strike his colorsの例文
- "Constellation " crossed " L'Insurgente " s bow and strike his colors and surrender the vessel.
- One of the first convoys, escorted by five Dutch warships under command of Van Bylandt, departed from the Texel in December, 1779, and was intercepted by a far stronger British squadron near the Isle of Wight on December 30, 1779 . This led to the celebrated Affair of Fielding and Bylandt in which Bylandt was forced to strike his colors after firing just one broadside.
- Herman Melville criticized Porter's refusal to strike his colors when it became clear that the situation was hopeless, instead seeking to " crown himself with the glory of the shambles, by permitting his hopeless crew to be butchered before his eyes . " " Nor, by thus continuing to fight, did this American frigate, one iota, promote the true interests of her country ."
