"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Their exertions there turned an orderly British retreat into a rout.
- Guerrilla wars break out and eventually prompt a British retreat.
- The British retreat was badly managed, and the soldiers had been reduced to half rations.
- The British retreat and within three weeks are driven back to Egypt.
- In dust, heat, and discouragement and fatigue beyond telling the British retreat continued.
- He survived long enough to see the British retreat, but on May 11 he died from tetanus.
- The disorganized nature of the British retreat demonstrated a loss of effective command.
- The British "retreat from Empire" had made headway by 1964 and was to continue during Wilson's administration.
- The British retreat and the Russians occupy the area.
- Following defeat in this battle, the British retreat from the area to their ships in the bay.
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