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besiege sentence examples

  • Besiege the fortress of namur, which fell on 25 august.
  • In addition the medieval siege society will also besiege the keep.
  • Besieged for five months when a relief party was sent from england.
  • The english forces besieged the danes on the island.
  • Besieged by the prussian army in 1870.
  • The country to the north and south of toledo is ravaged and the city unsuccessfully besieged for a month.
  • Besiegeebels captured neither windsor nor dover; the besieging army left windsor to pursue the king into norfolk.
  • Besiege the castle.
  • Besieged by spanish forces under the command of the duke of parma.
  • The castle was again besieged for 3 days by the macleans of mull.
  • Besiegees, who had been besieging the city, withdrew, unwilling to be caught between two enemies.
  • Besieged by people asking me to make corsets for them.
  • The rebels then besieged skipton, scrope in the end agreeing to join them.
  • Besiegew regiment formed part of the force which, under marshal lannes, was then besieging the spanish town of saragossa.
  • Besieged by a right-wing mob.
  • Besieged twice.
  • He successfully besieged chepstow castle during cromwell's campaign in south wales during the second civil war.

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