By 09:45 on the 16th, the two groups had reassembled, and they began to retreat eastward.

Houston, in command of the main Texan army, slowly retreated eastward.

We headed North, figuring that the ones who retreated eastward would get trapped against the wall and creamed.

In so doing, retreat eastward for the Soviet forces was precluded.

Cholera reached Europe from the East in 1831; after a devastating epidemic it retreated eastward about this time.

Whole Nordic tribes were blotted out, and the rest retreated eastward.

With that, a crowd of several thousand began drifting, then retreating eastward.

Seeking a more defensible position, he slowly retreated eastward.

Some retreated eastward to the Nile valley, taking with them their beliefs and influencing Egyptian art.

To retreat eastward would mean running straight into the hands of the hunters.