Sentence examples for during a siege of from inspiring English sources

He died during a siege of Hippo by invading Vandals.

Simon was killed during a siege of Toulouse.

The battle occurred during a siege of Spanish-held Dunkirk by French troops under Turenne.

In the latter campaign he was killed during a siege of Roxburgh Castle.

While working to solve the resulting problems, he died during a siege of Rome by the Lombards.

Members of Raid negotiated with Merah for 32 hours during a siege of his Toulouse flat, which they finally stormed, shooting him dead.

Events early on in VI see Cyan join the party after he sneaks behind enemy lines during a siege on his home of Doma.

On Wednesday, security forces using live fire moved in to break up sit-ins led by the Muslim Brotherhood; at least six hundred and thirty-eight people were killed in that assault, and nearly two hundred more during and after protests Friday, with a siege of the Fatah Mosque continuing Saturday.

In July, unidentified gunmen fired on General Musharraf's plane as it took off from Rawalpindi during a government siege of a mosque complex in nearby Islamabad, where Islamic militants were holed up.

Soon after, in 1258, the dynasty fell during a Mongol siege of Baghdad.

Krum besieged Constantinople (Istanbul) in 813 and devastated the surrounding countryside but died during a second siege of the imperial capital the next year.