In fact, modern scholarly opinion in the main has not retreated all the way back to the destructive scepticism of the first half of the nineteenth century.

And, shoving her against a spruce, her back to him, he retreated with the whip and made it whine and crack in the damp air, shortening its arc until it narrowed to her flesh and the sound of it snarled and cracked, settling its own cruel demons on her shoulders while she stood as unchanged, as dark and motionless as ever, her eyes open and staring at the pale delineaments of the bark so close to her face.

His men fought well in the morning, putting up a stout resistance, but as overwhelming Confederate forces massed against them, their line eventually broke and they retreated back through the town of Gettysburg to the relative safety of Cemetery Hill south of town.

Meanwhile Nur ad-Din sent Shirkuh back to Egypt as well, and upon his arrival Amalric retreated.

It was a gamble which did not pay off, and whether through military error or betrayal, the Damascus campaign was a failure, and the royal family retreated to Jerusalem and then sailed to Rome and back to Paris.

Callistus left Reims for Mousson, but upon learning of the warlike stance of Henry, quickly retreated back to Reims.

After suffering devastating casualties, the British retreated in disarray ; however, Washington rode back and forth across the battlefield, rallying the remnants of the British and Virginian forces to an organized retreat.

The British retreated back to New York City and its environs, which they held until the peace treaty of 1783.

John retreated back across the Channel in December, sending orders for the establishment of a fresh defensive line to the west of Chateau Gaillard.

The local Angevin nobles refused to advance with the king ; left at something of a disadvantage, John retreated back to La Rochelle.

The Oda-Tokugawa force of 38, 000 won a great victory on June 28, 1575, at the Battle of Nagashino, though Takeda Katsuyori survived the battle and retreated back to Kai province.

On previous occasions, in 932 and 954 for example, there had been Hungarian incursions which had invaded the Germanic lands to the South of the Danube, and then retreated back to their native country via Lotharingia, to the West Frankish Kingdom and finally, through Italy.

Edward is said to have fought a successful skirmish near Southampton, and then retreated back to Normandy.

) Only after extensive reconnaissance of the Umayyad camp by Frankish soldiers — which by both historical accounts had been so hastily abandoned that even the tents remained, as the Umayyad forces headed back to Iberia with what loot remained that they could carry — was it discovered that the Muslims had retreated during the night.

However, the Spanish abandoned the square ( which was destroyed ) and retreated to the city of Panama, disrupting the British attempt to land back and do battle on land.

The expression " back to the drawing board " is used when a plan or course of action needs to be changed, often drastically ; usually due a very unsucccessful result ; e. g., " The battle plan, the result of months of conferences, failed because the enemy retreated too far back.

The response was negative, and the sheriff retreated back to Norwich.

It was conveyed that the rebels had retreated back to the safety of the high ground overlooking the city.

With the Cairoli dead, command was assumed by John Tobacco who had retreated back with the remaining volunteers into the villa, where they continued to fire at the papal soldiers, which drew back in the evening and retired to Rome.

Panic set in, and the French assaulters retreated from the Boulevart back to the landing grounds, dragging the bewildered Joan back with them.

Although Necho became the first pharaoh to cross the Euphrates since Thutmose III, he failed to capture Harran, and retreated back to northern Syria.

After an hour in which the Parliamentarians initially retreated under the unexpected attack, when reinforced by Cromwell's three brigades, they in turn forced the Royalists to retreat back toward the city.

After an indecisive battle, Amalric retreated to Cairo and Shirkuh marched north to capture Alexandria ; Amalric followed and besieged Shirkuh there, aided by a fleet from Jerusalem.

Washington retreated north from the city to avoid encirclement, enabling Howe to take the offensive and capture Fort Washington on November 16 with high Continental casualties.

As the ice sheet retreated toward the north, it still dammed the St. Lawrence valley outlet, so that the lake surface was at a higher level.

They retreated to the swamps and lakes north of the settlement area including Third Swamp, known to them as Boodjamooling.

As Ndebele moved into Transvaal, the remnants of the Venda retreated north to the Waterberg and Zoutpansberg, while Mzilikazi made his chief kraal north of the Magaliesberg mountains near present day Pretoria, with an important military outpost to guard trade routes to the north at Mosega, not far from the site of the modern town of Zeerust.

Overwhelmed by the sheer number of white men, more blacks retreated north on Greenwood Avenue to the edge of town.

Yaroslav retreated north to Novgorod, rather than to Kiev.

The German army retreated north of the Aisne River and dug in there, establishing the beginnings of a static western front that was to last for the next three years.

After the Pacific train of storms has shut off and the jet stream has retreated far to the north during summer, the primary source of precipitation is afternoon thunderstorms generated by monsoon moisture moving up from the Gulf of California during mid-to-late summer.

The majority of the attacking Zulu force swept around to attack the north wall, while a few took cover and were either pinned by continuing British fire or retreated to the terraces of Oscarberg.

As the Americans retreated north across the Appomattox River, they took up the planks of the Pocahontas bridge to delay the enemy.

The Assyrian army then plundered Sangibuti and marched north to Van without meeting resistance, the people having retreated to their castles or fled into the mountains, having been warned by fire-signals.

The 146 musketeers and 55 pikemen stationed at the Ommerschans fled north, only to return later that year when the bishops retreated after their failed siege of the northern city of Groningen.

As Longstreet's army retreated to Morristown, a detachment of his army intercepted and routed a pursuing Union brigade just north of Dandridge.

When the vast glaciers of the north retreated, the left numerous dry river channels crisscrossing the Llano Estacado.

Populations of both Modern and Neanderthal people were present in Norfolk before the last glaciation between 100, 000 and 10, 000 years ago, and returned as the ice retreated north.

Marching at night, Bennigsen retreated directly north to Wolfsdorf ( Wilczowo ) on the 4th.

That general, realizing he was now alone, recrossed to the north bank of the Lys and retreated to the northeast.

Despite the string of sharp defeats and the loss of the Empire's capital, Archduke Charles salvaged a massive army, with which he retreated north of the Danube.

During the 1980s, much of Labour's support had retreated into industrial areas of the north ; in 1997, Labour performed much better in the south of England.

The two sides clashed on November 27 in the Battle of Tarapacá, where the Chilean forces were defeated, but the Peruvian forces, unable to maintain the territory, retreated north to Arica.

The American 45th Division and the 11th Panzer Division raced north to fulfill their objectives, which led to several heavy engagements at Meximieux, in which the American units took heavy casualties, while the main German units retreated through Lyons.