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Countermarch   Listen
noun
Countermarch  n.  
1.
A marching back; retrocession.
2.
(Mil.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.
3.
A change of measures; alteration of conduct. "Such countermarches and retractions as we do not willingly impute to wisdom."





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"Countermarch" Quotes from Famous Books



... else, I must have been posted as to its terminus. In corroboration of this assertion please notice that General Macaulay, General Strickland, General Thayer and General Knefler, all allude to the fact that the head of the column was approaching, not going away from the firing, when the countermarch took place. Consider, further, that the most imperative necessities of my situation, isolated as I had been from the main army, were, to know all the communications with that army, and to keep them clear, ...
— The Bay State Monthly, Vol. II, No. 6, March, 1885 - A Massachusetts Magazine • Various


Words linked to "Countermarch" :   marching, reorder, armed forces, military, process, march, military machine


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