forced march

Definitions

A movement on foot by soldiers or prisoners of war, who must, in order to satisfy a military requirement, travel at a speed or in adverse conditions that would normally tire them excessively.

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Examples

“I did not believe⟳ this possible because of the distance and the condition of the roads, which was bad; besides, troops after a forced march⟳ of twenty miles are not in a good condition for fighting the moment they get⟳ through.”

“[M]any of their leaders could not yet wholly believe⟳ that Jackson and his army, making a forced march⟳ in the dead of winter, were at hand.”

“American and Filipino prisoners from the fall⟳ of Corregidor in 1942 were refused food and water on a six-day, 97-km forced march⟳ to their place⟳ of confinement at Camp O'Donnell.”

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