Soldiers question holding party with English side getting beat again (9)

'beat again' is the definition.
('conquer' is an answer for 'beat' so perhaps 'reconquer' is OK for 'beat again')

'soldiers question holding party with english side' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'soldiers' could be 're' (Royal Engineers) and 're' is found within the answer.
'question' could be 'qu' (abbreviation) and 'qu' is located in the answer.
'party' could be 'con' (abbreviation for Conservative Party) and 'con' is located in the answer.
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'side' could be 'r' (abbreviation for right) and 'r' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'getting' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?