Promotion for leading soldiers reaching junction (11)

I believe the answer is:

advancement

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'promotion' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'for leading soldiers reaching junction' is the wordplay.
'for leading' becomes 'advance' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'soldiers' becomes 'men' (men can mean a group of soldiers).
'reaching' says to put letters next to each other.
'junction' becomes 't'.
'advance'+'men'+'t'='ADVANCEMENT'

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(Other definitions for advancement that I've seen before include "headway" , "getting on" , "making progress" , "Process of developing" , "Promotion in rank" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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