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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