He rejected British offers to settle the dispute through arbitration, fearing that no impartial third party could be found.

However, the some of the troops under him were taken in by the British offer.

Bompard accepted the British offer and sailed off to battle Boston.

"The British offer of 50,000 passports to keep key people in place here never even came close," he said.

After receiving this report, the following Congress in 1905 decided to politely decline the British offer.

The British offer a pardon to all colonists who lay down their arms.

The Russians accepted the British offer but eventually turned down the American one, saying the rail cars would be too difficult to adapt.

Tables of food and drink were set out and all British offers of pay refused.

Chinnmalai refused the British offer and informed his decision to face the consequences.

In an attempt to protect its independence, Bhutan rejected the British offer.