flank guard in a sentence

Examples

1. Wilson's 3, 500-man Portuguese-Spanish force served as the left flank guard of this offensive.
2. The Third Army was to provide a flank guard north of the Reserve Army, by occupying a spur south of Gommecourt.
3. When the right column reached the hamlet of Matschach, Campi dropped off a battalion and two cannons as a flank guard.
4. Part of the reserve battalion of FGR 5 and part of II Battalion, RIR 211 were sent out as a flank guard.
5. The hussar brigade helped rout a Prussian flank guard at Zehdenick on 26 October 1806 and fought at the Battle of Prenzlau on the 28th.
6. The corps headquarters sent new orders at for the 5th Division to become a flank guard in the north, as all available troops attacked Arras.
7. Security missions could be rear guard, flank guard, or advance guard; the same functions as performed by infantrymen, only with tanks and ACAVs.
8. During Operation Kutuzov, 50th Army took a secondary role, acting as a flank guard for 11th Guards, but still made substantial gains during July.
9. His troops marched five kilometers in one hour, then they deployed from march columns into platoon columns with flank guards out and the artillery at the ready.
10. They also called up part of the left wing cavalry from the tail of the column and even the flank guard cavalry to take part in the general chase.