Sentence examples for siege force from inspiring English sources

In April 1780 the 64th was part of the covering force besieging Charleston, while the grenadier and light companies formed part of the main siege force.

Following the fall of a satellite strong point at Sop-Nao, the troops at Muong Khoua under Captain Teullier resisted a Việt Minh siege force for thirty-six days while supported by air-dropped supplies and air strikes.

But months of siege forced them into a terrible choice: turn to extremists for help, or starve.

The three-day siege forced the closing on Monday of the United States Consulate in Dhahran, about 15 miles away.

In the last few years, small liberal arts colleges have been under financial siege, forced to re-examine their missions and justify their existence.

Several thousand protesters were reported to have seized a major police barracks that had been under siege, forcing the surrender of the police inside.

The Israeli siege forced the cancellation of the first meeting of the Palestinian Authority's new slimmed-down cabinet, appointed on Sunday by Mr. Arafat in a nod to pressure from abroad and at home for reform.

The Muslim siege forces had been weakened by the withdrawal of 9,000 men to repel the Byzantine relief force.

The fall of Wallingford appeared imminent and Henry marched south to relieve the siege, arriving with a small army and placing Stephen's besieging forces under siege themselves.

On paper, they are less draconian than the "state of siege" in force for decades before 1991.

Peru had earlier assured Tokyo that there would be no move to end the siege by force unless there was evidence the hostages were being harmed.