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The three-metre long painting, titled The Rearguard (The Spirit of Anzac), will go under the hammer during the Owston Collection two-day auction at Sydney's Overseas Passenger Terminal on June 25 and 26.
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Most of the time the Rearguard is the one that takes the most criticism because it is the one that has the ability to look in-depth at the ineptness of our institution, sometimes pulling it off, and sometimes, sadly, missing the mark.
Daily Vanguard RSS 2008
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Most of the time the Rearguard is the one that takes the most criticism because it is the one that has the ability to look in-depth at the ineptness of our institution, sometimes pulling it off, and sometimes, sadly, missing the mark.
Daily Vanguard RSS 2008
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Upon the first account received by Monsieur the Count de Saxe of the Enemys marching thither he immediately sent after them the Hussars and Grassins who fell upon their Rearguard which was in a frightful disorder, as well as the rest of their army and brought off a great number of their wounded officers whom they found in the Houses on the Road.
Wild Geese at Fontenoy de Brantigny........................ 2007
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Upon the first account received by Monsieur the Count de Saxe of the Enemys marching thither he immediately sent after them the Hussars and Grassins who fell upon their Rearguard which was in a frightful disorder, as well as the rest of their army and brought off a great number of their wounded officers whom they found in the Houses on the Road.
Archive 2007-09-16 de Brantigny........................ 2007
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Vanguard, the Company (main body) and the Rearguard, none the less, they do not serve for anything else than to distinguish them in marching and in their quarters: but in an engagement, they are all pledged to the first attack and fortune.
The Art of War 2003
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-- Rearguard action between Kelly-Kenny and Cronje _en route_ to Bloemfontein.
With the Naval Brigade in Natal (1899-1900) Journal of Active Service
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Rearguard actions, to be practised on a grand scale, 283
Cavalry in Future Wars Friedrich von Bernhardi 1889
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Rearguard frailties cost Leeds a play-off spot last term but they will be boosted by the returns from injury of highly-rated left-back Ben Parker and Australian centre-half Patrick Kisnorbo - one of the best defenders in the Championship when fit.
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Will Longstaff's massive oil painting, The Rearguard (The spirit of Anzac), will go under the hammer in June when Perth developer Warren Anderson and his wife Cheryl sell their vast Owston collection.
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