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Isabella did tend to serve as quartermaster-general of the army, sort of a logical extension of the lady's role as good castle-wife out into the field.
Role of women in historical fiction - Anglo-Saxon England Carla 2006
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On Aug. 29, 1916, Hindenburg succeeded Falkenhayn as chief of staff of the German field armies, with Ludendorff as quartermaster-general.
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He was succeeded as quartermaster-general by Gen. Wilhelm von Gröner.
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He had been twice wounded in the Peninsular War, losing a hand, served as deputy quartermaster-general of the Portuguese army, and been attached to Prussian headquarters in the Waterloo campaign, in which he was again badly wounded.
Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990
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This course of action Blücher, backed by General Grölmann, the quartermaster-general, rejected.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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This course of action Blücher, backed by General Grölmann, the quartermaster-general, rejected.
THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966
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The chief engineers, with the quartermasters, etc., from each regiment, to assist the quartermaster-general in that service.
The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Henry P. Johnston
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He afterwards entered the Swiss Federal service, in which he became colonel, chief of the general staff, and quartermaster-general.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various
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General Sherman, and General M.C. Meigs, then quartermaster-general.
Forty-Six Years in the Army John M. Schofield
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I went to dear old Frank Chaney, -- the jolliest of jolly Englishmen, who was acting quartermaster-general, -- and told him I must have transportation.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867. Various
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