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A feint retreat, or feigned retreat, is performed by briefly engaging the enemy, then retreating. It is intended to draw the enemy pursuit into a prepared ambush, or to cause disarray. For example, the Battle of Hastings was lost when Saxons pursued the Norman cavalry. That forfeited the advantage of height and the line was broken, providing ...
A feigned retreat is a military tactic, a type of feint, whereby a military force pretends to withdraw or to have been routed, in order to lure an enemy into a position of vulnerability. [ 1 ] A feigned retreat is one of the more difficult tactics for a military force to undertake, and requires well-disciplined soldiers.
This is a timeline of geopolitical changes around the world between 1500 and 1899. It includes dates of declarations of independence , changes in country name , changes of capital city or name, and changes in territorial ownership such as the annexation , occupation , cession , concession , or secession of land.
Although it is certainly questionable whether civil courts should refer litigants to prosecutors whenever a “feigned issue of fact” is offered, the current approach creates a permissive ...
"Feigned madness" is a phrase used in popular culture to describe the assumption of a mental disorder for the purposes of evasion, deceit or the diversion of suspicion. In some cases, feigned madness may be a strategy—in the case of court jesters , an institutionalised one—by which a person acquires a privilege to violate taboos on speaking ...
The militia feigned retreat, and Tarleton's troops charged forward. [66] As planned, they were met by Howard's troops, then surprised by Washington's cavalry charging into their flanks. [66] The British lost over 100 killed, over 200 wounded, and over 500 captured. [66] Morgan's command sustained only 12 killed and 60 wounded. [66]
A feigned-injury finding can be cleared if medical information establishes that a player had a legitimate injury. “Play football and stop the feigned injury nonsense,” Sankey wrote. Follow the ...
This is a timeline of country and capital changes around the world since 2000. It includes dates of declarations of independence , changes in country name , changes of capital city or name, and changes in territory such as the annexation , cession , concession , occupation , or secession of land.