I ceased a sheet and waved it for a flag of truce.

Behind it came a boat with a flag of truce and the following summons from Colonel Easton, who commanded Montgomery's advance-guard at Sorel: SIR,By this you will learn that General Montgomery is in Possession of the Fortress Montreal.

Next morning, the 16th, a fateful day for Canada, the same Major Brown who had failed Ethan Allen at Montreal came up with a flag of truce to propose that Carleton should send an officer to see for himself how well all chance of escape had now been cut off.

Firing upon a flag of truce, hitherto unprecedented, even among savages, prevents my taking the ordinary mode of communicating my sentiments.

The charge of firing on flags of truce was another instance of 'talking for Buncombe.'

And yet I am unwilling to break a truce of so many years' standing!

He announces that the renegade, by deserting his allegiance, led to the breach of truce, and occasioned all these calamities.

If a body had a boat, now, I might go down with a flag of truce, and see what tarms could be made.

At noon on Friday General de Guise and his staff having taken refuge in Fort St. Philippe, a few miles below Antwerp on the Scheldt, the officer in command of the last line of defence sent word to the burgomaster that his troops could hold out but a short time longer and suggested that the time had arrived for him to go out to the German lines under a flag of truce and secure the best terms possible for the city.

On the 11th, Angria sent a flag of truce to offer terms, which were rejected.

A flag of truce had been first sent ashore to communicate with England and the other pirates, but it was found that they had fled inland.

The Council, wishing to redeem the prisoners, offered a six months' truce, and, after eleven months of captivity the prisoners were sent to Bombay, with the exception of three who took service with Angria.

At half-past one in the afternoon, the flag of truce having returned with the Governor's refusal to surrender, signal was made to weigh, and the whole fleet stood into the harbour in three divisions, led by the Kingsfisher, sloop, and the Bridgewater.

Early next morning, Watson sent in a flag of truce again, but surrender was still refused, so the line-of-battle ships were warped in and recommenced firing; while Clive, who had approached the fort, battered it from the land side.

Bombay Council, conclude a six months' truce with Sumbhajee Angria; send warning to merchantmen of French man-of-war; their reply to Toolajee Angria's overtures; co-operate with the Peishwa against Toolajee Angria; terms of agreement between the Mahrattas and; their instructions to Olive and Hough; proceed against Mrs. Gyfford.

But the truce threatened never to be broken.

Captain Jack's father, they said, was among the victims, and it was to avenge this wrong that Canby and the Peace Commission were murdered under a flag of truce.

While these scenes were being enacted, two Indians approached the lines of Mason and Green bearing a flag of truce.

But the loss of his sword and quiver of arrows seemed to incline the Muslim to a truce; he again approached the Christian, but no longer menacingly.

"There is truce betwixt our nations," he said.

But a truce to this idle jesting on exalted themestoo palpably the utterance of social envy and mortified ambition.

Cuza not being in agreement with either party, they united to depose him, keeping truce during the period preceding the accession of Prince Carol, when grave external dangers wore threatening, and presiding in a coalition ministry at the introduction of the new constitution of 1866.

But this done, the truce was broken.

Consider that I’m here under a flag of truce, and let’s see if we can’t come to an agreement.”

After five shots apiece there was a truce.