were retreating
retreat
Obviously, a firefight ensued as we were retreating. | Evidentemente, una ofensiva avanzaba mientras nos retirábamos. |
Five million years later the seas were retreating before the rising land. | Cinco millones de años después, los mares retrocedieron ante la elevación del suelo terrestre. |
The soldiers were retreating injured, covered in blood. | Los soldados se estaban retirando heridos, cubiertos en sangre. |
By 1943, the Germans were retreating on all fronts. | Desde 1943, los alemanes se retiran de todos los frentes. |
Germans were retreating on the left bank of Vistula river. | Los alemanes efectuaban la retirada a la ribera izquierda del Vístula. |
Five million years later the seas were retreating before the rising land. | Cinco millones de años más tarde los mares se retiraban ante la tierra ascendente. |
That day Iraqi forces were retreating north from Kuwait City to Basra. | Ese día las fuerzas iraquíes se retiraban hacia el norte desde la Ciudad de Kuwait hacia Basra. |
The Germans were retreating. | Los alemanes estaban de retirada. |
Five million years later the seas were retreating before the rising land. | Cinco millones de años más tarde, los mares se retiraron ante las tierras que se iban elevando. |
Now the samurai of the three clans of the Sheltered Swords stood as one, and they were retreating. | Ahora, los samurai de los tres clanes de las Espadas Protegidas eran como uno solo, y estaban retirándose. |
On Tuesday 17 February the rebels began to take Debaltseve and on Wednesday Kiev confirmed that its troops were retreating. | El martes 17 de febrero los rebeldes empezaron a tomar Debáltsevo y el miércoles Kiev confirmó que sus tropas se retiraban. |
By the end of 1943, the Soviets had gained the upper hand and the Germans were retreating. | Después de Kiev, los alemanes no estaban superados en número por el Ejército Rojo, y los soviéticos no tenían más reservas. |
Nine hundred soldiers who were retreating in a heavy snow storm were taken on board to safety during one of the last voyages. | Novecientos soldados en retirada bajo una fuerte tormenta de nieve, serán puestos a salvo por el convoy durante uno de los últimos desplazamientos. |
All the bourgeois historians accept that by this stage, Chiang's forces were retreating in disarray and that the PLA was rapidly gaining in strength. | Todos los historiadores burgueses aceptan que en esta etapa las fuerzas de Chiang se estaban retirando en desbandada y que el ELP estaba ganando rápidamente fuerza. |
By 23 May, Ethiopia claimed to have occupied some command posts on the Zalambessa front and that Eritrean forces were retreating in disarray. | El 23 de mayo Etiopía afirmó haber ocupado algunos puestos de mando del frente de Zalambessa y que las fuerzas eritreas se estaban retirando en desorden. |
It appeared to the Northern men that their troops were retreating, when it was not so in reality, and a precipitate retreat commenced. | Les pareció a los hombres del Norte que sus tropas habían comenzado a retirarse, cuando en realidad no había ocurrido tal cosa, y eso produjo una precipitada retirada. |
On February 25, 1992, Iraqi forces were retreating north from Kuwait City to Basra in a long convoy of tanks, personnel carriers, trucks, buses, and cars. | El 25 de febrero de 1992, las fuerzas iraquíes se retiraban de Ciudad de Kuwait hacia Basra en un largo convoy de tanques, portatropas, camiones, autobuses y carros. |
We're 186 kilometers from Basra and it's 40 kilometers from Basra to Sufwan [Iraq's border with Kuwait], and they attacked soldiers who were retreating on foot. | Estamos a 186 kilómetros de Basora, y de Basora a Sufwan (la frontera de Kuwait) hay 40 kilómetros. Atacaron a los soldados que se retiraban a pie. |
In reality, when NATO intervened in mid-March 2011, Qaddafi already had regained control of most of Libya, while the rebels were retreating rapidly toward Egypt. | En realidad cuando intervino la OTAN, a mediados de marzo de 2011, Gadafi ya había recuperado el control de casi toda Libia y los rebeldes se hallaban en retirada hacia Egipto. |
In the spring of 1915, while the weaponless soldiers were retreating along the whole front, it was decided in governmental circles, not without pressure from the Allies, to recruit the initiative of private industry for work in behalf of the army. | En la primavera de 1915, cuando las tropas desarmadas se batían en retirada en todo el frente, las esferas gubernamentales decidieron, no sin la presión de los aliados, atraer hacia los trabajos de guerra la iniciativa de la industria privada. |
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