rearguard in Germany

earguard [riəgɑːd] hintertreffen, Nachhut

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1. Still, some 30–40,000 French soldiers of the rearguard remained to be captured.

2. First Battle of Franklin 10 April – Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat.

3. An effective rearguard operation by Gen. Minkhaung Nawrahta allowed for an orderly withdrawal.

4. 30 The government is fighting a rearguard action against the mass of public opinion.

5. Only an effective Union rearguard action prevented a replay of the First Bull Run disaster.

6. Despite Marshal Ney's heroic rearguard action, the Grand Army was cut down from 600,000 to less than 50,000.

7. However, they left a rearguard of 1,000 under the command of an officer, Hamabek, to report of the Rus movements and act as bait.

8. The NCO ignited the fuses at 1:00 in the afternoon while the bridge was still crowded with retreating French troops and Oudinot's rearguard was still in Leipzig.

9. The Anguishing but rather rearguard horror of Bhopal (though, yes, it must be acknowledged that evil, like rust, never sleeps) gives way to a visit to Angkor Wat and an upsetting replay of the demonic Pol Pot regime in Cambodia.