The Collaborative International Dictionary
Countermarch \Coun`ter*march"\ (koun`t?r-m?rch"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Countermarched (-m?rcht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Countermarching.] (Mil.) To march back, or to march in reversed order.
The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near
and receded.
--Macaulay.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: countermarch)
Usage examples of "countermarched".
Faster, too—Brigade troops would have stopped and countermarched to get into position.
They made their own way out the main doors, as the Guards countermarched back to the walls and settled into position again.
Faster, too — Brigade troops would have stopped and countermarched to get into position.
Green and silver, they marched and countermarched, going through exercises which had long lost all meaning, learning lessons for a war which could never be fought.
One company at a time advanced, wheeled, and countermarched while the remaining troops stood ready in case the admiral's men attempted something.
But as soon as he found that the account of numbers was exaggerated, and that the enemy declined an engagement, he divided his corps into several small parties, publishing intelligence that each was on patrol, and that the main body of the King's troops had countermarched to Camden.
Then he marched and countermarched the zombie and skeleton army across the grove of the Great Druid, trampling everything to mud.
Cofflin watched with interest as a column of about thirty countermarched, each pair's spears crossing in an X as they turned.