rearguard action

He would fight a rearguard action while they got a bit of a head start.

Such men found themselves, however, fighting what became all too clearly a rearguard action.

It looks as if we may have a rearguard action to add to our troubles.

It will be a long, and messy, rearguard action on America's part.

This particular score led a rearguard action that almost brought victory.

There was a rearguard action to the north of Penrith.

He became an increasingly important leader of rearguard actions, eventually becoming a General.

A successful rearguard action covered the general withdrawal from Greece.

On machines however, a tough rearguard action was fought by the employers.

"They have just completed a two days' march of 62 kilometers after a sharp rearguard action."

A few of us are trying to fight a rearguard action by doing a good deed here and there."

The battles in the winter of 1941-42 and the rearguard actions had left the men washed out.

Despite rearguard actions the German advance was too massive to be stopped.

Get to the Avenue, pick the best position, and fight a rearguard action if necessary."

Our valiant army has been fighting a rearguard action as it runs for its life.

In one of the great rearguard actions, the pair proceeded to play out the remaining time.

The troops remaining in the islands fought a bitter rearguard action.

Let us try a rearguard action to confine its scope to peripheral cases.

Her reason staged a rearguard action against her body's desire.

It would therefore be preferable for Europe not to become entangled in further rearguard action.

Down through the centuries she had fought a valiant rearguard action against his bad habits.

The British government is fighting a rearguard action.

The rearguard action began and their defence rarely looked like being breached.

Some fought a rearguard action while others brought the news to Maniakes.

In reality, they sound as though they're fighting a last rearguard action from a bunker buried under the rubble with the air running out.