Sentence examples for and the capitulation of from inspiring English sources

In urban policy, we are witnessing the triumph of the market and the capitulation of the state.

Shrewsbury was killed, the garrison in Castillon surrendered the next day, and the capitulation of Bordeaux in October restored Guyenne and Gascony to France and ended the war.

As TV news reported the stunning progress by coalition forces and the capitulation of Iraq's military, I was immersed in bubble wrap, sticky tape and endless wooden boxes.

Aided by a porous border with Turkey, which saw at least 15,000-20,000 foreigners cross to join its ranks, and the capitulation of the Iraqi army around Mosul, the group was by last June operating outside of state control and threatening the entire regional order.

In fact, Mr. Schivelbusch's epilogue, with its cursory examination of recent events after 9/11, would have benefited from the same sharp attentiveness found in his three case histories of catastrophic defeats: the surrender of the South after the Civil War, the routing of France in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, and the capitulation of Germany after the First World War.

The death of Andronicus IV in 1385 and the capitulation of Thessalonika in 1387 to Hayreddin Pasha encouraged Manuel II Palaeologus to seek the forgiveness of the Sultan and John V. His increasingly close relationship with John V angered John VII who saw his right as the heir threatened.

After gaining the backing of leading Jutland nobles and bishops (1534), Christian sponsored successful military campaigns in the provinces of Jutland, Fyn, and Zealand and, with the capitulation of Copenhagen (1536), he assumed control of the kingdom.

Stockton and Kearny went on to recover Los Angeles and force the capitulation of Alta California with the "Treaty of Cahuenga" on January 13 , 1847

It occurred at a time when the Allied nations had experienced nothing but defeat, in France, at Salonika and at the capitulation of Kut in Mesopotamia.

This contemporary retelling of the internecine Greek war -- lasting 27 years, from 431 to 404 B.C., and ending with the capitulation of Athens and its occupation by Sparta -- compares the conflict to World War I, the American Civil War and the present war on terror.

Yves Smith headlined that day, "The Top Twelve Reasons Why You Should Hate the Mortgage Settlement," and she described the capitulation of Schneiderman, Harris, and the other recalcitrant Democratic state AGs.