What is "colonels"

Usage examples of "colonels".

So that leaves the lieutenant colonels, Laski and McGregor, and Major Bauer.

Sharpe here for ever, but a Colonel McCandless demanded him and when colonels demand, mere majors comply.

Which did not matter by itself, for Hakeswill did not like McCandless either, but the Scotsman was a colonel and, as Major Stokes had intimated, when colonels demand, other men obey.

The colonels in his army were all older than Wellesley, some much older, and Wellesley courteously sought their advice, though he largely ignored it.

General Washington Faulconer would doubtless have his wrist slapped, but colonels and captains, especially poverty-stricken colonels and captains, made far more convenient scapegoats for disasters.

Harry talked a little with the two colonels, and also with Langdon and St.

The young colonels and majors and captains could lead them, and there they were, after their most terrible defeat, grim and ready.

Then came the two colonels together, one with the half of a side of bacon, and the other with a twenty-pound bag of flour.

Caesar bowed low before the two colonels and then proceeded to unload his horse.

Invincible youth was around the board, and the two colonels lent dignity to the gathering, without detracting from its good cheer.

They found the colonels and the rest of the staff in the sitting-room, all except two, who were acting as cooks, but their work ceased in a moment or two, as breakfast was ready.

On his second visit the chessboard was mended so perfectly that the split was not visible, and the two colonels sat down to finish their game.

The two colonels had walked on ahead, leaving the young officers together.

Then they shook hands and hurried away to join the two colonels, leaving de Langeais with Dalton and Harry.

The two colonels had preserved the neatness of their attire, and whatever they felt, neither showed any anxiety.