Lacking radios, the Renamo command sent couriers into the bush to persuade local commanders to demobilize.

The same year as Charle's envoy, he tried to persuade local noblemen and commanders in Albania to surrender Manfred's domains in Albania to Charles of Anjou, but they redused to do so.

The general had tried for days to persuade Serbian commanders to allow the convoy to pass through the siege lines.

Although the inability to retake Übach persuaded German commanders that they had insufficient forces to properly defend the approaches to Aachen, the counterattacks did tie down American troops which could have otherwise continued the advance.

Persuading Pashtun commanders to join forces with the Northern Alliance is proving particularly difficult.

At the time Piłsudski's plan was strongly criticized, and only the desperate situation of the Polish forces persuaded other commanders to go along with it.

United Nations officials here clustered around a high-frequency radio throughout the day for bulletins from the convoy leader, who eventually abandoned his efforts to persuade Serbian commanders to let the relief vehicles pass.

The nonreflective quality of a paint finish is important," he said, "but it's difficult to persuade spit-and-polish commanders to use matte finish, because it gets dirty quickly and looks very shabby.

Fairley convinced the Army of the efficacy of the new drug atebrin, and persuaded commanders to adopt a tough approach to administering the drug to the troops.

It took Mr. Barkhin nearly all of the last three years to persuade naval commanders to allow the party.