Sentence examples for withdrawing across from inspiring English sources

After an improvised truce for both sides to recover and exchange their wounded, Lee's forces began withdrawing across the Potomac that evening to return to Virginia.

After observing the landings the NGVR detachment skirmished with the Japanese and attempted to demolish the airfield before withdrawing across the Francisco River, destroying the bridge across the river mouth as they went.

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.

Despite encountering strong resistance at Mellahet umm Afein, this force attacked and "drove in" the rearguard defending the ford and an Ottoman column withdrawing across the ford.

It has consolidated its control of the town's two airports, while the Ugandans have withdrawn across the nearby river Tshopo.

But then, mercy: after several tense hours, the rebel commander himself gave the order to withdraw across the river toward Lexington in order not to "disturb the tranquility of our people any longer".

State-based tariffs have been gradually withdrawn across the country, while the federal government announced in July that it would instruct the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to favour large-scale solar over rooftop solar in its funding decisions.

There are no reliable, independent counts of how many Syrian soldiers have withdrawn across the border; unofficial estimates suggest at least 1,000 crossed to the Syrian town of Jdeideh on Friday and Saturday.

Heavy American bombing finally dislodged them then, but Afghans in the eastern border areas said many of the fighters had survived and managed to withdraw across the border into Pakistan.

While rearguard actions held up the Allies at Adrano (on the western face of Mount Etna) and at Randazzo (to the north), 40,000 Germans and 60,000 Italian troops were safely withdrawn across the Strait of Messina to the mainland, mostly in the week ending on August 16, 1943 the day before the Allies' entry into Messina.

The Polish Army withdrew across the Vistula and continued north towards the Modlin Fortress.