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Example sentences for "capitulated"

Lexicographically close words:
capitula; capitular; capitularies; capitulary; capitulate; capitulates; capitulation; capitulations; capitulo; capitulum
  1. Sir George Repington capitulated and sat down to supper with Phyllida opposite and a great bowl of daffadillies between them.

  2. However, presently she caught her placket in the wanton arm of a chair and after a short struggle capitulated to stillness.

  3. General Lauriston immediately laid siege to the place, which capitulated on the 23rd June.

  4. The want of skill and the cowardice of a general placed in your hands some troops which had capitulated on the battle-field, and the capitulation was violated.

  5. Dantzig capitulated at last, on the 26th of May, without having undergone the assault which the French soldiers loudly demanded.

  6. Isla raised her swimming eyes and capitulated in a moment.

  7. So, in spite of much warning, Cissy capitulated to the newcomer's undoubted personal charm, and from that moment she was Isla's faithful ally and friend.

  8. This town was held by a Parliamentary garrison, who capitulated on honorable terms.

  9. The inhabitants relied principally upon the arrival of Balldearg O'Donnell for their defence; but, as he did not appear in time, they capitulated on favourable terms, and the Dutch General marched to Limerick.

  10. The citadel of Lille capitulated as we have seen, with the consent of the King, who was obliged to acknowledge that the Marechal de Boufflers had done all he could, and that further defence was impossible.

  11. There was more or less of a siege and when the president capitulated he was permitted to board a vessel and go into exile.

  12. Paul l'Ouverture reluctantly capitulated and the French thus assumed command of the Spanish portion of the island, with Kerverseau as governor.

  13. The men of Beaufort, of Ninety-Six, and of Camden, had capitulated under the promise of security.

  14. The Elector of Bavaria was too happy to escape, leaving his guns and wounded behind; and the citadel of Lille, despairing now of succour, capitulated on the 11th December.

  15. Fort Oswego capitulated to the French under Montcalm.

  16. The city of Bologna capitulated to the Austrians after a conflict of eight days.

  17. Paris capitulated to the allied army, about 2 o'clock in the morning, and the French troops evacuated it at 7, hostilities to commence in 2 hours.

  18. Durnford, capitulated to the Spaniards under Don Bernardo de Galvez.

  19. Retreat of the British from Utrecht, in Holland, upon which the inhabitants capitulated to the French.

  20. The French under Pichegru entered Amsterdam, and Geertruidenberg capitulated to Gen.

  21. Vienna capitulated to the French, and Napoleon established his head quarters in the imperial palace of Schoenbrunn.

  22. Quebec capitulated to the English under Louis and Thomas Kerth.

  23. The little band kept the horde at bay while their ammunition lasted, and then capitulated on promise of protection--to be humanely treated, and none delivered to the Indians.

  24. Ancona capitulated to the Austrians after a very destructive bombardment.

  25. At Fronsac an English garrison capitulated and was allowed to leave the country, each soldier bearing in his hand a baton till he reached the seaside.

  26. In November 1450 the French laid siege to Bourg and Blaye on the Garonne, both of which places capitulated in the spring of the following year.

  27. At first the Dutch were overwhelmed; town after town capitulated without a blow.

  28. Nothing," capitulated the district attorney and tried to smile.

  29. In the last dark days before the city capitulated Moncey, with six thousand citizen soldiers, fought bravely outside the Clichy gate.

  30. Vienna capitulated and the Marshals pressed on to seize the bridge before the city.

  31. So demoralised were the enemy that Figueras, with all its immense stores, nine thousand troops and two hundred pieces of artillery, capitulated to a mere summons.

  32. With their own soldiers dying of hunger at their posts, the French could spare but little food for the miserable prisoners, and when the town capitulated there was hardly one left alive.

  33. Having taken it in three days, he advanced eastward to Castelnuovo, which capitulated after a ten days' siege.

  34. Georgei had capitulated with twenty-two thousand combatants at Vilagos, where he handed his sword to the Russians.

  35. Zichy, of Count Palfy at Venice and Count Ludolf at Treviso, who capitulated disgracefully without adequate reason.

  36. At first he displayed the highest military talent and afterwards capitulated and surrendered the Hungarian army to the Russian General Rudiger.

  37. Perpignan, besieged for more than two years past by the king's armies, capitulated at the same moment.

  38. Douai capitulated on the 8th of September; Le Quesnoy was taken on the 4th of October, and Bouchain on the 18th; Prince Eugene had not been able to attempt anything; he fell back under the walls of Brussels.

  39. I capitulated at once, first because of the baby--she was such a dear!

  40. Well, bring her in," capitulated the doctor in obvious desperation.

  41. For four days the defenders made a gallant struggle; and on August 9th only capitulated on the terms of safe-conduct to Fort Edward.

  42. The forces at last combined before Montreal; and on September 8, just a year after Wolfe's splendid victory, the last stronghold of New France capitulated to the combined forces of England and the Thirteen Colonies.

  43. Montcalm was also mortally wounded, and just before the city actually capitulated he passed away, happy that he should not witness the surrender.

  44. Longwy, where the garrison consisted of only one battalion, has capitulated to the Crown Prince of Germany after a siege of twenty-four days.

  45. The Spanish governor capitulated next day, on condition of being transported with his garrison to the mainland, and four of his soldiers who had formerly been banditti in the province of Darien agreed to become guides for the English.

  46. The two assassins, finding the inhabitants indisposed to support them, capitulated to de Fontenay on receiving pardon for their crime and the peaceful possession of their property.

  47. After nine days of fighting and siege of the fort, de Fontenay capitulated with the honours of war.

  48. The Acropolis of Athens capitulated to the victorious Greeks, not without the usual atrocities, and Attica, was recovered.

  49. Ibraila capitulated on the 18th of June, and the military posts on the Dobrudscha fell rapidly one after another.

  50. Tripolitza also capitulated to the Egyptian, and the Morea was occupied by his troops after several engagements.

  51. On the 28th Longwy, the last French fortress north of Verdun, capitulated after a stout resistance.

  52. At last, when Vilvoorde was taken, when the baseness of the French King was thoroughly understood, when Parma's bridge was completed and the Scheldt bridled, Brussels capitulated on as favourable terms as could well have been expected.

  53. Dendermonde capitulated at a still earlier day; while the fall of Brussels, which held out till many persons had been starved to death, was deferred till the 10th March of the following year, and that of Mechlin till midsummer.

  54. Consequently I led the fat merchant a verbal chase, and baffled him until he capitulated with, "Excuse me.

  55. That settled it; I capitulated once more.


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