can be found around town.

The most famous quote of the battle came from the 101st ’ s acting commander, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe.

Not only did that division's acting commander, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe, show up ahead of schedule, but so did Colonel William Roberts from the 10th Armored Division Combat Command R ( CCR ), sent by Patton.

When a lady chanced to soil a pair of evening slippers, Brigadier Bauer was dispatched to Paris for replacements.

This was observed by William Dampier, a British Brigadier visiting the Island in 1699:

Robcol — in line with normal British Army practice for ad hoc formations — was named after its commander, Brigadier Robert Waller, the Commander Royal Artillery of the 10th Indian Infantry Division.

He was mentioned once more for his service during the Second Mohmand Campaign in Mohamad Province from August to October of the same year, serving under Brigadier Claude Auchinleck.

Within hours after taking office, Stevens was ousted in a bloodless military coup led by the commander of the army Brigadier General David Lansana, a close ally of Sir Albert Margai who had appointed him to the position in 1964.

Brigadier General Bangura, who had reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister, was widely considered the only person who could put the brakes on Stevens.

Strasser replaced Musa as deputy NPRC chairman with Captain Julius Maada Bio, who was instantly promoted by Strasser to Brigadier.

On January 16, 1996 after about four years in power, Strasser was arrested in a coup by his fellow NPRC soldiers, led by his deputy Brigadier Julis Maada Bio and backed by many high ranking soldiers of the NPRC junta.

Brigadier David Lansana was appointed army commander of Sierra Leone in 1964.

Submitted in a command-wide contest, it was chosen as the winner by a three judge panel: General Curtis E. LeMay, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command ; General Thomas S. Power, Vice Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command ; and Brigadier General AW Kissner, Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Command.

One of these was Brigadier General Frederick Lance of the 19th Lancers, and his wife, Gladys, returned to Britain with two Salukis from Sarona, where he was stationed during the post-war occupation.

" Accordingly, Wood was promoted to Brigadier General of Volunteer Forces, and Roosevelt was promoted to Colonel and given command of the Regiment.

His son, Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., also earned a posthumous Medal of Honor during World War II, for rallying and leading troops in the midst of heavy German resistance during the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 ; he died a month later and was awarded the Medal of Honor in September.

Brigadier General Nathaniel Michler was tasked to propose solutions to address these concerns.

In a brilliant action the Carlists were routed, losing 200 prisoners and 80 horses, while Despujol was promoted to Brigadier and became Conde de Caspe.

Marshall was promoted to Brigadier General in October 1936.

There are unsubstantiated stories that Marta worked briefly in the laundry of the victorious regiment, and also that she was presented in her undergarments to Brigadier General Rudolph Felix Bauer, later the Governor of Estonia, to be his mistress.