Baghdad's police force is being slowly reorganized after it disbanded earlier this month in the face of the American military advance.

These units suffered heavy losses in the face of the Japanese advance.

Most of South Korea's forces retreated in the face of the advance.

By 1944-45 the division had collapsed in the face of the advance of Allied armies into Germany.

White House aides suggest that the month will include several gestures intended to highlight his agenda in the face of the Republican advance.

The Chinese did not attempt to hold the forts in the face of the French advance.

The mahen Voice heeled about and held up her hand in the face of the advance.

The Russian forces massed along the Polish frontier were obliged to fall back in the face of the swift French advance.

Hamas experienced "widespread desertion" in the face of the Israeli advance.

This would prove extremely important in the face of the German advance.