Examples of 'siege of the city' in a sentence

Meaning of "siege of the city"

refers to a military operation in which a city is surrounded and cut off to force its surrender

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siege of the city
The long siege of the city began.
They accordingly prepared for the expected siege of the city.
The siege of the city was then definitively over.
They begin the siege of the city.
The siege of the city was long and difficult.
At this point the siege of the city began.
The siege of the city was lifted.
During their siege of the city.
The siege of the city was to last three weeks.
Commenced the siege of the city.
Siege of the city.
The days that followed were devoted to preparations for a siege of the city.
During the siege of the city he lived on the edge of starvation.
The reinforcements arrived the day before the rebels began a siege of the city.
The siege of the city lasts three years and weakens it considerably.

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Everyone knew that the long siege of the city would not be won.
The siege of the city of Lille in this same year.
The Texians initiated a siege of the city.
The systematic siege of the city from the northeast side continued.
He had a prominent role in the siege of the city of Gaza.
The siege of the city was made by the supporters of Charles of Blois.
Amnesty International protested against the siege of the city.
One can see the siege of the city with the setting up of tents.
The Muslims had so far not attempted any siege of the city.
The invasion force laid a siege of the city and repeatedly tried to attack the fortress.
The fall of the Malakoff was the end of the siege of the city.
The siege of the city proved to be a far more difficult enterprise than Kavadh expected.
During a four and a half month siege of the city by Prussian forces.
The siege of the city and attendant military skirmishes took place in July and August.
He was killed by the Cretan leader Meges during the siege of the city.
As a result, the siege of the city continued.
The Encyclopedia Americana says that the siege of the city.
After the successful siege of the city he was promoted to Lieutenant-General.
He did this after the Frisians aided in the siege of the city of Aachen.
The siege of the city started on October 5.
Grieving the loss of their husbands, who were killed at the siege of the city.
During a 4 and a half month siege of the city by Prussian forces.
The manuscripts were moved eight times during the nearly four-year siege of the city.
He also made an unsuccessful siege of the city of Fritzlar in 1232.
Franz von Waldeck - prince-bishop of Münster and army chief in the siege of the city.
The siege of the city and Château of Dinant on the Meuse in May 1675.
Your strategy… calls for a long siege of the city of Liang.
There he met with Sir William Clarke, who was conducting a siege of the city.
According to legend, this took place during the siege of the city of Troy.
Second Battle of Capua - Hannibal was unable to break the Roman siege of the city.
The massacre followed an 87-day siege of the city.
Caption, Quebec as seen from the north shortly after the 1759 siege of the city.
He commanded part of the Charleston defenses during the Union siege of the city in 1863.
On 2 January 1266 James marched from Orihuela and started the siege of the city of Murcia.
Joseph Barbanègre - French General, entrenched in Huningue during the third siege of the city in 1815.

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