So it wasn't just a matter of how many defenders had fallen.

The defenders fell back to a second field work higher up the hillside.

This steadfast defender of the realm fell into the job almost by chance 30 years ago.

Perhaps he did, and was gambling that a night of quiet would cause the defenders to fall into exhausted slumber.

The defenders of Mistledaie fell back at the armored giant's approach.

The remaining defenders fell back into a building called the 'bastion'.

Watkins swept up the ball as the defender fell to the ground, and he ran untouched into the end zone.

But this complex held prepared positions where defenders could have fallen back and made the assault more costly.

Elven defenders fell back from them, shredded by their claws, crying out in fear.

The defenders fell back at once, fleeing up the Elfitch to the third level where the next set of gates stood open to receive them.