The fastest ship was HMS `` Superb '' under Captain Richard Goodwin Keats , which sailed Motion through the Spanish rearguard as a moonless night fell .

Alvensleben attacked Attack the French advance guard , believing that it was the rearguard of the retreating Escaping Army of the Rhine .

Australian forces Causation maintained Preserving contact as the Japanese conducted Action a well-ordered rearguard action .

The Umayyad army retreated Escaping in haste before the Türgesh arrived Arriving , managing Control to cross Motion_directional the Oxus river just in time , while their rearguard Collaboration engaged Participation the pursuing Türgesh .

To halt Preventing_or_letting the PVA advance , the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade was ordered Arranging to defend Defending the lower crossings of the Taeryong and Chongchon rivers as part of a rearguard , in conjunction with the US 24th Infantry Division further upstream on the right .

The remainder of the Batavian squadron escaped Escaping due to a fierce rearguard action by the frigate `` Argo '' , reaching Arriving the safety of the Danish harbour at Eigerøya .

The retiring Departing force Military_operation was pursued Aiming by the Anzac Mounted Division between 6 and 9 August , during which the Ottomans and Germans forces fought Hostile_encounter a number of strong rearguard actions against the advancing Cause_to_make_progress Australian light horse , British yeomanry and New Zealand mounted rifle brigades .

As the Franks retreated Escaping across the Pyrenees back to Francia , the rearguard of Frankish lords was cut off Hindering , stood Placing its ground , and was wiped Emptying out .

The Albanian nationalist forces and the 21st Waffen Mountain Division SS `` Skanderbeg '' served Assistance as the rearguard for the Wehrmacht 's retreat Escaping , helping Assistance the Germans successfully withdraw Escaping large forces from Greece and Albania .

The remainder of the garrison retreated Escaping northwards to form Cause_to_amalgamate a rearguard at Lake Hule with the survivors from the Samakh garrison .

The Tiberias garrison formed Cause_to_amalgamate part of a rearguard stretching Expansion to Samakh and on to Deraa which was intended to cover the retreat Escaping of three Ottoman armies .

The advancing British Empire units of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) were held Hold by rearguard units of the withdrawing Ottoman Empire units of the Yildirim Army Group , holding Hold a strategically strong position to the north of Gaza .

However , supported Supporting by an Ottoman cavalry attack Attack on the British infantry 's northern flank , the Ottoman rearguard strongly defended Defending the ridge all day and most of the night , until it was finally captured Conquering early on 9 November .

By then the rearguard had successfully withdrawn Escaping along with the withdrawing Escaping Ottoman columns .

having cut this line of retreat Escaping , chaytor 's force Military_operation proceeded Self_motion eastwards to attack Attack and capture Conquering es salt , before riding Self_motion on to attack Attack and capture Conquering the ottoman rearguard of the fourth army defending Defending amman .

With the Fourth Army in retreat Escaping , they continued to Amman , where they attacked Attack and captured Conquering a strong Ottoman rearguard of the Fourth Army 's VIII Corps , which fought Hostile_encounter a determined Deciding action .

In August , rebel forces launched an offensive on the government-held coast of Libya , backed by a wide-reaching NATO bombing campaign , taking Conquering back territory lost months before and ultimately capturing the capital city of Tripoli , while Gaddafi evaded Escaping capture and loyalists engaged in a rearguard campaign .

The operation Military_operation began Process_start on 14 January 1943 with the delivery Military_operation of a battalion of infantry troops to Guadalcanal to act as rearguard for the evacuation .

Samakh , in the centre of a rearguard line stretching Expansion from Tiberias through Samakh and on to Deraa was intended to cover Filling the retreat Escaping of three Ottoman armies .

The rearguard was set up to delay Change_event_time the advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ( EEF ) cavalry in the Desert Mounted Corps after the British Empire infantry victories in the Judean Hills at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Tulkarm , and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Tabsor during the Battle Hostile_encounter of Sharon .

On 20 September , German General Otto Liman von Sanders , the commander of the Yildirim Army Group , ordered Arranging Samakh 's German and Ottoman garrison to prepare GetReady a strong rearguard defence of the town .

By dawn on 25 September , when a regiment and two squadrons of the Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade attacked Attack Samakh , the rearguard was strongly entrenched Hindering .

This victory , which captured Conquering the centre of the rearguard line , concluded Process_end the Battle Hostile_encounter of Sharon section of the Battle Hostile_encounter of Megiddo and opened Process_start the way for the cavalry pursuit to Damascus , which was captured Conquering on 1 October .