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countermarch::verb | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | reorder |
Examples of countermarch
countermarch
Thus, when he ordered a countermarch, his rear, including his many supply wagons, became the vanguard of his force.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Ronald Reagan has tried to stage a countermarch.
From the time.com
It was originally known as the countermarch, where troops were arranged in lines up to twelve, but more usually eight or six deep.
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Jews are planning a pro-Israel countermarch in Buenos Aires on Thursday, ending at a building destroyed by Arab terrorists in a 1994 car bombing that killed nearly 100 people.
From the fresnobee.com
- March back along the same way
- Change the order of soldiers during a march
- Infantry tactic where the first rank of musketeers fires a volley then marches to the rear to reload while the second and successive ranks fire and march back in turn to maintain a continous fire.
- A return march over the same ground, a "re-march"; not to be confused with RETREAT (eg: ROUT, BEAT FEET, CHANGING TUNE, BAILOUT, DEFEAT). See FORCE MARCH, MARCH.
