rear guard in English
It is commonly used by troops intending to hold a position against an advancing enemy, by rearguards covering a retreat, or by advanced parties while they wait to be reinforced.
Use "rear guard" in a sentence
1. Rafer, you're the rear-guard.
2. Cao Cao's army harried his rear guard.
3. Clarke's trying to reassign me to the rear guard.
4. And the God of Israel will be your rear guard.
5. The Japanese rear guard was commanded by a Colonel Yutaka Matsuda.
6. You two will ride in the rear guard and protect the livestock.
7. Slide diagonally forwards, catching the opponent's front kick with your rear guard hand.
8. Chesty Puller’s regiment acted as the rear guard and repelled two fierce enemy assaults
9. What kind of advance guard and “rear guard” have they had, even during World War II?
10. As fast as the rear-guard passed, trees were felled across the road to obstruct pursuit.
11. On November 11, Wilkinson's rear guard, numbering 2,500, attacked Morrison's force of 800 at Crysler's Farm and was repulsed with heavy losses.
12. In the meantime, the Japanese 17th Army withdrew to the west coast of Guadalcanal while rear guard units checked the American offensive.
13. Early on 12 February the remaining 20,000 Nationalist troops were removed and, as Helena steamed on rear guard patrol, the Task Force sailed south.
14. It was the Basques, remember, who bushwhacked Charlemagne's rear guard under Roland in the late 8th century; they didn't want to be part of someone else's country then, and they don't
15. 1 Latest Card Text 2 How It Works 3 List of Cradle Generators 3.1 Grade 1 3.2 Grade 2 3.3 Grade 3 4 List of Cradle-specific Cards 4.1 Grade 2 5 Trivia By generating a Cradle marker, your opponent's specified rear-guard becomes affected by it and