Sentence examples for he blockaded from inspiring English sources

He blockaded the city by land and sea, inflicting terrible suffering.

In 1449 Milan concluded peace with Venice behind Sforza's back, whereupon he blockaded the city, starving it into insurrection.

It is the same strategy Mr. Gbagbo used after refusing to step down upon losing the presidential election in November: He blockaded Mr. Ouattara into a lagoonside hotel for months.

Given command once again of the Venetian fleet, he blockaded the port of Chioggia, occupied by the Genoans, who were finally compelled to surrender, turning over to Pisani some 19 galleys and more than 4,000 prisoners.

In 1948 he blockaded the city as a means of driving the Americans out of Europe, but the Allies retaliated by launching the Berlin airlift to sustain its freedom.

His tough stance as a military commander in 1983 - when some Nigerian islands were annexed in Lake Chad by Chadian soldiers - is still remembered in the north-east, now the militants' stronghold, after he blockaded the area and drove off the invaders.

Gelimer fled to a remote mountain fortress, where he was blockaded until he surrendered in the spring.

In late August Apokaukos attempted a coup and tried to kidnap John V. Having failed, he fled to his fortified house at Epibatai, where he was blockaded by troops.

After his arrest, Mr. Gbagbo was taken with his wife to the Golf Hôtel, the shabby lagoon-side resort where he had blockaded Mr. Ouattara for four months.

He therefore blockaded it, hoping that hunger would force the Moors to fight him in open battle.

He also blockaded Martinique, and was subsequently involved in the operation to seize Diamond Rock, overseeing the construction of a gun battery on its summit.