Sentence examples for first siege from inspiring English sources

He fought in the first siege of Falluja, and in 2007 he went to work for DynCorp.

Henry personally led the first siege of Boulogne in 1544: though the lower town soon fell in July, the heavily fortified citadel held out for a further two months.

After serving in the successful defense of the town of Missolonghi (Mesolóngion) during the first siege in 1822 23, he led a band of a few hundred Souliot guerrillas on the night of Aug. 21, 1823, in a bold attack on 4,000 Albanians encamped at Karpenisíon.

This sparked the first siege of Hull, which was the first major action of the Civil War.

In a room in Ye Olde White Harte, the decision was taken to refuse Charles I entry to the town, sparking the first siege of Hull.

The first siege on Friday - in Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) north of Paris - ended when Cherif and Said Kouachi were shot dead as they came out of a warehouse building firing at police.

The second siege was that of Padua in 1509.

It was that second siege that finally exhausted Hanover's capital.

After the wounded officers were removed, the police mounted a second siege on the apartment.

I believe that the second siege of Fallujah can correctly be characterised as an "atrocity-producing situation".

During the second siege of Fallujah, blatant war crimes were committed, yet the corporate media reported them with indifference.