Word: rear-guard
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...first year Japan's advances were incredibly swift, at least by the standards of all previous wars. At something like forced-march rate, columns fanned out from Peking and Tientsin to west and south. Shanghai was taken after stubborn resistance (TIME, Aug. 30, 1937). The Chinese Armies fought rear-guard actions up to Nanking, where a ferociously maddened Japanese Army committed one of history's most terrible acts (TIME, Dec.27, 1937). Murder, rape, destruction, looting-a crazy vindictiveness on the part of the Japanese-resulted in some 50,000 civilian deaths...
Moving of the U. S. Fleet to the Atlantic means rear-guard tactics have played out. One form of action remains for the U. S.: to invite Japan to a round-table examination of the Pacific problem. Thus the U. S. might lump all its Pacific eggs, bargain on behalf of the Philippines, of The Netherlands East Indies, and even Australia, perhaps win for China better terms than are now in sight. The U. S. has much to offer hard-pressed, sorely drained Japan. The U. S. also has much to gain, including insurance of U. S. supply sources...
...Guards to the Rear. Perhaps King Leopold surrendered when and as he did because he knew or suspected that the British were about to withdraw, as they had from Norway, with their host's Army covering their rear. Certainly his surrender forced their immediate withdrawal. But it was an orderly withdrawal with the wounded sent first; a courageous, masterful rear-guard action conducted by General Lord ("Tiger") Gort in full cooperation with the French...
Around three sides of Karelia's crumbling capital Russian field artillery stood hub to hub, and under the torrent of shells they threw, the Red Army last week battered its way into Viipuri. Craftily the Finns fought their retreating battle, leaving small rear-guard detachments to hold up the advance while their main force fell back in good order. A ruined town makes the best of all fortifications, and as the Russians entered the outskirts of Viipuri, Finnish machine guns spat tellingly from the gaping windows of the all-but-demolished houses. The invaders had to occupy Viipuri block...
...Manners." A neat rear-guard action was executed by Mr. Hopkins in a parenthetic reference to the "generous peace" of the TVA-Commonwealth & Southern settlement...