Sentence examples for their siege from inspiring English sources
Grant and Meade were continuing their siege of Petersburg and Richmond early in 1865.
When soldiers eventually broke their siege and killed the ringleaders, Bin Laden was seething.
"They are just looking for a pretext to continue their siege and attacks," he said.
It was the first sign that the militants had prepared well for their siege.
By reducing truth to something "small and modest," Blackburn hopes to induce its enemies to call off their siege.
The climbers in base camp turned back to their tents and continued their siege of the mountain.
Ebola breaking out on the other side of the globe has simply added to their siege mentality.
In order to call off their siege of Rome in 408AD, the Visigoths demanded a bounty in gold, silver and pepper.
During the American Civil War, Union troops used the James in their attempt to capture Richmond and dug the Dutch Gap Canal during their siege.
As part of this agreement, the Serbs had consented to open the road from Kiseljak to Sarajevo, essentially ending their siege of the city.
Dokuchaievsk is just one of many small towns and cities caught up in the latest violence.The ceasefire unravelled when rebel forces renewed their siege of Donetsk airport.
