6 sentences with 'vanguard'
Example sentences and phrases with the word vanguard and other words derived from it.
• « In Lenin's mind, the obvious choice of a vanguard party was his own Russian communist party, the Bolsheviks. »
• « The terracotta army is arranged in the order of war: a vanguard, in a main body with two formations on either side, and a rearguard. The men and horse-drawn chariots were lined up in perfect rows, as if about to engage in battle. »
• « Shortly afterwards he received two pieces of news: the Triumvirate ordered him to retreat to Cordoba and the vanguard of the army of the Viceroy of Peru was advancing north under the command of Pío Tristón. »
• « The vanguard of the army revolted under the command of Ignacio Álvarez Thomas when it arrived, in April 1815, at the Fontezuelas post, near the city of Pergamino in the province of Buenos Aires. When they heard what had happened at the post, a general uprising broke out in Buenos Aires against the director Alvear, who resigned in the middle of the month and left for Brazil. »
• « The vanguard of the army, under the command of Justo José de Urquiza, defeated Berón de Astrada at Pago Largo, who was sacrificed with many of his soldiers. »