He ordered the engines to be broken up, the guns to be loaded and excess shells spread around, and then the ship set afire.

Yeah, if he's the one making the propositions, then he's the one ordered the guns.

But on 17 July, the French officer D'Essé ordered the guns to be withdrawn.

He then ordered the guns trained on the French boarding parties, which they annihilated.

The local authorities had ordered the guns locked up, and the closet was the only cubicle with a key.

Surely the ad mirai in command wouldn't be so thick-witted as to order the guns trained on the town.

Following this set-back, the French officer d'Essé ordered the heavy guns to be withdrawn on 17 July.

Moffis ordered the highest guns to fire on the planes and the rest to carry on as they were.

He ordered the guns to be turned over to his Ordnance Officer.

At five o'clock he ordered the guns secured and the magazine locked.