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relinquished and command
Alexander remained in command of 15th Army Group, as well as its successor, the Allied Armies in Italy, for most of the Italian Campaign, until December 1944, when he relinquished his command to Clark and took over as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces Headquarters, responsible for all military operations in the Mediterranean Theatre.
Pillow ordered Confederate troops back into the fort, relinquished command to General Buckner who surrendered to Grant's Army the following day.
He first entered the war zone on 26 June 1917, and was promoted to temporary lieutenant on 10 June 1918, and to acting captain on 22 March 1918, when he took command of a tank section, he retained the rank when he became second-in-command of a tank company on 19 October 1918, and relinquished it on 7 January 1919.
Beauregard continued commanding these troops as the new First Corps under Gen. J. E. Johnston as it was joined by the Army of the Shenandoah on July 20, 1861, when command was relinquished to General J. E. Johnston.
Soon, however, he relinquished command to Heraclius in 587.
He then relinquished command of ETOUSA to Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews in February 1943, who was killed in an air crash in May.
In 1981 a Banja Luka priest stated that Filipović told him, in the month after he relinquished command at Jasenovac, that he was guilty of crimes at the camp but was innocent of involvement in the massacres in and around Drakulić in February 1942.
On July 16 he relinquished command of the Twentieth Air Force to LeMay.
Von Ungern-Sternberg relinquished command on 21 December 1757 to Gustaf von Rosen, but von Rosen too was forced to lie idle, blockaded by the Prussians.
I Corps relinquished command of the 1st Cavalry Division, the 24th Infantry Division, and the 27th British Brigade, taking command of the 3rd Infantry Division and the 25th Infantry Division in their place.
Freyberg relinquished command of the New Zealand division, on 22 November 1945 having accepted an invitation to become Governor-General of New Zealand – the first with a New Zealand upbringing.
At this point, however, king Władysław, who up to that point had remained in the background and relinquished full leadership to Hunyadi, assumed command and with his bodyguards carried out an all-out attack on the elite troops of the Sultan, the Janissaries.
Gen. Gideon J. Pillow, panicked and relinquished command to Brig.
He relinquished command of the 1st Airborne Division in March 1943 to take up a new post as Major-General, Airborne Forces at Eisenhower's Allied Forces Headquarters ( AFHQ ).
In 1919, he relinquished his last wartime appointment as second command of the 6th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in the rank of acting major and reverted the rank of captain, taking up the post of adjutant of a Territorial Army unit in 1920.
Upon establishing the initial beachhead, he relinquished command and returned to Washington, D. C. as Commandant-designate.
On 11 September, Bock relinquished command of his occupation area in France to Generalfeldmarshall Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb.
Major General Jimmy Doolittle relinquished command of the Fifteenth Air Force to Major General Nathan F. Twining and took over command of the Eighth Air Force from Lieutenant General Ira C. Eaker at RAF High Wycombe.
In June 2004, Lieutenant General Sanchez relinquished command of the Multi-National Force Iraq ( MNF-I ) to General George Casey, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army.
On September 6, 2006, Sanchez relinquished command of V Corps in a ceremony at Campbell Barracks, Heidelberg, Germany.

relinquished and brigade
By this time, with casualties mounting and supplies running short, the parachute brigade commander, Gerald Lathbury, had relinquished control of the bridge to the Germans.
Walker relinquished command of the brigade when Johnston returned to duty but was soon after, on 30 April, given permanent command of the Australian 1st Infantry Brigade whose commander, Colonel H. N. MacLaurin, had been killed during the Turkish counter-attack of 27 April.
Sibley, who during the morning had remained with the wagons, relinquished command of the brigade and Green took over, who then handed command of the 5th Texas over to Major Samuel Lockridge.

relinquished and January
When the Dutch Republic, during the Napoleonic Wars, was occupied by the French in 1795, henceforth becoming their vassal and enemy of the British, the United Kingdom invaded and occupied the Cape Colony that same year ; relinquished control of the territory in 1803 ; only to return and reoccupy the Cape on 19 January 1806.
The Stars recorded only 11 wins in the first half of the season, and head coach Bob Gainey relinquished his coaching duties in January to be the full time General Manager for the team.
The following month, on 2 January, he relinquished the position of prime minister to Elisabeth Domitien.
After residing in Leipzig for a time, he returned to Edinburgh where in January 1757 he succeeded David Hume as librarian to the Faculty of Advocates ( see Advocates ' Library ), but soon relinquished this office on becoming tutor in the family of the Earl of Bute.
Judging the figure to be unfairly based on the club's relinquished professional status, the club decided they were unable to pay this amount and instead played out of Treforest FC's ground near Pontypridd from January 2005 to May 2006.
Britain relinquished its claim in January 1836, and American jurisdiction was acknowledged in May 1836.
In 2000, despite opening his campaign with victory on the January Monte Carlo Rally, Mäkinen finally relinquished his grasp on the title, being beaten in the standings by new title holder and fellow Finn, Marcus Grönholm.
Col Francis relinquished command on January 30, 1999 and is succeeded by Col Lemuel Augustus Lindo the sixth Commandant.
When Zemke resumed command on January 19, 1944, Gabreski relinquished command of the 61st FS.
He relinquished the post of Prime Minister to Nechervan Idris Barzani on the 17 January 2012 as part of a political agreement between the ruling KDP-PUK coalition
On 15 January 1881, he relinquished command of the navy yard and was on special duty until 1882 as inpsector of vessels in California.
On 28 January 2008, Future New Zealand changed its name to The Kiwi Party and Copeland relinquished joint leadership to Larry Baldock, announcing that he would henceforth concentrate on parliamentary matters.
The following January he relinquished the Dominions Office.
In January 2009, South African satellite provider DStv relinquished all WWE broadcast rights and After Burn moved to free channel e. tv.
In January 2009, South African satellite provider DStv relinquished all WWE broadcast rights and Bottom Line now airs on free channel e. tv.
Come January 2009 though Blaze started to falter – Kelman and LeClair were replaced after failing to adapt to the British league and the Knockout Cup was relinquished against Belfast over two legs.
Effective January 1, 2001, Caltrans relinquished SR 275 to West Sacramento between postmiles 12. 4 ( west of Riske Lane ) and 13. 0 ( the west end of the Tower Bridge ).
Capitol Mall east of postmile 0. 11 ( the east end of the Tower Bridge ) was relinquished to the city effective January 1, 2006.
On December 29, at a WWE live event at the Verizon Wireless Arena in Manchester, New Hampshire, Melina tore her ACL during a six-woman tag team match ; she relinquished the Divas Championship on January 4 due to her injury.
On 1 January 2007, his father, Otto von Habsburg, relinquished his position as the head of the House of Habsburg, a status which then devolved on Karl.
In January 1910, the Qing government conferred him the title of “ Jinci ” and in the same year, he relinquished all duties in the Foreign Affairs Ministry and assumed the post of Director of the Shanghai Nanyang College.
The route is a candidate to be decommissioned with control given to Clark County ; however, only the above section located in the resort corridor has been relinquished as of January 2008.
On 10 January 1904, Dimitri Constantinovich relinquished command of the Horse Guard grenadiers Regiment.

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