rearguard
retaguardia
translation of 'rearguard'
noun
retaguardia
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Okulicki and Pelczynski thought the plan for Warsaw's underground fighters to wait until the Wehrmacht evacuated the city, and then harass its 'rearguard' , was too passive.
The success of the long retreat and the 'rearguard' engagements in 1944 and 1945 came despite, rather than because of, Hitler.
The battalion later acted as 'rearguard' to their brigade as it gradually withdrew from Norway.
However, on August 26th, a British 'rearguard' guarding the retreat of the bulk of the BEF did sustain 8,000 casualties at the Battle of Le Chateau.
At the pass of Rencesvals, the twenty thousand Christians of the 'rearguard' are ambushed by a vastly superior force, numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
the academies acted as powerful guardians of the 'rearguard'
he ran hard at the Scottish 'rearguard'
As the inquiry went on, the Metropolitan Police fought a 'rearguard' attempt to stop ‘institutionalised racism’ from being put into the report.
It retreated and maintained a hold over 'rearguard' elements.
From his Taipei retreat, Chiang Kai-shek continued his 'rearguard' fight in that civil war, leading China to perpetuate the hostilities which continue to this day.
The East was bringing the battle to the South, leaving only a few soldiers as a 'rearguard' at the palace.
the firing from our 'rearguard' had stopped
Smith's struggle against secularism can be viewed as a lifetime of 'rearguard' actions.
The Communist troops were already moving out when their 'rearguard' was attacked by Guomindang troops and defeated with heavy casualties.
Right at the back were lines of 'rearguard' infantrymen.
There's been an ongoing 'rearguard' action from that group, " he said.
Our line of defence straddled a major road from which the bulk of our unit was withdrawn the night before the British attack and my platoon was left behind as the 'rearguard' with the instruction to fight to the last bullet.
Roland becomes the commander of the 'rearguard' , appointed to the post at the instance of the traitor Ganelon, who is in league with the Saracen king Marsile.
The guardsman hit hard and lay still, and shouts of alarm and terror mixed with fresh cries of pain as arrows pelted his straggling 'rearguard' .
Rambling and canoeing organisations have now launched a fierce 'rearguard' fight against British Waterways, which they say is guilty of scaremongering, and are arguing the case for a Scottish Waterways organisation to be set up.
Too few troops on the ground going in left the heartland unconquered and 'rearguard' supply troops vulnerable to attack.
When the army advances on the enemy, these men by custom form the vanguard and on their return the 'rearguard' .
The drama-documentary series tells the story of the Army's 'rearguard' who valiantly held a last line of defence, allowing hundreds of thousands of others time to escape.
I hope to convince readers that this is not simply a nostalgic reactionary's 'rearguard' defence of a bygone era but a highly desirable way of meeting the needs of many patients today.
The commander finally withdrew his 'rearguard' and moved the last few soldiers across the abandoned camp.
So now a 'rearguard' battle is being fought to avoid this particular tide of history.
Hastily formed forces like the U. S. Army's Task Force Smith resisted valiantly, but the infantry was overrun in desperate 'rearguard' battles.
Mercifully, he had played no role in the shooting, serving as the 'rearguard' of the second unit.
He is ready to give offense to both the vanguard and the 'rearguard' of the modem Roman Church-and to many in the middle.
Hickey played down the attacks, dismissing those involved as being ‘a handful of 'rearguards' attempting to maintain a degree of political relevance.’
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