About this time, the American forces in the field having been defeated, as hereafter to be narrated, and the British having completed their second parallel, an offer to capitulate was made by Lincoln, to Sir Henry Clinton, and rejected.
"A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion"
William Dobein James
We will see how long it is before you capitulate, oh my fortified and arrogant city!
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
At last, one day, we saw the flag hauled down; the guns at the same time ceased, and we knew that all was over, and the gallant garrison had been compelled to capitulate.
"Paddy Finn"
W. H. G. Kingston