Sentence examples for mass surrenders from inspiring English sources

Wilder was responsible for one of the largest mass surrenders of the war, after his men were surrounded by 25,000 Confederates.

Our troops reached the outskirts of Baghdad in 100 hours and suffered fewer than 150 combat-related fatalities in large part because of these mass surrenders.

There were mass surrenders in Istanbul, with about 50 soldiers on the Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul abandoning their tanks with their hands raised.

This has helped to improve security and allay public anger, though many Bangladeshis believe that a series of highly publicised mass surrenders of suspects were more political theatre than a genuine end to a reign of terror.

In the early days of the protest, there were flames rising from the jail, prisoners remaining defiant while being drenched by hoses, but also mass surrenders by most of the 1,600 inmates.

The bombings underscored the persistent threat posed by the Islamist militants, despite claims of military successes in recent weeks in driving them out of captured territory, arrests and mass surrenders.

Gen Jetley blames low morale for the mass surrender of his troops.

American military officials had predicted mass surrender by units of the 51st division, whose soldiers are more poorly equipped and paid than Iraq's frontline Republican Guard divisions.

Iraqi prisoners of war now total between 1,000 and 2,000, General Franks said, another indication that the mass surrender that characterized the 1991 Persian Gulf war had not materialized.

The militants' return, and what seemed today to be shaping up as their mass surrender, was a short-term success for both the Kurds and the United States.

An administration official told me that the "Guinness Book of World Records" expressed interest in certifying it as the biggest mass surrender of criminals in history.