I think it's important that people remember that our people are not in the rear echelon.

The strategy of hitting the enemy's rear echelon was put into full effect.

By the end of the day, Jones knew the plan to hit the enemy's rear echelon was a sound one.

At the front as well as in the rear echelons, strict segregation prevailed.

He had refused an assignment to the rear echelon to remain in the front line.

While a majority of the panicked troops were brought back, many hundreds continued to flee, taking some rear echelon British with them.

Any minor breakthrough by the charge would have been cut short by the rear echelons.

The ragged edges of the storm's rear echelon seemed to uncover the stars as they passed.

Those in the rear echelons were al- ready streaming back through Heckard's Cut.

Many of them, especially rear echelons, escaped across the Potomac.