generalship

[ US /ˈdʒɛnɝəɫˌʃɪp/ ]
[ UK /d‍ʒˈɛnəɹə‍lʃˌɪp/ ]
NOUN
  1. the office and authority of a general
  2. the leadership ability of a military general
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How To Use generalship In A Sentence

  • He has given us a superb study in presidential leadership and military generalship.
  • Throughout the history of our profession, intense professional study has been one of the essential tools soldiers have used to advance their military art, and their generalship.
  • It is all the more striking that, throughout the fifth and fourth centuries, the generalship could be held repeatedly.
  • He was a great loss to the British army, less for his generalship than for his skill in raising and training light troops.
  • There was faith too in the generalship of the commanders. Times, Sunday Times
  • In practice, his generalship displayed far greater flexibility than he ever acknowledged.
  • Commanders like Napoleon possessed generalship; they embraced new tactics or technology and could see results of an intended action before it was executed.
  • Then in 1810 he became war minister and immediately began to strengthen the army; he wrote a manual of generalship, tightened army organization, built strong points, and supervised a doubling in size.
  • Jalandhar was annexed to the British dominion during the governor generalship of Lord Hardinge.
  • Suffering from poor health, he was also criticized for poor generalship by fellow-officers.
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