They were first taken to a clinic, but then moved to the gendarme headquarters when another commander threatened to kill them at the clinic.

In one case on 9 January, an infantry commander threatened to shoot a M18 crew if it did not engage a German tank stranded on the roadside.

Agamemnon refused, and the other commanders threatened to make Palamedes commander of the expedition.

The 100,000 Russian soldiers in the region have faced only light resistance so far from their 6,000 Chechen counterparts, but now Chechen commanders are threatening a counterattack.

Believing that the Americans have already secured the canister, the Russian commander threatens to activate the self-destruct mechanism with his transmitter.

The Scottish commander threatened to destroy the steeple of St Nicholas church by gunfire if the mayor, Sir John Marley, did not surrender the town.

The commanders cheered on their soldiers to keep attacking, and threatened to kill them as traitors should they retreat.

Spanish commanders threatened to massacre the French soldiers if this formation did not surrender, and Dupont compelled Vedel to return and lay down his arms.

Then rebels appeared in Aracinovo, and their commander threatened to attack the capital, the airport and the main oil refinery on the outskirts.

After the Russian commander threatened to "flatten the whole place with bombs," one dissident dared to say: "We are living with a creeping military coup.