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The soldiers facing an attack in that vicinity (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

thereabout

'in that vicinity' is the definition.
(both can mean nearby)

'the soldiers facing an attack' is the wordplay.
'soldiers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'facing' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'an' becomes 'a'.
'attack' becomes 'bout' (I've seen this in other clues).
'the'+'re'+'a'+'bout'='THEREABOUT'

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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