They told the commander they thought they were west of a small island near the coast of northwestern France.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Major Robert Anderson, the commander of the small United States force at Sumter, wrote that his food supplies were low.

VOA: special.2009.08.06

He said: I think the Constitution gives the commander in chief special powers under the laws of war.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

The commander of the ships had been worried that they could hit rocks if they were not careful.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

Five days after Lee's surrender, Johnston asked for a meeting with General William Sherman, the commander of Union forces in North Carolina.

VOA: special.2010.01.14

Six days after South Carolina seceded from the Union, the commander of Charleston's forts decided to move his men to Fort Sumter.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The commander was to use force to oppose any attempt by Texas to seize the territory.

VOA: special.2009.04.09

If,the commander said, the governor had approved the shelling, it would be an act of war.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The army refused. It told the commander to defend the forts as best he could.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The little river began to rise. The commander of Confederate forces in Richmond saw this as a chance to smash a large part of McClellan's army.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The commander of federal troops at Fort Sumter had a difficult decision to make.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The commander of Fort Sumter sent a message to the governor of South Carolina.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Among the wounded was the commander of all Confederate forces, General Joe Johnston.

VOA: special.2009.09.17

The commander of a United States navy force in the Pacific, Thomas Jones, received news that led him to believe the United States was at war with Mexico.

VOA: special.2009.02.19

But the commander of naval submarine forces, Vice Admiral John Donnelly,disagrees.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

He told the commander that the Mormons had accepted him.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

The commander of the Apollo Fourteen flight was Alan Shepard.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

The commander of the forts asked for more men.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

Neil Armstrong was the commander of the spacecraft.

VOA: special.2009.07.15

And he demanded that the commander surrender.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The commander said they would stay.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The commander of U.S.and NATO forces in Afghanistan has asked U.S.President Barack Obama for up to 40,000 more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.21

General Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S.and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has been summoned to Washington by the White House.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The commander of U.S.forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, has urged a dramatic troop increase to combat militants and help stabilize the country.

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

The commander of the British Army's 19th Light Brigade, Brigadier Tim Radford, just returned from Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12