They were outflanked, outmanned and outgunned. The unnerved Americans thought themselves outnumbered and about to be outflanked and fell back . There, Selim outflanked the entrenched Mamluk artillery, and attacked the Mamluk forces with his Janissaries. They then outflanked Glaber's militia, annihilating his forces. The Japanese 18th Division was repeatedly outflanked by the Marauders and threatened with encirclement. Despite the victory, Union forces outflanked the Confederates. Units of the division were quickly outflanked and encircled. However Kellerman's forces outflanked him by advancing up the Rhine, recapturing French possessions there. Pipe's Delawares skillfully outflanked the American position and then attacked their rear. However, if the isthmus's defensive line could be outflanked, the Allies could be defeated. Fighting for continued until the Germans outflanked the French defenders from . At the Battle of Cerro Gordo, Santa Anna was outflanked and routed. Soon, however, the troops were outflanked by hundreds of warriors. A prepared defensive line at Mersa Matruh was outflanked, and disaster beckoned. Eisenhower emphatically refused to accept, and Truman outflanked opponents to his own nomination.