When his corps commander, Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, was killed very early in the fighting, Doubleday found himself in command of the corps.

When the Mexican-American War started, Pike joined the cavalry and was commissioned as a troop commander, serving in the Battle of Buena Vista.

When the crowd — eventually reinforced by mutinous gardes françaises — proved a fair match for the fort's defenders, Governor de Launay, the commander of the Bastille, capitulated and opened the gates to avoid a mutual massacre.

When war broke out in 1939, Mountbatten became commander of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla aboard his ship Kelly, which was famous for its many daring exploits.

When English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, one of the ships belonging to Thomas Cavendish's second expedition to the New World, separated from Cavendish off the coast of what is now southern Argentina, he decided to make for the Strait of Magellan in order to find Cavendish.

Allied fighters, by gaining air superiority over the European battlefield, played a crucial role in the eventual defeat of the Axis, which Reichmarshal Hermann Göring, commander of the German Luftwaffe summed up when he said: " When I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up.

When the Cuban government accused the United States of stealing water, base commander John D. Bulkeley ordered that the pipelines be cut and a section removed.

When Carthaginian commander Hannibal Barca fought the Romans, he recruited several Gaulish mercenaries who fought on his side at Cannae.

When Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Allied Commander for the planned Normandy Landings he suggested that Alexander become ground forces commander, as he was popular with both British and US officers.

When the Tughlaq dynasty replaced the Khilji dynasty in 1320 AD, Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq sent his commander Ulugh Khan in 1323 to defeat the Kakatiya king Prataparudra.

When Stroessner took office on August 15, 1954, few people imagined that this circumspect, unassuming forty-one-year-old commander in chief would be a master politician capable of outmaneuvering and outlasting them all.

When in the following year Suleiman and Ibrahim made a grand entrance into Baghdad, its commander surrendered the city, thereby confirming Suleiman as the leader of the Islamic world and the legitimate successor to the Abbasid Caliphs.

When the Persian fleet finally arrived at Artemisium after a significant delay, Eurybiades, who both Herodotus and Plutarch suggest was not the most inspiring commander, wished to sail away without fighting.

When a unit comes up, the commander specifies an order and if offensive action is being taken, a target, along with details about distance.

When Emir Osman I was appointed commander of the Turkish army on the Byzantine border in the late 13th century, he was symbolically installed via a handover of musical instruments by the Seldjuk sultan.

When Holmes ' true intentions are revealed to the commander, he orders a court-martial.

When a Roman commander is slaughtered, in most cases, it is taken as a sign that a state of war is in existence, and if we can associate the death of Heraclianus in 270, as well as an inscription from Bostra, recording the rebuilding of a temple destroyed by the Palmyrene army, then these violent acts could be interpreted the same way.

When Burton joined the Port Talbot Squadron of the Air Training Corps as a cadet, he re-encountered Philip Burton, his former teacher, who was the commander.

When the Congo gained independence from Belgium on June 30, 1960 and the Congo Crisis began, Kabila was a " deputy commander " in the Jeunesses Balubakat, the youth wing of the Patrice Lumumba-aligned General Association of the Baluba People of Katanga ( Balubakat ), actively fighting the secessionist forces of Moise Tshombe.

When the U. S. entered World War II in December 1941, LeMay was a major in the United States Army Air Forces ( he had been a 1st lieutenant as recently as 1940 ), and the commander of a newly created B-17 Flying Fortress unit, the 305th Bomb Group.

When its commander Lorenzo de Olazo was wounded, the Spaniards retreated.

When his father, Bardas was wounded in battle in 953, Nikephoros was promoted to supreme commander on the eastern frontier.

When Cortés returned to the Gulf coast to deal with the newly arrived hostile expedition of Pánfilo de Narváez, Alvarado remained in Tenochtitlan as commander of the Spanish enclave, with strict orders to make sure that Moctezuma not be permitted to escape.

When the sacrifice of Iphigenia ( Agamemnon ’ s daughter ) became a necessity for Achaeans to sail away from Aulis, king Agamemnon had to choose between sacrificing his daughter and resigning from his post of high commander among Achaeans ( in which case Diomedes would probably become the leader ).

When it fell to the British Raj, the fort was dismantled on the orders of Lord William Bentinck and was converted into a sanatorium for the British troops stationed at the garrison town of Nasirabad.

When the southern provinces of the newly formed kingdom seceded in 1830 ( Belgian Revolution ), the Dutch garrison in Maastricht remained loyal to the Dutch king, William I of the Netherlands, even when most of the inhabitants of the town and the surrounding area sided with the Belgian revolutionaries.

When the besieged garrison of Kaunas surrendered in 1915, 20, 000 Russians became prisoners.

When they finally made it to Sardinia, the Romans were aware of their intentions and had reinforced the unpopular garrison under Titus Manlius Torquatus to 20, 000 infantry and 1, 200 cavalry.

When the Roman garrison of Britain was withdrawn in 410, the various British states were left self-governing.

When the latter adamantly refused the Queen admittance, fighting broke out outside the castle between Isabella's guards and the garrison, marking the beginning of the Despenser War.

When the Jacobites retreated across the border to Scotland they left a garrison of 400 in Carlisle Castle.

When the Spartan garrison of Athens, supported by Athenian cavalry, was sent out to oppose him, Thrasybulus led his force, now 700 strong, in a surprise daybreak raid on their camp, killing 120 Spartans and putting the rest to flight.

When it reached Datong on August 18, reports from garrison commanders persuaded Wang Zhen that a campaign into the steppe would be too dangerous.

When it was made clear that he would not be allowed to go free, Grange resolved to continue the resistance, but the garrison threatened to mutiny.

When Jackson reached Pensacola on May 23, the governor and the 175-man Spanish garrison retreated to Fort Barrancas, leaving the city of Pensacola to Jackson.

When he surprised the British garrison at Stony Point on July 15, 1779, he acquired the nickname “ Mad ” Anthony.

When Theramenes again objected that this number was still too small, the leaders arranged for a military review to be staged after which the citizens were ordered to pile their arms ; with the help of the Spartan garrison, the oligarchs then confiscated all arms except those belonging to the 3, 000.

When the Confederates reduced their garrison at Port Hudson, Louisiana, on the Mississippi, he invested that place in May 1863.

When Alivardi Khan died in April 1756 the British traders and small garrison at Kasimbazar were left vulnerable.

When the garrison was reinforced by 2, 000 men Chanda Sahib sent from Trichinopoly it reoccupied the town on 15 September.

When Piernas and his garrison left Louisiana in July 1769, they were the last Spanish forces to leave the territory.

When the 1st Canadian Army approached at the end of August, the garrison withdrew, not desiring to enter into battle for the port.

When the Hōjō garrison at Rokuhara was destroyed in 1333, he immediately stepped in and installed there his office ( bugyōsho ).

When Albuquerque returned two years later, he found the garrison was no longer in Portuguese possession.

When War with Japan was over, he was named as pacification director of Zhengzhou garrison, controlling first and fifth war zones.

When the garrison was surrendered on July 4, Pettus was again captured, and would be a prisoner until his exchange on September 12.

When Arnold, whose men now dominated the garrison, asserted his authority, Easton insulted Arnold, who responded by challenging Easton to a duel.

When the garrison began clearing away the dunes, the papers objected.