What is "white flags"

Usage examples of "white flags".

He explained to Aitken the arrangement he had made with the Governor, and the two men watched the British flags which were now flying from the two forts and Government House without the white flags of truce.

Summers hoisted white flags - flags of truce, he called 'em - from the fore, main and mizen, and then hove-to off the anchorage.

The Lancers held their eight-foot-long weapons vertically so that the red and white flags made a brave show against the sky.

Dust had almost obscured the range, but I glimpsed the two white flags on the summit of the Finger of Horus.

Now, here he was waving white flags and offering peace initiatives.

I said their best chance to survive was to go back to the prison and fly white flags everywhere.

The stenographers are surrounded with used pads, and frequently stop writing to flap their limp hands in the air like white flags.

Only when they had retreated did General Calvet order his guns to cease their fire so that Frenchmen, armed with white flags, could go forward and rescue the injured.

Hunter was surprised however when he saw that most of them were flying white flags.

As soon as the brigade's battalion commanders saw the desert camouflage of the advancing 10th Light, they sent out emissaries under white flags to arrange surrender.