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    The Great Retreat (French: Grande Retraite), also known as the retreat from Mons, was the long withdrawal to the River Marne in August and September 1914...
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    (ROC), alongside many refugees, retreated to the island of Taiwan (Formosa). The exodus is sometimes called the Great Retreat (Chinese: 大撤退) in Taiwan. The...
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    The Great Retreat, also known in Serbian historiography as the Albanian Golgotha (Serbian: Албанска голгота, Albanska golgota), refers to the retreat of...
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    The Great Retreat was a strategic withdrawal and evacuation on the Eastern Front of World War I in 1915. The Imperial Russian Army gave up the salient...
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  • 1914. Great Retreat may also refer to: Great Retreat (Russia), the Russian Army's withdrawal from Poland starting on 22 July 1915 Great Retreat (Serbia)...
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    northern France and Belgium. In what is called the Great Retreat the Germans pursued the retreating Franco/British forces more than 250 km (160 mi) southward...
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    Reverses elsewhere along the Front, including the great defeat at Tannenberg, forced the 8th Army to retreat in conformity with the general Russian withdrawal...
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    romanized: Spomenica za vernost otadžbini 1915.) or Commemorative Medal of the Great Serbian Retreat, better known as the Albanian Commemorative Medal (Serbian: Албанска...
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  • Plato's Retreat was a heterosexual swingers' club catering to couples. From 1977 until 1985 it operated in two locations in Manhattan, New York City,...
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    Army. Archived 2015-04-03 at the Wayback Machine Kennedy Hickman. The Great Retreat, Eastern Front 1915 Archived 2015-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Military...
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    Warsaw opened with the Battle of Łódź (16 November – 15 December). The Great Retreat was a long withdrawal by the French and British armies to the Marne...
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    spiritual retreats such as wellness retreats, mindfulness retreats, spa retreats, adventure retreats, detox retreats, yoga retreats, and religious retreats...
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    (Battle of the Ourcq) (5–12 September) began, marking the end of the Great Retreat of the western flank of the Franco-British armies. By 4 September the...
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    Belarus. The Kingdom of Poland effectively came to an end with the Great Retreat of Russian forces in 1915 and was succeeded by the Government General...
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    The battles kept a large number of German troops in Lorraine, as the Great Retreat further west culminated on the Marne. The French Fifth Army fell back...
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  • Dark retreat (Wylie: mun mtshams) is a spiritual retreat in a space that is completely absent of light, which is an advanced practice of Tibetan Buddhism...
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    Battle of the Frontiers ended, the French armies and the BEF began the Great Retreat into France (24 August – 28 September), the Belgian army and small detachments...
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    a retreat across the Albanian mountains, suffering heavy casualties from combat, disease, and harsh weather, the retreat became known as the Great Retreat...
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    other comparisons were made of the Great Migrations, such as to the Great Retreat and a photo of Serbs fleeing from Republika Srpska Krajina. Malcolm...
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    Germans, they were eventually forced to retreat due both to the greater strength of the Germans and the sudden retreat of the French Fifth Army, which exposed...
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    congratulations upon the great achievement of your gallant troops ... Thanks to our combined efforts, the Ottoman army is everywhere in full retreat." The first Arab...
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    was killed in action in Warsaw on 16 August 1915 during the Russian Great Retreat. He is the highest member of the House of Liechtenstein to be killed...
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  • No Retreat, No Surrender is a 1985 martial arts film directed by Corey Yuen in his American film directorial debut. It is the first title in the No Retreat...
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    CCP, was never able to challenge Mao's authority. Essentially, the great retreat made Mao the undisputed leader of the Chinese Communist Party. The Kuomintang...
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    movement, a retreat is a place of refuge. Sometimes their retreats are called a bug-out location (BOL), a bunker, or a bolt hole. Survivalist retreats are intended...
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  • Kalvarija (Indecisive) Second Battle of the Vistula River (Russian victory) Great Retreat (Russian) (German victory) Gorlice–Tarnów offensive (Central powers...
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    France and Belgium 1917: The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battles of Arras. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction...
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    north pursued the French and the BEF southwards into France in the Great Retreat, which culminated in the First Battle of the Marne (5–12 September)...
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    advanced through most of Lithuania and southern Latvia during the Russian Great Retreat in the summer of 1915, putting them in the vicinity of one of the largest...
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    been retreating towards Damascus on 26 September. The pursuit by Desert Mounted Corps had captured half of them. Falls writes that "this great cavalry...
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