lowered — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
slumped — to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor.
dismounted — Pertaining to a horseman who has gotten off his horse, or to something which has been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
retreated — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.