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Short, simple sentences with “retreating”, suitable for children and primary/elementary school, with common expressions and related words. You'll also find examples for middle and high school.
When the French arrived in Moscow in September, they found it abandoned and largely burned by the retreating Russians, who refused to participate in the "final battle" that Napoleon always sought.
Thousands followed Anthony's example, retreating into the desert. These early monks were called anchorites: hermits who lived in the deserts, forests or mountains far from the temptations of a normal social existence (though they had to live close enough to civilisation for the food donations that kept them alive).
An infamous incident occurred in late May, when more than 300,000 British and French troops retreating from the Germans were pinned down on the English Channel coast near the French town of Dunkirk. There, a flotilla of navy and fishing vessels managed to evacuate them back to England while the British Royal Air Force held off the opposing German Luftwaffe (air force).
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