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Troops Protecting The Back Of A Retreating Army Crossword Clue and Answers List

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REARGUARD Troops protecting the back of a retreating army
LOOFAH Back-scrubber
SUCCESSIVE Back-to-back
BACKINGOFF Retreating
GARRISON Troops
SOLDIERS Troops
FRO Back
RELAPSE Back-sliding
MILITARY The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army.
BASHI-BAZOUK A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.
VANGUARD The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
RECALL To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
BATTALION A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array.
LEVY To raise; to collect; said of troops, to form into an army by enrollment, conscription, etc.
REPASS To pass or go back; to move back; as, troops passing and repassing before our eyes.
SUTLER A person who follows an army, and sells to the troops provisions, liquors, and the like.
MARSHAL To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.
CANTON To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.
FOREMOST First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army.
PICKET A detached body of troops serving to guard an army from surprise, and to oppose reconnoitering parties of the enemy; -- called also outlying picket.
REENFORCEMENT That which reenforces; additional force; especially, additional troops or force to augment the strength of any army, or ships to strengthen a navy or fleet.
CANTONMENT A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters.
BACK The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney.
INCLOSE To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a town with walls.
RESERVE A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
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