Last night, as the marchers retreated in front of the advancing police line, Grosvenor Square was a litter of lost shoes, broken glass, torn banners, and discarded clothing.
Coupled with the lack of food, the restriction of the water supply made the Greek position untenable, so they decided to retreat to a position in front of Plataea, from where they could guard the passes and have access to fresh water.
Running back Tiki Barber caught six passes, most of them in front of retreating Pittsburgh linebackers.
The rookie Jason Tyner, a slap-hitting leadoff man who has not homered since high school, turned on a pitch and sent Albert Belle retreating for the catch, just in front of the warning track.
Subsidence and erosion render re-planting of mangroves in front of retreating coastlines impossible.
He broke another window; flames burst through it, too, and he retreated into the yard, kneeling in front of the house.
Discovering the British in pursuit, Pevrieux ordered his squadron to retreat towards the shore, tacking in front of Hydra and opening an ineffective fire at long range.
Some 17,000 years ago, a large fresh water lake began to form in front of the retreating glacier, trapped in the south by the terminal moraine, a natural dam composed of debris pushed along by the glacier and released from it when the ice melted.
Following the fall of Tripoli in January 1943, the remaining Axis forces retreated to prepared defences in Southern Tunisia, in front of the Mareth Line built by France before the war.
His forces were retreating in northwest Syria and southern Syria — not in front of the Islamic State but in front of the more moderate opposition and the Nusra Front.
