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advanced guard

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The leading element of an advancing force. The primary mission is to ensure the uninterrupted advance of the main body. It has the following functions: a. To find and exploit gaps in the enemy's defensive system; b. To prevent the main body of the advancing force running blindly into enemy opposition; c. To clear away minor opposition or, if major opposition is met, to cover the deployment of the main body.
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And this was the way how, towards seven o'clock in the evening, without announcing his arrival by the din of trumpets, and without even his advanced guard, without out-riders or musketeers, the king presented himself before the gate of Vaux, where Fouquet, who had been informed of his royal guest's approach, had been waiting for the last half-hour, with his head uncovered, surrounded by his household and his friends.
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The sky, seen through the advanced guard, appeared like a mezzotinto engraving, but the main body was impervious to sight; they were not, however, so thick together, but that they could escape a stick waved backwards and forwards.
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You are its leader and its champion, its advanced guard and its van.
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