From 1952 to 1955 he was ahead of Eisenhower, and all of the cold warriors, in gauging the inevitability of Russian retreats.

Charles estimated the direction of the Russian retreat wrongly, expecting them to retreat eastwards where he placed his main forces.

More installations and industrial centres fell into German hands, many intact or only slightly damaged during the Russian retreat from the area.

Nobody else liked it either; but all summer the Russian retreat went on --a long-drawn-out agony.

They had one demand: an immediate and total Russian retreat from Chechnya, a region in southern Russia.

Mortier accepted the bait of a rumored Russian retreat.

Kamensky had reversed the Russian retreat, and ordered an advance to support the troops on the River Ukra.

But although the Russian retreat allowed the French to capture Moscow, they were left depleted and without shelter or supplies.

Adlercreutz engaged several smaller Russian units who were guarding the Russian retreat.

My father, swept up in the Russian retreat from Poland in 1941, was still missing.