about ten o'clock in the morning
You 've had your chance , Doctor , and failed . I advise you both to make your way north and wait until these fiends forget the inconvenience you both have caused them . As for me , I 'm leaving this instant to offer unconditional surrender in the name of all the allies . '' * * * * * It was about ten o'clock in the morning , just after he had transported all his forces hurriedly to the east bank , and as the Mongols were occupying the old entrenchments on the west , that General Loomis closed his conversation with the Chemical Laboratory . He turned to an aerial officer who stood at attention beside him . `` Major Maniu , '' he said , `` trail a white banner of truce on your plane and tell the enemy I will parley with them . Tell them that we will serve rations presently to our men who have worked all night without food or rest , and that if it is agreeable to them , both sides shall simultaneously discontinue activity at one o'clock .