Only Pondicherry was able to resist Defending , and a siege was instigated Process_start on 1 August 1793 by Colonel John Braithwaite while Cornwallis imposed Action a naval blockade .

Finally , after a month the savages withdrew Escaping crestfallen , muttering that they had been silly and foolish to have contemplated the blockade of the city .

But — a thing to be regarded as a shameful situation — while Caesar was in jeopardy , Marcellus , master of the horse , although he was stationed Placing in neighbouring posts , postponed Change_event_time sending Sending him reinforcements ; whereas even if the city alone was endangered , to say nothing of the prince 's presence there , it ought to have been saved Rescuing from the hardships of blockade by the intervention of a large force .

French Republican forces in the Mediterranean , under pressure from Austrian and Spanish armies , Royalist uprisings and British blockade had suffered Bodily_harm the loss of their principal naval base and the fleet stationed there when British forces under Lord Hood seized Toulon at the invitation of the city 's Royalist faction .

The JNA and the SAO Krajina forces renewed Recovering the blockade in mid-August .

In the aftermath of the action Response , `` Venerable '' was towed Body_movement off the shoreline and back to Gibraltar for repairs , while the remainder of the British squadron restored Recovering the British blockade of the French and Spanish ships in Cadiz , returning Arriving the situation to that in place before the battle .

The battle Hostile_encounter was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break Destroying the Union blockade Besieging , which had cut off Having_or_lacking_access Virginia 's largest cities and major industrial centers , Norfolk and Richmond , from international trade .

The ships did not fight Hostile_encounter again , and the blockade Besieging remained in place .

This included a radio station which broadcast Expressing_publicly anti-government propaganda Military_operation and a version of military events favorable to the rebellion Hostile_encounter , claiming to be genuine news , as well as air bombings of Guatemala City and a naval blockade .

The conflict Hostile_encounter started Process_start on 12 July 2006 , and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect Resolve_problem in the morning on 14 August 2006 , though it formally ended Process_end on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade Besieging of Lebanon .

Israel also imposed Action an air and naval blockade Besieging .

The blockade Besieging was lifted Process_end on 8 September 2006 .

From the outbreak Process_start of war with Napoleonic France , Britain had enforced Action a naval blockade to choke Self_motion off neutral trade to France , which the US contested as illegal under international law .

To man the blockade , Britain pressed Motion American merchant sailors into the Royal Navy .

The British were then able to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the strength of the blockade on the United States coast , smothering American maritime trade , but their attempts failed to invade America , at which point both sides began Process_start to desire peace .

New orders Arranging from the Admiralty demanded Request that he subdue Hindering and blockade Besieging the Spanish port of Cádiz , where much of the battered Attack Spanish squadron had sought shelter .

Coastal batteries opened Openness fire , joined Cause_to_amalgamate by Spanish warships anchored at harbour , and drove Motion the attackers Attack back , causing Causation the British to lose grip over the blockade and allowing Preventing_or_letting several merchant convoys to slip in and out of the port .

There had been no warning Warning of the French approach Self_motion as the British force assigned Choosing to watch Brest was absent at Plymouth due to the policy of operating a distant blockade Besieging .

The intervention initially consisted Forming_relationships of a bombing Attack campaign on Houthi rebels and later saw Self_motion a naval blockade and the deployment Arranging of ground forces Military_operation into Yemen .

The 1807 Act Prohibiting Preventing_or_letting Importation of Slaves technically abolished Action the intercontinental slave Arrest trade in the United States but the ban was not widely enforced Action and many of the slave ships which escaped Escaping the blockade were destined for the southern United States .

as part of the unk treaty Statement of 1842 it was agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act that both countries would work together Collaboration on the abolition of the slave trade , which was deemed Protest piracy , and to continue the blockade of africa .

During the Second World War , Operation Retribution was the air and naval blockade designed Creating to prevent Preventing_or_letting the seaborne evacuation of Axis forces from Tunisia to Sicily .

( The equivalent blockade of air evacuation was Operation Flax . )

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Cockpit Point , the Battle Hostile_encounter of Freestone Point , or the Battle Hostile_encounter of Shipping Point , took place Process_start on January 3 , 1862 , in Prince William County , Virginia , as part of the blockade Besieging of the Potomac River during the American Civil War Military_operation .

