MR LAX
Really, my colleague is asking this question of you and you keep missing the point.
	The point isn't that you were forced to do it or that you did it willingly.  In the light of your command to retreat and that came from a higher Officer, retreat.  Did that command mean you must abandon the operation or did it mean that you should leave the area only and at some later stage, continue with the operation.  Let's clear that up first.