Sentence examples for were surrendering to from inspiring English sources

"The Taliban were surrendering to the governor".

Those officials were worried, in large part, about creating the impression that they were surrendering to democratic forces and practicing the kind of damage control that a government or corporation might.

We heard that, on the other side of the city, a large number of Taliban were surrendering to forces commanded by the redoubtable Uzbek Northern Alliance warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum.

Senior Iraqi officials remained defiant today in the face of American military might, asserting that Iraqi soldiers and suicide bombers had "crushed" American troops at Baghdad's international airport and broken the American advance on the capital into isolated pockets that were surrendering to relentless Iraqi attacks.

In last May's presidential elections, Mr. Uribe constitutionally unable to serve a third term, threw his support and political prestige behind Oscar Iván Zuluaga, a candidate who claimed the peace discussions were surrendering to the communist guerrillas.

Meanwhile, the Italian garrisons in the north were surrendering to the 16th Infantry Brigade and the Support Group of the 7th Armoured Division outside the fortress; the 2/8th Infantry Battalion had taken the area above Wadi Meriega; and the 2/7th Infantry Battalion had captured Posts 10, 12 and 15.

In 1738 the two forts were surrendered to the Persian forces.

Sir John Forster, Warden of the March, ordered those inside to leave and the castles were surrendered to his control.

They both survived the war, and were surrendered to Britain as war prizes; they were dismantled in the early 1920s.

Eventually, with many buildings destroyed in the town, the castle and its valuable contents were surrendered to the Parliamentarians.

The remaining two U-boats, and, were surrendered to the United Kingdom and were broken up by 1921.