Sentence examples for he decided to surrender from inspiring English sources
After several of his soldiers were killed, he decided to surrender, as he tells it, to avert a larger bloodbath.
This alerted Labrosse to the rapidly approaching squadron and he decided to surrender rather than be destroyed by the combined firepower of the British ships.
Winkelman concluded that it apparently had become the German policy to devastate any city offering any resistance; in view of his mandate to avoid unnecessary suffering and the hopelessness of the Dutch military position he decided to surrender.
The faster Japanese ships stayed beyond the range at which Nebogatov's ships could effectively reply and he decided to surrender his ships at 10 30 as he could neither return fire nor close the range.
At his home on Saturday, Dr. Rantisi denied reports that he had decided to surrender to the Palestinian Authority, but he declined to discuss his situation further.
Then, last November, while in the hospital with chest pains, Mr. Seidl, now 63, feared he was dying and decided to surrender to the authorities.
A group of Arab and other foreign fighters had decided to surrender unconditionally, he said.
It remains unclear where General Niyombare is after reports circulated that he had told an AFP reporter his forces had decided to surrender to government troops, but added: "I hope they won't kill us".
Most of Wooden Leg's family decided to surrender at the agency, but he and his brother Yellow Hair joined one of several groups who chose not to surrender at either place.
The doctor ultimately decided to surrender his prescription license since he didn't really need it in his part-time job performing surgeries at a Veterans Affairs medical center, but the Globe reported that at least two other doctors have given up their positions with medical marijuana firms.
