After a lengthy engagement, he forced the large and well-armed merchant ship to surrender.

After the Dutch surrender, Captain Charles Foote ( of the Piedmontaise ) was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the Banda Islands.

After the war, 200, 000 Chinese troops under General Lu Han were sent by Chiang Kai-shek to northern Indochina ( north of the 16th parallel ) to accept the surrender of Japanese occupying forces there, and remained in Indochina until 1946, when the French returned.

After the French surrender, Louisbourg was thoroughly destroyed by British engineers to ensure it would never be reclaimed.

After the surrender, the Volunteers were hissed at, pelted with refuse, and denounced as " murderers " and " starvers of the people ".

After surrender in North Africa and losing the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 – 43, the Germans were on the defensive.

After the surrender of the Italian Army in September 1943, Albania was occupied by the Germans and soon exploded into a ferocious guerilla war.

After Lee's surrender, there was a public meeting in Shreveport, Louisiana, at which many speakers supported continuation of the war.

After the briefly successful reconquest of Sweden by Christian II and the subsequent Stockholm bloodbath in 1520, the Swedes rose in yet another rebellion which ousted the Danish forces once again in 1521, though Stockholm did not surrender until the summer of 1523.

* 1940 – World War II: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation.

After the surrender of two major Oeselian strongholds, Muhu and Valjala, the Oeselians formally accepted Christianity.

After the December 1933 Paraguayan victory at Campo Via, Bolivia seemed on the verge of surrender.

After Prime minister Nawaz went to the United States on emergency situation, an impression was attempted to create in the print media that Prime minister was at fault to surrender there.

' Timochenko ' announced the new commander in chief is ' Alfonso Cano ' After speculations in several national and international media about the ' softening up ' of the FARC and the announcement of Colombian President Álvaro Uribe that several FARC leaders were ready to surrender and free their captives, the secretariat of the FARC sent out a communiqué emphasizing the death of their founder would not change their approach towards the captives or the humanitarian agreement.

After this event, the FARC-EP released a statement saying that defeating the group would not bring peace to Colombia and called for a negotiated solution, not surrender, to the social and political conflict.

After the surrender, a dispute arose over the fate of French archaeological and scientific discoveries in Egypt, including a group of artefacts, biological specimens, notes, plans and drawings collected by the members of the commission.

After each step in the process the besiegers would ask the besieged to surrender.

After Japan's surrender to the Allied Powers, division at the 38th parallel marked the beginning of Soviet and U. S. trusteeship over the North and South, respectively.

After Napoleon's surrender and exile to the island of Elba, peace appeared to have returned, but when he escaped back into France in 1815, the British and their allies had to fight him again.

* January 15 – After a 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria, Biafran forces under Philip Effiong formally surrender to General Yakubu Gowon.

* October 2 – After two days of siege, Major Buckrucker and his men surrender.

After the surrender of May 8, 1945, eliminated the threat of Nazi Germany, Patton was quick to assert the Soviet Union would cease to be an ally of the United States.

After Greece's surrender to the Axis, the island came under Italian control and occupation.

After making the standard request for surrender at 0800, which was refused, Klenau ordered a barrage from his mortars and howitzers.

After expressing his interest to play in the 2011 fourth edition of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ), and despite not having have played active cricket for four years, Brian Lara still managed to attract the highest reserve price of $ 400, 000 ahead of the IPL players ' auction in early January 2011 ; however, no franchise bought him.

After the K – Pg extinction event, biodiversity required substantial time to recover, despite the existence of abundant vacant ecological niches.

After splitting the first two games at home, the Cubs headed to the Bay Area, where despite holding a lead at some point in each of the next three games, bullpen meltdowns and managerial blunders ultimately led to three straight losses.

After more than 8 years of follow-up, despite similar rates of drug use, sexual contact, and other supposed risk factors in both groups, only the HIV-positive group suffered from opportunistic infections.

After World War II, despite censorship, filmmakers like Roman Polanski, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Agnieszka Holland, Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Żuławski impacted the development of the cinematography.

After the Paris Peace Treaty of 1947, Finland succeeded in retaining democracy and parliamentarism, despite the heavy political pressure on Finland's foreign and internal affairs by the Soviet Union.

After graduating from Gymnasium Andreanum ( with excellent results, despite his musical activities ), Telemann went to Leipzig in late 1701 to become a student at the Leipzig University, where he intended to study law.

After Aristide's overthrow, the violence in Haiti continued, despite the presence of peacekeepers.

After easily taking the first set, he was defeated by the Russian, 1 – 6, 6 – 3, 6 – 4, 6 – 4, despite being up a break in the third set.

After the separation of Outer Mongolia from China, they have become the major ethnic group of Mongolia, despite the fact that the majority still live in China.

After World War II, despite the criticism, Achard's literary output continued unabated.

After 1871 Masurians who expressed sympathy for Poland were deemed " national traitors " by German nationalists ( this increased especially after 1918 ) According to Stefan Berger after 1871 the Masurians in the German Empire were seen in a view that while acknowledging their " objective " Polishness ( in terms of culture and language ) they felt " subjectively " German and thus should be tightly integrated into German nation-state ; to Berger this argument went directly against the German nationalist demands in Alsace where Alsatians were declared German despite their " subjective " choice.

By 1907, REO had gross sales of $ 4. 5 million and the company was one of the four wealthiest automobile manufacturers in the U. S. After 1908 however, despite the introduction of improved cars designed by Olds, REO's share of the automobile market decreased due in part to competition from emerging companies like Ford and General Motors.

After the death of Niyazov, Deputy Prime Minister Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow took over, despite the fact that Öwezgeldi Ataýew, the Chairman of the Parliament of Turkmenistan, would be the next in line in the order of succession ( allegedly because the prosecutor-general had initiated investigations against Ataýew ).

After exhibiting at the Consumer Electronics Show in January 1999, Mike Ramsay announced to the company that the first version of the TiVo digital video recorder would ship " In Q1 ," ( the last day of which is 31 March ) despite an estimated four to five months of work remaining to complete the device.

After mulling the question over for some minutes, he replied no, despite alleged adulterous affairs.

After his Redskins failed to make the playoffs in 1977 despite posting a 9 – 5 record, Allen was fired and was replaced by new head coach Jack Pardee, a star linebacker under Allen in Los Angeles and Washington.

After October 1956 four books written by Gombrowicz appeared in Poland and they brought him great renown despite the fact that the authorities did not allow the publication of Dziennik ( Diary ).

After the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Queen Mary II and King William III governed with both Whigs and Tories, despite the fact that many of the Tories still supported the deposed Roman Catholic James II.

After his assassination, Rabin was hailed as a national symbol and came to embody the Israeli peace camp ethos, despite his military career and hawkish views earlier in life.

After word got out that Ponzi had never obtained American citizenship ( despite having lived in the United States for most of the time since 1903 ), federal officials initiated efforts to have him deported as an undesirable alien in 1922.

After concluding a diplomatic mission to Sparta during the latter part of which Menelaus was absent to attend the funeral of his maternal grandfather Catreus, Paris absconded to Troy with Helen in tow despite his brother Hector forbidding her to depart with them.

After taking up his post, Foucault soon developed a friendship with Vuillemin despite their political differences ; Vuillemin being a rightist and Foucault a leftist.

After passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protecting and facilitating voter registration despite state barriers became the main effort of the movement.