Examples of 'siege to the town' in a sentence

Meaning of "siege to the town"

When a town is under siege, it means that it is surrounded and attacked by enemy forces, usually with the intention of capturing it or forcing its surrender

How to use "siege to the town" in a sentence

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siege to the town
Will lay siege to the town.
Upon their arrival at Wenden, the Russian army laid siege to the town.
Caesar laid siege to the town.
When the Confederates reached Glasgow, they laid siege to the town.
Edward once laid siege to the town of Calais.
Boril withdrew to Tarnovo after his defeat, but Ivan Asen laid siege to the town.
An advance force laid siege to the town in March.
Troubles returned in April 1371 when Olivier de Clisson laid siege to the town.
This included laying siege to the town of Jaffna.
Lévis then laid siege to the town while awaiting reinforcements from France.
The Saracens are laying siege to the town.
He then laid siege to the town and sacked Petracucca.
On June 3 the Allied army laid siege to the town.
Duke Henry laid siege to the town and had the mining installations demolished.
This caused the Dutch and Brandenburg to lay siege to the town in the June 1689.

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The French had laid siege to the town and the English sent a relief force.
A large German army entered Bohemia and in August 1421 laid siege to the town of Žatec.
The English had been laying siege to the town of Orléans since the previous October.
The Venetians and the Franks laid siege to the town in February 1124.
Meanwhile Edward laid siege to the town of Gloucester, which fell on 29 June.

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