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  • Siege of the castle, which brought about the battle of winceby on 11 october 1643.
  • Greeks, you remember, laid siege to the city of troy for over ten years.
  • As the morning wore on and the likelihood of a protracted siege became obvious, an appeal for reinforcements was made to the military.
  • Siege mentality that existed in the village.
  • Siege of a city.
  • The castle withstood two sieges in the medieval era.
  • After a bloody siege during which townshend's troops ate their horses, the turks prevailed and townshend surrendered.
  • Siege warfare, waged to win a castle or a walled town or city, was a frequent occurrence during the middle ages.
  • His request to relieve the siege had been denied.
  • La rochelle managed to stay protestant and independent until 1625 when a lengthy siege ended with its capture.
  • Siege cannon.
  • In the midlands, the royalists abandon the siege of warwick castle on hearing news of the approach of the parliamentary relief force.
  • As home secretary, he led the police in tackling an armed siege.
  • Siege tower was covered in animal hides.
  • The rock has endured many sieges, the most famous being the great siege of 1783.
  • I have observed the minutiae of this constant siege.
  • Siege artillery.
  • If you lay siege to a town, you will exhaust your strength.
  • The siege tower was an invaluable medieval siege attack weapon.

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