And then came the Sunday of The Times telegram, which spoke of a "retreating and a broken army.
The English wereretreating towards the coast and in much disorder.
Farther east the French were retreating from the Saales Pass.
In the dim light the sentinel saw the retreatingfigure of Mr. Britling make an extravagant gesture, and wondered what it might mean.
All the women throw clods of earth at the rapidly retreating figures of the men, some of them taking very good aim.
The corn-spirit is supposed to lurk as long as he can in the corn, retreating before the reapers, the binders, and the threshers at their work.
In either case the retreating force ceases to exist as an army.
It is obvious that, under equal conditions, the pursuing enemy can advance as fast as can your own troops which areretreating before him.
These, once the operative corner had taken the shock, formed part of the mass of manoeuvre, and were destined in large part to swing up in aid of the men retreatingfrom the Sambre.
A battery had been planted on the hill just mentioned, and commenced shelling the retreating rebels.
Foster to have the women and children removed, as he was going to return the fire, which all the while had been kept up by our heavy guns upon his retreating forces.
On arriving at the edge of the forest I mounted the sentinel's stage, just in time to see the turtles retreating to the water on the opposite side of the sand-bank, after having laid their eggs.
It will not allow itself to be approached, but keeps retreating backwards when any one attempts to coax it.
That was enough, and away we flew after a retreating spout to leeward.
But when they were accepted for the vacant positions on board, they cast off even the slight apology for clothing which they had worn, flinging the poor rags to their retreating and rejected compatriots.
Too late, the harpooner cut the line which attached the wreck to the retreating animal, leaving the boat free, but gunwale under.
Sadly disappointed by the clumsy imprudence of his men, Captain Lewis now endeavored to follow the track of the retreating Indian, hoping that this might lead them to an encampment, or village, of the Shoshonees.
The retreating army was pursued by a detachment from the garrison; and it was stated by deserters, that the Indians plundered the remaining baggage of the officers, and massacred such soldiers as could not keep up with the line of march.
The main body of the retreating army was rapidly pursued by Generals Frazer and Reidisel, while General Burgoyne, in person, followed the detachment under Colonel Long.
Lord Stirling perceived the danger, and that he could only escape it by retreating instantly across the creek.
In retreating to the fort, some of the men were intercepted by the division under Colonel Stirling, and made prisoners.
All along the edge of the woods the red breeches of the Zouaves were reappearing, slowly retreating in excellent order before something as yet unseen.
Suddenly he was once more fired by the remembrance of the earthly life which was fast retreating from him.
Fitting the latter hastily to the bow he took a rapid shot at the retreating horseman.
Retreating to the north end of Lake Winnipeg, the colonists found refuge at Jack River--three hundred miles distant.
The latter were soon driven with slaughter into the plain, and the Carthaginian troops descended into the defile and followed their retreating army.
The Roman troops thereupon quitted the pass, and scaled the heights to interrupt or harass the retreating foe.
How about the white-haired man and his son whom I helped to bury outside of Sempst, and who had been killed merely because the retreating Belgians had shot a German soldier outside their house?
It had the same long regularly graded retreating slope from above the brows, which were likewise very projecting, like two long promontories thickly wooded on top.
Steelkilt rose, and slowly retreating round the windlass, steadily followed by the mate with his menacing hammer, deliberately repeated his intention not to obey.
Nothing, absolutely nothing, was there between projector and rapidly retreating wall!
When the door closed the Englishman waited until the sound ofretreating steps failed.
They watched the retreating soles of his heavy shooting-boots.
There was nothing eatable there, for the place had been swept clean, and then fired, by the retreating Spaniards.
The buccaneers were retreating in knots of one or two, leaving some seventy of their number on the sun-bleached rocks of the gully.
The Tyrian king found himself under the necessity of retreating to his fortress on the island of Tyre, where he was at once besieged.
The man stretched himself, hitched up on his shoulder a bag, from which peeped the tail of a pheasant and the paw of a rabbit, while he muttered savagely and shook his fist in the direction of the retreating farmer.
There is nowhere any hint of a disorderly retreat, or any serious infraction of discipline, or any deviation from the strict letter of obedience to orders, such as usually follows in the wake of a beaten and retreating army.
We have seen that even Washington himself seriously thought of retreating behind the Alleghanies, which was virtual surrender.
It was while speaking of this audacious attack of Vandamme that the Emperor used this expression, which has been so justly admired, "For a retreating enemy it is necessary to make a bridge of gold, or oppose a wall of brass.
Pump Street is not two hundred yards away; they cannot be retreating down that road.
The King watched the tail of the retreating regiment with a look of genuine depression, which made him seem more like a baby than ever.
On the morning following the battle, our forces moved out in pursuit of the retreating Rebels.
They were fully justified in retreating after the efforts they made.
In retreating from Fayetteville, the Rebels were obliged to abandon much of the supplies for their army.
The latter deliberated upon the policy of attacking us, and decided that their town might be destroyed by our retreating army in case we were disturbed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "retreating" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
