retreat

     

Retreat may refer to:

Trivia about retreat

  • At camp, it signals the afternoon roll call; in the field, it means "fall back"
  • Field Marshal Barclay used this maneuver associated with defeat to lure Napoleon deep into Russia
  • It can mean to fall back, or a safe, secluded place
  • It can be a place offering privacy & quiet, or a military withdrawal of forces to a more favorable position
  • A place of seclusion, or an army's forced withdrawal before an enemy

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