Sentence examples for which siege from inspiring English sources

Territorial rivalry between Innocent's family and the Orsini family led to rioting and finally open warfare in the streets of Rome in 1204, during which siege machines destroyed many ancient buildings.

The hard-to-reach areas are zones in which starvation sieges have been enforced by the Syrian regime or its proxies throughout the five-year war.

Stephen set up two siege mounds beside the castle, called Jew's Mount and Mount Pelham, on which he placed siege engines, largely for show, and proceeded to wait for Matilda's supplies to run low over the next three months.

They looked forward to besieging Bonn, the Elector's capital city, to which they laid siege on 21 December 1583, and which they took on 28 January 1584.

Four gunmen were shot dead by police during the siege, which lasted several hours.

(Much of the siege, which lasted 10 days in February 1972, was broadcast on Japanese television).

That siege, which has eased considerably in the past year, prevented the movement of most goods and people.

The African Union troops are backing Somalia's weak government, which is under siege by Islamic militants.

In the inquest into the siege, which concluded last week, Monis was described as a "man spiralling downwards".

The mall re-opened this summer, but it remains scarred by the four-day siege which saw at least 67 killed.

His predecessor, Stanislav Galic, is already serving life imprisonment for his role in the siege, which began in April 1992.