Although at least 1, 500 Confederates had been lost, the rear guard action at New Hope allowed the remnants of the army to escape further damage.
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His supporters are fighting a rear guard action to win him a seat as a fifth vice chairman, but that proposal wasn't discussed at Tuesday's session.
43.
Ziethen and Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, who had remained alert all night, organized the rear guard action that prevented the Austrians from falling upon the retreating Prussians.
44.
The federal troops made a fighting retreat towards Torre�n, with T�llez fighting a rear guard action, and once again becoming separated from the bulk of Gonzalez's soldiers.
45.
Although the major battles between conservatives and moderates that began in the late 1970s are past, skirmishes and rear guard actions continue with no end in sight.
46.
On 11 November 1805, the Austrians fought a successful rear guard action at Valvasone on the Tagliamento River in which the 23rd and 30th Dragoons were present.
47.
He was leading a rear guard action of British troops against the Highland rebels of Charles Edward Stuart ( Bonnie Prince Charlie ) when he was cut down.
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On the left, the Austrians managed to conduct a capable rear guard action, but during the day the French smashed their opponents'right flank and captured thousands of soldiers.
49.
Archduke Charles steadily retreated, fighting a rear guard action at San Pietro in Gu near the Brenta River on 4 November in which one battalion of the " Kreutzer"
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Cherry and a group of 20 men were ordered to undertake a rear guard action to allow the rest of the command to withdraw and then consolidate a defensive position.
