In the east the Germans had been steadily withdrawing in the face of increasingly capable Red Army offensives.

By that time, Vietnamization, Nixon's policy of transferring responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese, was well along, and US forces were steadily withdrawing.

His own aides concede they had once hoped that by Tuesday's midterm election, American troops would be steadily withdrawing from Iraq.

By 1971 the U.S. was steadily withdrawing from Southeast Asia.

'One of the deputies told me he was agitated when he first came into the jail but has been withdrawing steadily,' I said.

Israel sent thousands of troops into southern Lebanon during the war, and they have been steadily withdrawing, though some remain in the border area.

In this fighting, the Australian plan was to be bold while steadily withdrawing eastward, even though once boxed into a small corner of the island they would lose their precious mobility.

At this the Norfolks all drew together, wielding pieces of wood, and withdrew steadily across the water into their own territory, leaving most of their timber on the bank.

According to both AMG and Trim Tabs, investors steadily withdrew money from international stock funds in October and so far this month.

But they said he steadily withdrew from the activities after he received a computer about three years ago.