An Indian runner hastened to Weatherford, urging him to capitulate without a struggle, but to this the chief replied: "I will never give in as long as I have ten men to fight behind me.
Fierce and vindictive in his hatred for the superior race, he determined to fight to the last ditch rather than to capitulate to the men under Jackson, Coffee, and Floyd, who headed the Georgia militia.
Provisions were scarce, but the courage of his soldiers was not lacking, and he determined to fight to the last ditch rather than to capitulate to such an enemy.
I am ready to lead the way into the thickest of their squadrons; and much rather would I be numbered among those who fell in the defence of Granada than of those who survived to capitulate for her surrender!
Boabdil yielded to the general voice; it was determined to capitulate with the Christian sovereigns; and the venerable Abul Kazim was sent forth to the camp empowered to treat for terms.
There, take that for Jena, and this blow for compelling me to capitulate at Lubeck; and this and this for the infamies you have perpetrated upon our beautiful queen at Tilsit!
He flattered himself that La Valette, taking warning by the fate of that fortress, might be brought to capitulate on fair and honorable terms.
The deputies informed the general, that the city was willing tocapitulate on the terms before proposed by the Flemish nobles.
In 1777, General Burgoyne, in an attempt to get down to New York from Canada, was defeated at Freeman's Farm on the Upper Hudson, and surrounded and obliged to capitulate at Saratoga with his whole army.
He there found that Gorges, whom he had sent before to capitulate with the lord keeper and the other counsellors, had given all of them their liberty, and had gone to court with them.
At this very time the city of Oaxaca, defended by Mexican imperial troops, was obliged to capitulate and open its doors to Porfirio Diaz, the general of liberal forces.
Ali," said he, "has negotiated like a merchant; I willcapitulate as a soldier.
Boabdil el Chico yielded to the general voice: it was determined to capitulate with the Christian sovereigns, and the venerable Abul Casim was sent forth to the camp empowered to treat for terms.
I am ready to lead the way into the thickest of their squadrons; and much rather would I be numbered among those who fell in the defence of Granada than of those who survived to capitulate for her surrender.
A second month passed, during which Peter waited and hoped for some piece of luck, either for an offer to capitulate or for the arrival of Repnin's force.
Prince Liechtenstein proposed to capitulate on condition that the garrison of Ulm should be allowed to return into Austria.
Prince Hohenlohe, who commanded a corps of the Prussian army, was forced to capitulate at Prentzlau.
He was in the habit of declaring that he would rather die without seeing England again than stoop to capitulate with those whom he ought to command.
He wrote to request that permission, and prevailed, with some difficulty, on his desponding countrymen to bind themselves by an oath not to capitulate till an answer from James should arrive.
Surely they would capitulate now without more talking or more fighting.
The people are said to be anxious to capitulate before a conflagration takes place, which must happen soon after a bombardment begins, when, not improbably, the fleet as well as the city will become a prey to the flames.
Ferdinand, while lying before Velez, received intelligence that many of the wealthy burghers of Malaga were inclined tocapitulate at once, rather than hazard the demolition of their city by an obstinate resistance.
Despairing of making an effectual defence against such a superior force, he was balancing in his mind whether to abandon his fort without awaiting their arrival, or to capitulate on honorable terms.
Do not bid me Dismisse my Soldiers, or capitulate Againe, with Romes Mechanickes.
That New York wouldcapitulate was a foregone conclusion.
With scarcely a dissenting voice, the great financial and business interests represented here demanded that New York City capitulate immediately.
To capitulate to the enemy is not to conquer; the enemy himself must surrender; and that enemy is the laziness and flabbiness of our actors, who must be forcibly driven to feel and think.
If I do not gain the victory, and have to capitulate in spite of my powerful ally, I shall go into no further battles.
On the 22nd of October Boufflers found it necessary to capitulate for the town, while retaining the citadel, and on the 9th of December he marched out of his last stronghold with all the honours of war.
In June Cairo fell, and General Baird having arrived from India, the combined English army compelled Menou to capitulate in Alexandria on the 27th of August.
All generals, officers and soldiers, who capitulate in battle to save their own lives, should be decimated.
Where the latter is wanting, however art may multiply the defences of a place, the garrison will be compelled to capitulate after having sustained the first, or at most, the second assault.
At length, on the 5th of January, Bara was forced to capitulatethrough famine, and the garrison was sent to the Mahdi's camp.
He then decided to make the garrison capitulate by famine.
The Saxons and Prussians are marching fast, to bombard Mayence and I must at last, capitulate if help comes not, &c.
If the German Air Force attacks English territory, England will not be forced to capitulate in one day.
One could not know that they would capitulate like that, and therefore Seyss-Inquart, who already had taken over the Government, asked us to march in immediately.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "capitulate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
