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During the retreat to Dunkirk in May 1940, John Ashdown ignored an order to abandon the Indian troops under his command, instead leading them to the port and on to one of the last ships to leave, without losing a single man.
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During and retreat
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During the Nationalist's retreat from Nanjing, the dams around the city were deliberately destroyed by the Nationalist army in order to delay the Japanese advance, killing 500, 000 people in the subsequent 1938 Yellow River flood.
During the second-dessert, the noble family would retreat in separate private quarters for an intimate part of the meal without servants.
* 1811 – During André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
During times of Portuguese colonization, Moors were persecuted, and many forced to retreat to the central highlands and the eastern coast.
During the period of Ngawang Namgyal's supposed retreat, appointments of officials were issued in his name, and food was left in front of his locked door.
During the Battle of Wuzhang Plains, he falls sick and sends secret orders for his army to retreat.
During the filming of a scene in which a bridge was blown up, Eastwood urged Wallach to retreat to a hilltop.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Mazrui and Omani Arabs reclaimed much of the Indian Ocean trade, forcing the Portuguese to retreat south.
During Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812, more French soldiers died of typhus than were killed by the Russians.
During the retreat, the nineteen-year-old king died in a marsh.
During the retreat from Forts Washington and Lee, he dawdled with his army, and intensified a letter campaign to convince various Congress members that he should replace Washington as Commander-in-Chief.
During this retreat the army had to fight its way across the Somme at the ford of Blanchetaque against a French army led by Hugh de Châtillon, who was captured and sold to Edward III.
During the retreat, membership in the party fell from 300, 000 to around 40, 000.
During the retreat, approximately 200, 000 Serbs perished in the Albanian mountains and thousands more perished once they arrived on the Greek island of Corfu.
During his leadership of the Russian revolution of 1905, Trotsky argued that once it became clear that the Tsar's army would not come out in support of the workers, it was necessary to retreat before the armed might of the state in as good an order as possible.
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During their retreat from Quebec, the Americans carefully took or destroyed all ships on Lake Champlain that might prove useful to the British.
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During the post-Civil War years, President Ulysses S. Grant stayed at a summer retreat known as the Friendship House located in Cottage City.
During the Gettysburg Campaign in the American Civil War, the Battle of Fairfield played an important role in securing the Fairfield pass and the Hagerstown Road, enabling Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to retreat through Fairfield towards the Potomac River.
During the American retreat, Lafayette rallied the troops, allowing a more orderly retreat before being treated for his wound.
During and Dunkirk
During the Phoney War from September 1939 until the Dunkirk evacuation, Philby worked as the Times correspondent with the British Expeditionary Force headquarters.
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During the German occupation, Dunkirk was largely destroyed by Allied bombings ; the artillery siege of Dunkirk was directed on the final day of the war by pilots from No. 652 Squadron RAF, and No. 665 Squadron RCAF.
During the negotiations that led to the treaty, a major issue of dispute between Britain and France had been over the status of the fortifications of the French coastal settlement of Dunkirk.
During World War II, he fought in the Battle of France, and was evacuated from Dunkirk.
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During the Second World War the division formed part of the British Expeditionary Force in France until evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo in June 1940.
During the retreat to Dunkirk, the ' Dukes ' forming part of the rearguard.
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During Walker's time in that role the legendary Dunkirk evacuations took place, in which the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) was evacuated from France.
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