Sentence examples for were persuaded to surrender from inspiring English sources

With this defeat the knights withdrew to their fortress at Valletta but were persuaded to surrender the following day with promises of pensions and estates in France.

Mr. Yee then barricaded himself inside his apartment until he was persuaded to surrender before 3 a.m. yesterday, officers said.

In moments of extreme frustration, some conservation groups have begun to wonder if Ecuador might not be persuaded to surrender its sovereignty over the islands.

He said he was prepared to die, as many other Iraqis had died since sanctions were imposed in 1990 after Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and that he had been persuaded to surrender by an Iraqi official.

"Unless they can be persuaded to surrender the lease a little bit early, it might be as late as 2017 before they [William and Kate] move in.

In the event, however, Theophobos was persuaded to surrender peacefully in the next year, while the "Persian" corps was disbanded and its men dispersed throughout the themes.

Matilda of Ramsbury, who held out in Devizes Castle against the king, was persuaded to surrender the castle to Stephen when the king threatened to hang the younger Roger if she did not yield.

Under this concept of land development, native communities are persuaded to surrender their customary lands to the Land Custody and Development Authority (LCDA), which acts as custodian of their land rights.

Both Louis and Conrad were persuaded to attack Damascus.

By 22 February, the nearby Dutch colonies of Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba were all persuaded to surrender without a fight by ships sent from Cochrane's fleet.

He was only persuaded to surrender when his former commanding officer travelled to his hideout on the island of Lubang in the north-western Philippines and convinced him that the war had ended.