Sentence examples for retreat using from inspiring English sources

Yazidis attempted an armed retreat, using old rifles to hold back the IS as they fled into the mountains, but eventually ran out of ammunition.

Outnumbered and facing an enemy with greater firepower, the Partisans planned to hold their positions until evening then retreat using the cover of darkness.

As in the previous attempt, Tahmasp avoided confrontation with the Ottoman army and instead chose to retreat, using scorched earth tactics in the process and exposing the Ottoman army to the harsh winter of the Caucasus.

Viet Cong combat engineers were required to break through the wire fences which protected the U.S. facility at Camp Holloway, and protect the attack forces' route of retreat using land mines.

Correction: June 27, 2000, Tuesday A map yesterday with an article about efforts to preserve Anderson Cottage in Washington, a retreat used by President Abraham Lincoln, located the cottage incorrectly.

Mr Cameron gave Mr Juncker a tour of Chequers, his historic Buckinghamshire retreat used by a number of former prime minister.

Lowden State Park (immediately north) is the site of Eagle's Nest Colony, a retreat used by Lorado Taft and other artists from 1898 to 1942; the 66-acre (27-hectare) tract was acquired in 1951 by Northern Illinois University for use as a field campus.

The Plough at Cadsden, Buckinghamshire – a rural tavern near Chequers, the official country retreat used by British prime ministers – hosted former PM David Cameron and Chinese premier Xi Jinping during a diplomatic visit that saw them set the world to rights over a pint of Greene King IPA.

In a brief joint news conference after their meeting at a suburban retreat used by Communist Party leaders, Mr. Bush also said that he was still looking for evidence of whether a foreign power or terrorist group was coordinating the anthrax attacks in the United States, but he also for the first time warned that the source of the attacks could be an American conducting what he called "a hoax".

Many participants in the board seminar have attended a two-day board retreat used to create a strategic plan for the organization.

When he approached the object ripped towards Green and he "immediately retreated using maximum power".