Austrian commander Klenau, with an initial force of 18,000 men and 64 cannons had orders to delay the French pursuit.

It was certain that the Incas had merely delayed, not abandoned, the pursuit, and our powers and means of resistance had been worn to nothing.

They would delay the pursuit.

He then rallied Lee's troops, who delayed the British pursuit until the main force could take up positions further to the west.

This action not only delayed the pursuit but also led the British to believe Washington was heading along the King's Highway toward New Brunswick.

When they passed the Pah bridge, they removed several wooden boards from the bridge to delay the pursuit by soldiers.

He delayed the pursuit of Merriweather by drawing a gun and pretending to doubt the honesty of the Porters.

"We should not delay the pursuit of the Occhlon,** the Trustee said, "but neither can we let southern spies go unhunted.

To delay the Soviet pursuit, they also planned to blow up the rail bridge on the Seret.

However, she delayed the pursuit of her dream for fifty years.