Their soldiers had to retreat ignominiously after losing hundreds of lives.

在损失数百条生命后，他们的士兵被迫灰溜溜地撤退了。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

RETREAT】The enemy retreated before the advance of our soldiers.

敌军在我们士兵的进攻下退却了。

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He explained this was to focus them on moving forward - a motivational speech that was not appreciated by many of the soldiers watching their retreat option go up in flames.

他将此解释为使自己的士兵孤注一掷在拼杀向前的战斗中，尽管这种鼓动性的讲演并不为那些眼睁睁的看着退路在硝烟中被截断的士兵所领悟。

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Outside the cities, sandbags and checkpoints still halt traffic every five miles, at least until dark when soldiers tend to retreat to their barracks.

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Its last big push into the area, in the late 1990s, ended with hundreds of dead soldiers and a humiliating retreat.

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He then assaulted an enemy flanking force, successfully drawing their fire away from friendly Soldiers and ultimately forcing the enemy to retreat.

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