In the midst of executing this order, he got another order Countermanding it, and proceeding directly from his direct superior.
"Waterloo"
Hilaire Belloc
Presently she heard Mrs. Quiggin with a servant of the hotel Countermanding the order for the carriage at eleven, and engaging it instead for the extraordinary hour of nine at night.
"Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon 1893"
Hall Caine
Far more serious, however, was his action in Countermanding the Emperor's orders' by recalling D'Erlon to Quatre Bras; for, as we have seen, it robbed his master of the decisive victory that he had the right to expect at Ligny.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose