Which preposition to use with surrender

of Occurrences 519%

See also, for the best account of this battle and other events of the year between Wolfe's victory and the surrender of Montreal, The Fall of Canada, by George M. Wrong.

to Occurrences 473%

On the outer edge of the bar, near the head of Carlton Island, we caught between seventy and eighty in one afternoon, weighing from three to five pounds each, every one of which fought like a hero, diving with a plunge for the bottom, skiving with a rush down, across, or up the river; leaping clear from the water and shaking his head furiously, to throw the hook loose from his jaw, before surrendering to his fate.

at Occurrences 96%

The last real campaign was fought in 1781 and ended with the British surrender at Yorktown.

on Occurrences 57%

On the 18th of October a small American detachment attacked Chambly with two little field-guns and induced it to surrender on the 20th.

in Occurrences 44%

Their argument was that if the Lower Town could be taken the Quebec militia would force Carleton to surrender in order to save the warehouses, shipping, and other valuable property along the waterfront, and that even if Carleton held out in debate he would soon be brought to his knees by the Americans, who would march through the gates, which were to be opened by the 'patriots' inside.

without Occurrences 28%

Now he was called upon to surrender without having tried either his arms or his diplomacy.

with Occurrences 15%

Within the week St Johns surrendered with 688 men, who were taken south as prisoners of war.

by Occurrences 13%

Our soldiers on all fronts had often suffered through a trick of false surrender by German soldiers.

as Occurrences 11%

" It was complete surrender as to the combination knife-and-fork.

after Occurrences 10%

Samos resists the Athenian sway; is besieged by Pericles and Sophocles; Melissus defends the city, but surrenders after a siege of nine months.

under Occurrences 9%

November 16Copenhagen reported many German ships due for surrender under armistice conditions.

into Occurrences 8%

And the Devil promised to let it stand, Under compact and condition That the first living thing which crossed Should be surrendered into his hand, And be beyond redemption lost.

for Occurrences 6%

He proposed to surrender to the vested interests the principle of reasonableness which they demanded, and which the tribunal he represented, together with Congress, had refused to surrender for fifteen years.

within Occurrences 4%

These leaders at once sent an ultimatum to the Kerensky government, demanding their surrender within 20 minutes.

like Occurrences 4%

"My good man," said Clarkson, "it is my duty as a loyal subject to advise you to surrender and take your trial, but, if I were in your shoes, I'll be damned if I would!" The man, however, for some reason or other, did surrender like a good citizen, and the man who did not appear was his own leading counsel Clarkson.

before Occurrences 3%

He is still very low, but the surgeons declare that home quiet and careful nursing will restore him to his duties in time for the autumn campaignif the Yankees do not surrender before that time.

up Occurrences 1%

Blunt loves our part far better than the king's, And will, I gage my life, upon the news Surrender up the castle to our use.

during Occurrences 1%

Ever since Parker had voluntarily surrendered during the Rodeo, his right to alternate, day and day about, with Old Heck in the widow's society, the owner of the Quarter Circle KT had been watching Ophelia, covertly and carefully, for any sign of "Movements" or an outbreak as a dreaded suffragette.

than Occurrences 1%

La Rochelle had no sooner surrendered than, as already stated, Richelieu determined to make an attempt to undermine the power of Austria, greatly to the dissatisfaction of the Cardinal de Bérulle, Marillac the Keeper of the Seals, and all the other members of the secret council of Marie de Medicis.

from Occurrences 1%

only where the United States are bound by treaty, and have a reciprocal right to claim similar surrender from the other power."

through Occurrences 1%

Cassivellaunus, when this battle was reported to him, as so many losses had been sustained, and his territories laid waste, being alarmed most of all by the desertion of the states, sends ambassadors to Caesar [to treat] about a surrender through the mediation of Commius the Atrebatian.

until Occurrences 1%

This town did not surrender until after the destruction of its ramparts and the massacre of twelve thousand of its defenders; but the oasis of Akhal Tekke was in the power of the Russians.

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