Possession of that city would cut off Freire's retreat route, but the French general hesitated.

Hessians who had thrust forward parallel to the retreat route and were now turning to attack.

Alternative retreat routes have to be studied.

The main retreat route was across the Dniepr, river, so bridges were a prime target.

They'd also paid meticulous care to planning and marking retreat routes through the rubble, complete with two alternates, for every unit.

When they ran back to the shore, they only found out their ships had already been taken and their retreat route sealed.

In great haste two retreat routes had been cleared of snow.

Knowing what Pan had done, the Wei forces returned north before the retreat route could be destroyed.

The flank of 7th army was exposed and its retreat route to Xuzhou was cut.

His cavalry was trying to position itself along the anticipated retreat routes along the Tigris.