Patience shown by soldiers facing defeat, spending time in foreign country (11)
I believe the answer is:
forbearance
'patience' is the definition.
('forbearance' can be a synonym of 'patience')
'soldiers facing defeat spending time in foreign country' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'soldiers' could be 'ra' (abbreviation for Royal Artillery) and 'ra' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'shown by' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for forbearance that I've seen before include "Patient self-control" , "Restraint" , "Patience" .)