Hardee and Polk caused Sherman and McClernand on the Union right to retreat in the direction of Pittsburg Landing, leaving the right flank of the Hornet's Nest exposed.
Six days of guerilla fighting ensued, after which the Japs turned around & retreated in the direction from which they had come.
With no hope of breaking through, the 500 remaining men of these four battalions retreated westwards in the direction of the main force, 5 km away in Oosterbeek.
I beat a retreat in the direction of the North Korean media center.
By the end of the day only remnant survivors were withdrawing across the coastal plain, along the main line of retreat in the direction of Tulkarm and Messudieh Junction.
But as Jeter retreated toward first, in the direction of first baseman Jose Offerman, Nomo threw the ball just as Offerman stepped out of Jeter's path.
Both initially retreated in the face of the Islamist onslaught.
This stress reversal region extends to a maximum extent before retreating as the direction of the maximum principal stress gradually returns to the initial state.
But this "retreats" in the wrong direction.
