countercharge

In other situations, the accusation arises as a countercharge.

Preston and Palmer were not only driven back, but they left some prisoners as a result of a countercharge by a Union regiment.

Lieutenant Sharpe ordered a countercharge, and the battalion rushed to meet the enemy.

However, no formal answer came until November 5, three days before the election, when a countercharge was impossible.

Ribs of the wounded broken in; features of the dead mashed by the heels of the Brown countercharge!

The conduct of every department and every individual concerned was the subject of charge, answer, and countercharge innumerable.