Sentence examples for blocking their retreat from inspiring English sources
But instead of shelling the militants facing Mr. Gantamirov's fighters, the Russian shells fell behind them, blocking their retreat and leaving the rebels untouched.
He also quotes officers as saying that many of the Iraqi tanks were being carried by trucks and that their turrets were turned to the rear; that the initial shots from the Iraqi side were not a real attack but a sign of panic upon encountering the Americans blocking their retreat; and that McCaffrey ordered addi tional waves of assault long after any sign of resistance from the Iraqis.
Vann hoped to trap the Viet Cong inside the hamlets by blocking their retreat routes on all sides, and annihilate them using an elite battalion of South Vietnamese paratroopers.
Withdrawing through the narrow Danube canyon and fighting off the Russian force at their rear, Gazan and his division were trapped when more of Strik's Russians appeared to block their retreat.
Some men blocked their way, arguing and yelling that it was forbidden, until finally the women retreated.
"They would block their ears.
Police blocked their way.
The battle for Mosul will be the toughest test yet for Iraqi forces, who are converging on the city alongside Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers, Sunni tribal fighters, and Shia militias tasked with blocking a potential retreat for the militants into the eastern desert of Syria.
Their retreat on Medicaid is one example.
