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Is there a word in English can express this?

 
 
Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 5 Feb, 2004 11:07 am
Oristar, the fragments of a defeated army would most often be referred to as stragglers--and the act of "rounding them up" would be known as rallying those troops.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Thu 5 Feb, 2004 11:08 am
I should add, though, that the most common use of the verb "to straggle" in a military sense is to fall behind on a march, or to fall behind to avoid combat. In the specific instance you mention, however, stragglers would be appropriate.
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oristarA
 
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Reply Thu 5 Feb, 2004 11:19 pm
Hi Setanta, straggler seems to be used more commonly referring to a soldier who has not engaged in a battle. But what I was looking for is an idiom for the soldiers who have fought with their enemy but failed to win the battle, who routed after a battle...

PS.
Thanks Clary for recommending some good dics. I've just read your replies yesterday. Very Happy
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