"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Finding 3,000 of his troops withdrawing, Lee ordered a general retreat.
- General Branch ordered a retreat, which soon became a rout.
- On September 29 he ordered a retreat, and for 8 difficult days discipline held despite enemy attacks.
- He ordered a retreat to the outskirts of the city, back to the starting position.
- She nodded, but the council officers were already ordering a retreat.
- The next morning, he ordered a retreat to the north.
- A player can order a retreat, but this has a bad effect on the army's morale.
- In order to avoid being outflanked, Hall ordered a general retreat.
- Walker was forced to order a general retreat, just so he could control it.
- The odds being very greatly against him, he was compelled to order a retreat.
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