Examples of 'army retreated' in a sentence

Meaning of "army retreated"

army retreated: refers to the act of troops or soldiers withdrawing from a military position or battle. It usually occurs when there is a strategic decision to fall back and regroup

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The imperial army retreated to the capital.
Cover of darkness the rebel army retreated.
The defeated army retreated from the country.
Probably one thousand Greeks remained in the pass when most of the army retreated.
His army retreated slowly from the battlefield.
The national government and its army retreated to Versailles.
Ottoman army retreated from Cetinje shortly after.
What was left of the Iraqi army retreated over the border.
The Polish army retreated to Zhuravno and built a fortified camp.
Eventually Pepin and his army retreated.
The main Russian army retreated for almost three months.
However the Vietnamese king crushed the rebellion and the Thai army retreated.
The remains of the First Army retreated to the safety of their own border forts.
The Swedish counterattack would have to wait and the army retreated into Småland.
Soon thereafter the imperial army retreated from Poland without any permanent gains.

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The New York invasion was a fiasco after the much larger British army retreated to Canada.
The city was not taken and the army retreated to Azov but then invaded Kabarda.
The army retreated in heavy fighting back to the Mozhaisk Defence Line.
Much of the Afghan army retreated back to Afghanistan.
Shingen made a counter-attack and the Uesugi army retreated.
The Hungarian army retreated in the direction of Tarna.
The following morning the Protestant army retreated towards Athboy.
The Serbian army retreated to the island of Corfu.
I also escorted the Queen while the army retreated from Wihwado.
The Ethiopian army retreated giving the Dervishes their first success.
Hungarian troops prevailed and the Romanian army retreated to its bridgehead at Tokaj.
The Russian army retreated and was subsequently destroyed during the battle of Chudniv.
The battered French army retreated to Tournai.
The Red Army retreated and dug in again around the town of Klin.
The Confederate army retreated.
The French field army retreated up the St Lawrence by a circuitous route that night.
Soon Kandy revolted and the Portuguese army retreated to Mannar.
The remainder of the army retreated to the main defenses on Brooklyn Heights.
After the Battle of Nördlingen the Swedish army retreated from the south.
The Righteous Army retreated from Seoul and the war went on for two more years.
In the First World War he and his army retreated across Albania.
The Ottoman Seventh Army retreated during the evening and the city surrendered the following day.
If any armies commander was wounded or killed, his army retreated and the battle ended.
The Don army retreated from Tsaritsyn.
The French emperor 's outnumbered army retreated in chaos.
The Union army retreated back into Chattanooga.
Having sons of elders and noblemen as hostages, the German army retreated.
Finally the French army retreated into the Alps in disarray.
Faced with this grave threat, the Peruvian army retreated north.
The remaining fleet and army retreated and Pyrrhus entered Syracuse unopposed.
Seeing the emperor falling dead, the Chola army retreated in disarray.
The Umayyad army retreated south over the Pyrenees.
Hearing the approach of the Delhi army, the Oriya army retreated to Orissa.
The Commonwealth army retreated towards Grodno.
The army retreated to Dalton, Georgia and went into winter quarters.

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