Sentence examples for beat retreat from inspiring English sources
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It tells a story vividly, with a firm eye on the horse as well as the unfortunate riders, and concludes with gruff humour and poignancy: "How, in such heat, / can Queen or country beat retreat?
His shot was pushed away at full stretch by the goalkeeper, only for Torres to beat retreating markers to the ball and convert from a tight angle.
They have been beating retreat at Basra airfield today as the British hand over command to the Americans for the next two years.
There is just a hint of this in the plans for the Beating Retreat extravaganza in London's Horse Guards Parade later this week.
The origins of the beating retreat ceremony lie in the early days of chivalry when beating or sounding retreat called a halt to the day's fighting, a return to camp and the mounting of the guard for the night.
In Edinburgh, a service will take place in the Scottish National War Memorial, followed by a Beating Retreat by the HM Royal Marines Scotland band on Edinburgh Castle Esplanade.
On the eve of his birthday Prince Philip, dressed in his Grenadier Guards uniform, took the salute at the annual beating retreat ceremony on Horse Guards Parade.
The moderator of the Church of Scotland conducted a service at Faubourg d'Amiens Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Arras, which also saw the Royal Regiment of Scotland band conduct a Beating Retreat in the Place des Heros.
