We cannot fight under a council of war.
He told us that what we needed was not a council of war, but a commander-in-chief.
There was a council of war to see if they could get out of the back windows in time.
They had a little council of war, of a kind familiar to us all when we are behind in the polls, as to what they should do.
After four years he was allowed to return, and he died, in 1834, a member of the supreme council of war.
He spent the next day touring the camps and defences, then summoned a "krijgsraad" (council of war).
He had a fall from his horse which impaired him however, was he unable to attend the final council of war personally.
The classic council of war includes a discussion and then a vote, often taken without the senior commander present to influence or intimidate the subordinates.
