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Complete Definition of "forced march"

English

Noun

en-noun|forced marches

  1. military Soldiers, especially infantry, being made to move at a speed that would normally tire them excessively, to meet a military necessity.

#:1885 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. � Ulysses S. Grant, Personal memoirs of U.S. Grant'' Chapter 28.

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