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[celem]

Dwarves dont do retreat.  As soon as they spot an enemy you lose control over them and they engage.  Canceling their orders just sends those not in combat back to the barracks (leaving those in combat to die).  The dwarfier move is to simply commit everyone when this happens.  Its an awesome situation where you manage to rescue soldiers

[Girlinhat]

Actually, civilians retreat.  Military do not.  If your dwarves become civilian, by canceling their orders and putting them on an inactive schedule, they will flee wildly like any pansy civilian would.  And probably die as well.  If they're schedule is to guard a location, and you order them to move somewhere, then you cancel the move order, they're still active military who are guarding the location, and will engage.  Keep their schedule inactive to allow for some form of aggro management,

[Angry Bob]

Actually, civilians retreat.  Military do not.  If your dwarves become civilian, by canceling their orders and putting them on an inactive schedule, they will flee wildly like any pansy civilian would.  And probably die as well.  If they're schedule is to guard a location, and you order them to move somewhere, then you cancel the move order, they're still active military who are guarding the location, and will engage.  Keep their schedule inactive to allow for some form of aggro management,

Keep in mind that retreating dwarves don't so much "retreat" as "pick a random direction and run." I had a guy try to "retreat" straight through a squad of axegoblins. Guys were Placing Item In Tomb for the next few weeks...

[celem]

Yeah they seem to attempt to flee directly away from the closest enemy.  They dont have the meta-view we have...or the intelligence of a stunned bird it would seem.