Could it be that pure coincidence has clouded our understanding of the surrender for half a century?
The siege was only lifted when MacDonald of Dunivaig agreed with MacLean of Duart to surrender half of his lands on Islay.
The siege was only lifted when Macdonald of Dunivaig and the Glens agreed with Maclean of Duart to surrender half of his lands on Islay.
Before Culverhouse's death, his wife, Joy, had signed a post-nuptial agreement to surrender her half of the estate.
Malaria was endemic in the marshlands of eastern Virginia during the time, and Cornwallis's army suffered greatly from the disease; he estimated during the surrender that half of his army was unable to fight as a result.
Early surrender is when you opt out of half your bet before the dealer checks for a blackjack on his/her behalf.
Those whose products are bulky and hard to smuggle (tobacco farmers, for instance) must surrender half of their hard-currency proceeds to the government, which repays them in crisp new Zimbabwe dollars, at the official rate.This is not nearly enough, however, to keep Zimbabwe supplied with petrol (the distribution of which is a state monopoly).
But markets were disappointed: anticipation of decisive action had sent Japan's Nikkei index up more than 3 percent early Monday, but stocks surrendered almost half of the gains after the bank's announcement.
On what ground, "Shoah" asked, should we not surrender half a day of our easeful life to the scrutiny of mass extinction?
Injured in October 1944, he became commander in chief, west, in March 1945, replacing Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, but proved unable to stop the Anglo-American drive into Germany and surrendered the southern half of the German forces on May 7 , 1945
