Martel led the heroic rear guard action that allowed the King to escape with his own life.

Aside from minor rear guard action, the expedition was over.

The other three were delayed by various rear guard actions, and were not expected before 13 September.

But we might as well fight the best goddamned rear guard action in history and God knows you have been fighting it.

They took charge and fought a rear guard action so that we could be warned about the situation.

My mother knew when she had gone too far, and never fought a rear guard action.

On the cultural front, this agenda can manifest itself in bizarre rear guard actions.

We e will fight a rear guard action, if we must, and attempt escape by.

We argued for another three thousand years or so, but all I was doing was fighting a rear guard action.

We don't need him to fight a rear guard action any more.