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Countermarch

verb
(past & past part. countermarched; pres. part. countermarching)
1.
March back along the same way.
2.
Change the order of soldiers during a march.






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"Countermarch" Quotes from Famous Books



... having discovered the concealed enemy which they had just passed. So soon as the rear of Braddock's army had crossed the river, the enemy raised a heart rending yell, and poured down a constant and most deadly fire. Before General Braddock received his wound, he gave orders for the whole line to countermarch and form a phalanx on the bottom, so as to cover their retreat across the river. When the main column was wheeled, Grant's and Lewis' companies had proceeded so far in advance, that a large body of the enemy rushed down from both sides of the ravine, and intercepted them. A most ...
— Chronicles of Border Warfare • Alexander Scott Withers



Words linked to "Countermarch" :   military machine, march, armed services, process, reorder, armed forces, war machine, marching, military



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