Sentence examples for siege work from inspiring English sources

Cast iron has more than two and a half times the density of marble or granite, and gunners quickly learned that a cast-iron cannonball with a charge of good corned powder behind it was unsafe in any gun large enough for serious siege work.

The siege work at Maastricht in winter weather was too much for the French volunteers and many deserted their units and went home.

Each side ended up holding an officer of the other, principally over matters of military etiquette, and the British continued their siege work.

The siege work was difficult and the living conditions were brutal; he recounted to his brother that the soldiers were plagued not only by the Russian fire, but by dysentery, bad food, and wintering in tents.

Impressive siege works, including forts, were then undertaken.

With New Jersey's economy -- like that of most other states' -- under siege, working a little bit harder is a lot harder than it used to be.

Descriptions by the Jewish historian Josephus, until then the only detailed source of Masada's history, were found to be highly accurate; the palaces, storehouses, defense works, and Roman camps and siege works were all revealed and cleared, as was the winding trail (the "Snake Path") on the mesa's northeastern face.

Montgomery concentrated his forces on improving the siege works.

Comstock arrived at Vicksburg in June 1863 and set to work on improving the siege works.

The conditions for the Americans constructing the siege works were difficult.

The Spanish, meanwhile, undertook several sorties to obstruct the siege works.