Sentence examples for about the capitulation of from inspiring English sources

A British squadron of three protected cruisers and two gunboats brought about the capitulation of Zanzibar in 1896; and while battleships participated in the combined fleet Western powers deployed during the Boxer rebellion, the naval part of the action was performed by gunboats, destroyers and sloops.

THE celebrations in Moscow on May 9th to commemorate the capitulation of Nazi Germany 70 years ago will speak volumes about today's geopolitics.

Remember, the conquest of Syria in the 630s, the capitulation of Alexandria in 642?

Following the capitulation of Paris, he was rearrested that October, once again for revolutionary politics.

The New Yorker, June 22, 1940 P. 11 Comment on the capitulation of France.

The capitulation of the American consumer, then, is coming at a particularly bad time.

The concern is that acquihires represent the capitulation of innovation in service of the big getting bigger.

Following the capitulation of France in June 1940, the Poles were evacuated to Algeria.

Their efforts help secure the capitulation of Soviet forces on 4 July.

The Pasha immediately signed the capitulation of Patras and of the "Morea Castle".

Others ranted and raged about the pitiful capitulation of the University leaders, wondering aloud whether the football program runs the school.