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• The Squadron did its whole duty, and did it well, but in a few months the Canadian Government decided to withdraw from the Russian situation, and so recalled the Force to duty in the Dominion, after an absence of several months in the enigmatic land Thus, whether amid the puzzling problems of the war period in the homeland, or in the face of new situations abroad, did the riders of the plains, to the full extent of their opportunity, make their usual thorough-going contribution to Canada's part in the making of human history. —  Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police
• Meade was deeply hurt and started to withdraw, and the wrath of the Secretary was turned on me. —  Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865
• Weatherby, who had cantered off to get in touch with them, confirmed this; and as it was getting extremely "hot" (shells) where we were, I gave the order to withdraw--only just in time as it turned out The Dorsets formed a proper rear-guard and held off the enemy, who were by this time trickling in large numbers into the town; but by good luck the Germans seemed to funk coming on in formation, and by the time we had got back to the foot of the steep hill they didn't bother us any more except by occasional shells. —  The Doings of the Fifteenth Infantry Brigade August 1914 to March 1915
• I would suggest that it be advisable for me to withdraw--ahem Starkweather Musingly._) So the Church fails me, too To Rutland._) No, you shall stay right here Margaret Father, Tommy is down in the machine alone. —  Theft A Play In Four Acts
• When the officers were about to withdraw, the embassadors accompanied them to the head of the stairs and took leave of them there. —  Peter the Great

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