"retreat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He had died in full armor, leading the last charge of his remaining cataphracts, after conducting the most brilliant fighting retreat since Xenophon's march to the sea.
- The 400 Hessians were caught completely unprepared, and began a disorganized fighting retreat toward the main British camp, with Lafayette and his men giving chase.
- He led his regiment on a 44-day fighting retreat from the Dnieper to East Prussia.
- It took Legrand some time before he was able to take the position, with the Austrians leading a superb fighting retreat.
- Early was able to organize an effective fighting retreat.
- Hube commanded the German forces' fighting retreat, and organised the evacuation to the Italian peninsula.
- He was joined there by Captain Royal and the Māoris, who took up separate defensive positions and eventually made their fighting retreat.
- A deliberate fighting retreat is probably the most difficult maneuver to bring off on a battlefield.
- The 5th Regiment held its position against the attacking British, and then conducted a successful fighting retreat that significantly slowed the British advance on Baltimore.
- The Nez Perce never had a unified leadership during their long fighting retreat.
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