counterorder

Usually it was very difficult to divert the skipper from any procedure he had decided upon: he was fond of quoting Napoleon's "Order plus counterorder equals disorder."

Tin 2010

While they were grappling with these issues the matter was settled for them by the surprising arrival of a counterorder from the Bents, delivered by the taciturn old hunter Lonesome Dick, who seemed put out that he had had to ride so hard on their behalf.

The Berrybender Narratives Larry McMurtry 2004

The counterorder of the provisional government was virtually ignored, and the committee system was subsequently introduced in all army detachments.

1917, March 8 2001

As he and his men were rolling toward the enemy position, von Ribbentrop received a counterorder from his battalion commander.

Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992

Usually it was very difficult to divert the skipper from any procedure he had decided upon: he was fond of quoting Napoleon's "Order plus counterorder equals disorder."

The Lost Worlds of 2001 Clarke, Arthur C. 1972

Lady Annabel was almost afraid to counterorder the usual meals, lest Venetia should comprehend her secret terror; the very same sentiment influenced Venetia.

Venetia Benjamin Disraeli 1842

A chasseur had been dispatched with the counterorder, who passed the exulting, but deluded G---- on the road.

The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. John Carr 1802

As a result of this tragicomedy of order and counterorder, d’Erlon’s command spent the entire afternoon and evening marching and countermarching between the two fields of battle without firing a shot at either; and the full irony of the situation was, of course, that the Ist Corps’ effective intervention on either scene of action would have resulted in a major French victory.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966

As a result of this tragicomedy of order and counterorder, d’Erlon’s command spent the entire afternoon and evening marching and countermarching between the two fields of battle without firing a shot at either; and the full irony of the situation was, of course, that the Ist Corps’ effective intervention on either scene of action would have resulted in a major French victory.

THE CAMPAIGNS OF NAPOLEON DAVID G. CHANDLER 1966