Sieges

Unlike traditional military sieges, police sieges tend to last for hours or days, rather than weeks, months, or years.

Bronson – who changed his name to match his idol, the Hollywood star of the Death Wish movies – was first locked up for armed robbery in 1974, but during his time inside he has taken hostages in 10 prison sieges and attacked at least 20 prison officers.

It was around 900 years ago that the castle first came to be in the city and it has been the site of many battles and sieges since then.

Having suffered no consequences for its transgression, the regime escalated, intensifying its aerial bombings, imposing starvation sieges, torturing on an industrial scale, and hanging opponents en masse.

By mid-1313 it was one of only three castles in the land whose English garrisons continued to defy his sieges.

By the sacking of the DSS chief, who is said be working with them in laying sieges all around and relating vital information to them, they are now like wounded lions, looking for other victims.

De Mistura said the attacks had the potential to be as lethal as the sieges of Aleppo and eastern Goutha combined.

After unsuccessful sieges of both cities, Philip's influence all over Greece was compromised.

Although sieges would continue, it would be in a totally different style and on a reduced scale.

As in ages past, most sieges were decided with very little fighting between the opposing armies.

Between that year and the peace of 1659 he had taken part in or directed ten sieges with distinction, had been wounded several times, and was rewarded by the king with the free gift of a company in the famous Picardy regiment.

Failing a military outcome, sieges can often be decided by starvation, thirst, or disease, which can afflict either the attacker or defender.

From 1101 to 1118, attacks and sieges were made on the fortresses, conducted by combined forces of Seljuk, Berkyaruq, and Sanjar.

However, like Trajan nearly a century before, he was unable to capture the fortress of Hatra even after two lengthy sieges.

Illumination from the Poliorcetica of Hero of Byzantium The chief method of deployment of Greek fire, which sets it apart from similar substances, was its projection through a tube (siphōn), for use aboard ships or in sieges.

In any case, warfare in the Middle Ages tended to be dominated by raids and sieges rather than pitched battles, and mounted men-at-arms rarely had any choice other than dismounting when faced with the prospect of assaulting a fortified position.

In November, Saddam ordered his forces to advance towards Dezful and Ahvaz, and lay sieges to both cities.

In retrospect, the Boer decision to commit themselves to sieges ( Sitzkrieg ) was a mistake, and one of the best illustrations of the Boers' lack of strategic vision.

Lenihan, p.1O22; "After Cromwell returned to England in 1650, the conflict degenerated into a grindingly slow counter-insurgency campaign punctuated by some quite protracted sieges.

Manucy, p. 5. As a result, field artillery became more viable, and began to see more widespread use, often alongside the larger cannon intended for sieges.