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41Siege of Smolensk (1609–11) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Smolensk partof=Polish Muscovite War (1605 1618) caption= date=1609 to 1611 place=near Smolensk, Russia result=Polish Lithuanian victory combatant1=Poland Lithuania combatant2=Russia commander1=King… …
42Siege of Jerusalem (597 BC) — Infobox Military Conflict caption= A clay tablet of the Babylonian Chronicles which mentions the Jerusalem Siege of 597 BC conflict=Siege of Jerusalem partof= date=c. 597 BC place=Jerusalem result=Babylonia takes and despoils Jerusalem;… …
43Siege of Dorostolon — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Dorostolon partof=the Rus Byzantine War date=971 place=Dorostolon (modern flagicon|Bulgaria Silistra, Bulgaria) result=Byzantine victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=John I Tzimisces… …
44Siege of Corinth — Infobox Military Conflict conflict = Siege of Corinth caption = partof = the American Civil War date = April 29, 1862ndash May 30, 1862 place = Corinth, Mississippi result = Union victory combatant1 = flagicon|USA|1861 United States (Union)… …
45Siege of Compiègne — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Compiègne partof=the Hundred Years War caption=Statue of Joan of Arc at Vaucouleurs date=18 June, 1429 place=Near Compiègne, south of Amiens, France result=French victory combatant1=Kingdom of France… …
46siege — noun 1》 a military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the aim of compelling the surrender of those inside. 2》 a similar operation by a police team to compel the surrender of an armed… …
47Siege of Maastricht (1579) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Siege of Maastricht partof=the Eighty Years War caption=Spanish troops storming the city of Maastricht. date=March 12 July 1 1579 place= Maastricht result= Spanish victory combatant1=Dutch rebels combatant2=… …
48Siege of Damietta (1218) — The Siege of Damietta of 1218 was part of the Fifth Crusade. The city, under the control of the Ayyubid Al Kamil, was besieged by the Crusaders, but the attacking force was repelled. The knights lay siege to the city of Damietta with the aid of a …
49siege — [[t]sidʒ[/t]] n. v. sieged, sieg•ing 1) the act or process of surrounding and attacking a fortified place in such a way as to compel the surrender of the defenders 2) any prolonged effort to overcome resistance 3) a series of besetting illnesses… …
50siege — Synonyms and related words: attack, beleaguer, beleaguerment, besetment, besiege, besiegement, blockade, blockading, bottle up, bout, circumscription, confinement, cordon off, cordoning, encircle, encirclement, enclosure, encompassment,… …
