The British were awaiting the arrival of troops and keeping on the alert; the Boers were making proclamations and annexing adjacent villages.
Not content with this, she tore down the proclamation of the Boers annexing the district, and put in its place the Governor's proclamation against treason.
In 1261, Alexander III, having come of age, took up his father's policy of annexing the Norse dominions adjoining Scotland, and sent a fresh embassy to Norway.
In the sixteenth century it was in full decay, and was so poor that its finances had to be helped out by annexing to it the funds of another abbey.
Curiously enough, at the Treaty of the Pyrenees in 1659 nothing was said about annexing Aran to France.
Penda made the best of his victory by annexing the Southumbrians, the Middle English, and the Lindiswaras, as well as by conquering the Severn Valley from the West Saxons.
Ecgberht followed up this step by annexing Mercia in 829: after which he marched northward against the Northumbrians, who at once "offered him obedience and peace; and they thereupon parted.
Thus we see that she soon became the most powerful of the Latin cities, and when her interests conflicted with theirs, she had no scruples about conquering any of them and annexing their territory.
It resulted in no material advantage to either side, except that Rome retained Capua and made it a municipium, annexing its territory to her own.
The conquest was considered as annexing and uniting Wales to the English crown, both in point of property and jurisdiction, as a part of one body.
Another incontestible proof that annexing a country to the crown of England, does not annex it to the realm, or subject it to parliament.
In 1845 the Congressional agitation was resumed on the question of annexing Texas.
They see the Russian tzars, year after year, annexing new nations to their territory, and about all they can do is to remonstrate.
Slowly but surely the theater wasannexing the Frohman boys.
Charles Frohman celebrated the opening theatrical season of the new twentieth century byannexing a new star and a fortune at the same time.
France had made himself master of Naples, and was apparently bent on conquering and annexing all of Italy.
Under the restraining hand of Egypt they returned to the rank of a second-rate power, just strong enough to inspire its neighbours with respect, but too weak to extend its territory by annexing that of others.
The British Court, who had, probably, not yet adopted the idea of relinquishing the Floridas, seemed desirous of annexing as much territory to them as possible, even up to the mouth of the Ohio.
The Emperor began byannexing the island of Walcheren.
Here he issued a decree annexing Rome, to which Pius VII.
After extending his domains as far as the Somme and annexing Walloon Flanders and Artois, this prince consolidated his power by marrying a daughter of Alfred the Great.
More than this, if the experiment of annexing an outlying possession was to be tried, that was, perhaps, the best of opportunities, since the resident population to be assimilated was exceedingly small.
The cause of his displacement may be found in the angry contentions to which the scheme of annexing San Domingo gave rise.
We have no interest in annexing Tibet, and we have definitely declared against either annexation or protectorate; but we most certainly do want quiet there and the removal of any influence which would cause disquiet.
The overcrowded monarchies do not pretend any special scruples aboutannexing anything annexable.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "annexing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
