Sentence examples for offer of surrender from inspiring English sources

My peace initiative when I visited Jerusalem in 1977 was not a television show or an offer of surrender, as some adolescents in the Arab world alleged.

At the suggestion of American psychological operations experts, B-29s spent August 13 dropping leaflets over Japan, describing the Japanese offer of surrender and the Allied response.

When a less conciliatory faction gained power in Warsaw and the Russian offer of surrender was refused, Paskevich ordered his forces to launch an assault against Warsaw's western defences.

When the attack was renewed later, the Spartans managed to hold off the Roman assaults for three days before Nabis, seeing that the situation was hopeless, decided to send Pythagoras with an offer of surrender.

Contrary to the principle of reconciliation, during the last decade the government's efforts have not resembled negotiations, but an offer of surrender and the Taliban declared that they will not give up, surrender, and accept imprisonment - rather, they will continue their resistance.

The Carthaginian council offered terms of surrender but reneged at the last minute, pinning its hopes on one last battle.

To avoid further bloodshed, he offered terms of surrender to the Paraguayan commander, which was accepted.

Quickly surrounded, the Hessians were offered terms of surrender, to which they agreed.

On 1 November Nelson again offered terms of surrender to Vaubois, and was again rebuffed, with the reply "Jaloux de mériter l'estime de votre nation, comme vous recherchez celle de la nôtre, nous sommes résolus défendre cette fortresse jusqu'à l'extrémité" ("Keen to deserve the esteem your nation, as you seek that of ours, we are resolved to defend this fortress until the end").

Mr. Wahid spoke a day after Vice President Megawati Sukarnoputri, who has emerged as his main rival, rejected his offer to surrender most of his power to her in exchange for a guarantee that her legislative allies would drop a campaign against him.

As part of the deal, John offered to surrender the Kingdom of England to the papacy for a feudal service of 1,000 marks (equivalent to £666 at the time) annually: 700 marks (£466) for England and 300 marks (£200) for Ireland, as well as recompensing the church for revenue lost during the crisis.