He was soon killed in battle, and again Zhang Lu considered surrendering.
Still hopeful of relief, Anderson refused to consider surrendering.
For an instant he considered surrendering himself; then the overwhelming need to bolt from trouble overcame him.
Germanus considered surrendering but a crown sympathetic to him convinced him otherwise.
Could he even consider surrendering the men to the Chinese, hoping they might release the Americans?
The city considered surrendering, because there was nearly no chance of relief and supplies were dwindling.
There was never any attempt to communicate with us, and they refused to consider surrendering.
They thereafter jointly considered surrendering to the Later Tang army.
We wanted it to be over and there was too much inbred Yankee stubbornness to consider surrendering.
Other Oglala camps nearby, however, were more willing to hear the message and to seriously consider surrendering at the agencies.