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单词 advance guard
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Definition of advance guard in English:

advance guard

(also advanced guard)
noun
  • A body of soldiers preceding and making preparations for the main body of an army.

    前卫,先遣部队,先锋

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This small force consisted of a troop of dragoons in front, an advance guard of light infantry, a few artillery batteries, and several infantry regiments in the rear.
    • The group was the advance guard for up to 2,000 French troops being sent to create ‘favourable conditions’ for humanitarian relief.
    • On October 14th, the two armies met at Jena, with Lannes' corps as the advance guard.
    • The greater independence of action by military units as part of the advance guard gave the main forces greater freedom of action, enabling them to conduct maneuver to strike enemy flanks and combat service areas.
    • Then we moved on up through Belgium and on to Antwerp, where our role was to provide anti-aircraft support to the advance guards.
    • But the advance guard could pull out if fighting erupts anew.
    • Heading the English advance guard, he arrived at the siege of Acre, deputized for Patriarch Heraclius, but died soon after.
    • By early March their advanced guard had crossed the Alps, and an Othonian expedition to southern Gaul achieved little.
    • Lannes led the advance guard into Italy in 1800 and distinguished himself in the campaign.
    • Maintain contact with the lead company of the advance guard battalion while displacing, and report its activity.
    • Now, three weeks after war had been declared, he found himself riding, on a warm summer evening, in an advance guard towards thousands of enemy soldiers.
    • Although doctrine breaks a convoy into an advance guard, close-in protective group, and rear guard, the organization within these groups is based on available assets.
    • Seizing the opportunity to defeat an isolated corps of the Rusian general Korsakov, Massena sent an advance guard under Gazan across the Limmat river at dawn on September 25th, 1799.
    • Custer's regiment of 665 men formed the advance guard of a force under General Alfred Terry.
    • The advance guard is usually comprised of a motorized rifle battalion reinforced with a tank company, an artillery battalion, an engineer platoon, and a flame-thrower platoon.
    • The Army also tends to describe unit intervals in terms of distance; for example, the forward security element is 12 to 15 km in front of the advance guard.
    • Convoy soldiers should be assigned specific responsibilities, such as breech team, security team, security or advance guard, convoy commander, air guard, main body, and rear security.
    • It was feared the enemy would continue resistance in Norway and, in such event, we were to be the advance guard of major operations.
    • Not unlike the way the military would use an advance guard to reconnoiter forward positions; to search and report markers for following mission forces.
    • An additional consideration was that the ECOMIL force would be the advance guard of an eventual 15,000-strong UN force.
    Synonyms
    forefront, van, avant-garde, spearhead, front, front line, front rank, fore, lead, leading position, cutting edge, driving force

Definition of advance guard in US English:

advance guard

nounədˈvæns ɡɑrdədˈvans ɡärd
  • A body of soldiers preceding and making preparations for the main body of an army.

    前卫,先遣部队,先锋

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Heading the English advance guard, he arrived at the siege of Acre, deputized for Patriarch Heraclius, but died soon after.
    • The advance guard is usually comprised of a motorized rifle battalion reinforced with a tank company, an artillery battalion, an engineer platoon, and a flame-thrower platoon.
    • The greater independence of action by military units as part of the advance guard gave the main forces greater freedom of action, enabling them to conduct maneuver to strike enemy flanks and combat service areas.
    • Now, three weeks after war had been declared, he found himself riding, on a warm summer evening, in an advance guard towards thousands of enemy soldiers.
    • But the advance guard could pull out if fighting erupts anew.
    • Not unlike the way the military would use an advance guard to reconnoiter forward positions; to search and report markers for following mission forces.
    • This small force consisted of a troop of dragoons in front, an advance guard of light infantry, a few artillery batteries, and several infantry regiments in the rear.
    • The Army also tends to describe unit intervals in terms of distance; for example, the forward security element is 12 to 15 km in front of the advance guard.
    • An additional consideration was that the ECOMIL force would be the advance guard of an eventual 15,000-strong UN force.
    • Convoy soldiers should be assigned specific responsibilities, such as breech team, security team, security or advance guard, convoy commander, air guard, main body, and rear security.
    • The group was the advance guard for up to 2,000 French troops being sent to create ‘favourable conditions’ for humanitarian relief.
    • Although doctrine breaks a convoy into an advance guard, close-in protective group, and rear guard, the organization within these groups is based on available assets.
    • Seizing the opportunity to defeat an isolated corps of the Rusian general Korsakov, Massena sent an advance guard under Gazan across the Limmat river at dawn on September 25th, 1799.
    • Lannes led the advance guard into Italy in 1800 and distinguished himself in the campaign.
    • Then we moved on up through Belgium and on to Antwerp, where our role was to provide anti-aircraft support to the advance guards.
    • By early March their advanced guard had crossed the Alps, and an Othonian expedition to southern Gaul achieved little.
    • Maintain contact with the lead company of the advance guard battalion while displacing, and report its activity.
    • Custer's regiment of 665 men formed the advance guard of a force under General Alfred Terry.
    • On October 14th, the two armies met at Jena, with Lannes' corps as the advance guard.
    • It was feared the enemy would continue resistance in Norway and, in such event, we were to be the advance guard of major operations.
    Synonyms
    forefront, van, avant-garde, spearhead, front, front line, front rank, fore, lead, leading position, cutting edge, driving force
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