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* The Spartans were credited with this though it is hard to see how it could be done with a phalanx. At Thermopylae though there would have likely been a place to hide an ambushing force under the cover of the hills and retreat past them using the main force as bait.
**At Salimis Straits the Corinthians turned tail when the Persians arrived. While they were being pursued the rest of the Greek fleet waited for a favorable wind change and hit them at a vulnerable point. Later generations of Athenians were to accuse the Corinthians of cowardice because of strife between the cities but the Corinthian fleet was always a formidable and highly competent one and would not likely have run at the first sight of an enemy except as a ploy.
* At the [[World War 2|Kohima Campaign]] the British/Imperial forces baited the Japanese into retreating to the end of their supply tether by repeated engagements and retreats. At the end they formed into positions that could be supplied by air and let the Japanese butt their heads until they decided they had enough and pulled back.
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