In November , the JNA and Croatia reached Achieve several agreements to end the blockade Besieging and withdraw Escaping JNA from Croatia .

conversely , hamas 's goal was to bring Bringing international pressure Influence to bear to lift Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale israel 's blockade Besieging of the gaza strip , end Process_end israel 's offensive Military_operation , obtain Getting a third party to monitor Scrutiny and guarantee Commitment compliance with a ceasefire Process_end , release Releasing palestinian prisoners and overcome Resolve_problem its political isolation Confronting_problem .

The battle Hostile_encounter marked Recording the last deployment Arranging of the Yugoslav Navy into one of the Dalmatian channels , the loosening Cause_change_of_strength of the naval blockade Besieging of the Croatian coast imposed Action in September and the largest Croatian Navy operation Military_operation in the war Military_operation .

The assault Attack occurred Presence as Jewish militia sought to relieve Confronting_problem the blockade Besieging of Jerusalem during the civil war Hostile_encounter that preceded Process_start the end Process_end of British rule Control in Palestine .

However , he was also forced to withdraw Removing his battle fleet back to port , leaving the British free to conduct Action a campaign of blockade for the remainder of the war .

The action formed Becoming part of the blockade Besieging of the French Biscay ports during the war Hostile_encounter by the British Royal Navy , a strategy designed Creating to prevent Preventing_or_letting ships from entering Arriving or leaving Departing French harbours , thus eliminating Removing foreign trade Exchange with France and damaging Damaging the French economy as well as cutting Removing France off from her overseas colonies .

although another supply frigate broke Destroying through the blockade Besieging and arrived in Arriving december 1808 , the island was surrounded Surrounding by british bases and was invaded Attack and captured Conquering in january 1809 .

Other French colonies were seized Conquering over the next two years as the blockade Besieging cut off Hindering French communications Communication with their overseas territories .

The Siege of Belfort ( 3 November 1870 – 18 February 1871 ) was a 103-day military assault and blockade of the city of Belfort , France by Prussian forces during the Franco-Prussian War .

`` Junon '' was on a mission Arranging to carry Carry_goods trade goods from the Îles des Saintes near Guadeloupe back to France and was part of a succession of French warships sent Sending during 1808 and the early months of 1809 in an effort to break Destroying the British blockade Besieging of the French Caribbean , which was destroying Destroying the economies and morale of the islands .

The blockade Besieging of Kijevo was lifted Process_end through negotiations Communication days after the protest .

The protesters demanded Request an end Process_end to the JNA-imposed blockade of the village of Kijevo .

In July 1940 , the air and sea blockade Besieging began Process_start , with the Luftwaffe mainly targeting Aiming coastal-shipping convoys , ports and shipping Sending centres , such as Portsmouth .

The population of the city , about 30,000 people including civilians and Berber soldiers , suffered Bodily_harm from a land and sea blockade that prevented Preventing_or_letting the entry of food into the city .

They cited Adducing the blockade of the Gaza Strip and the occupation of West Bank , including East Jerusalem , as the reason Protest for rocket attacks Attack .

When their demands Request were dismissed Response by the cities , the peasants organized Arranging themselves and threatened Warning to blockade the cities .

Mobile had been the last important port on the Gulf of Mexico east of the Mississippi River remaining in Confederate possession , so its closure Change was the final step in completing Process_end the blockade in that region .

The British had maintained a blockade off Malta since the beginning Process_start of the siege , ostensibly led Conquering by Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson , who by March 1800 was defying a direct order from his superior officer Lord Keith by remaining in Palermo with his lover Emma , Lady Hamilton .

In his absence Presence the blockade was under the command Control of Captain Manley Dixon of HMS `` Lion '' and Nelson 's flag captain Sir Edward Berry , who were notified Telling of Decrés ' departure Departing by the patrolling Patrolling frigate HMS `` Penelope '' and gave Giving chase .

The Action of 15 November 1810 was a minor naval engagement Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter during the British Royal Navy blockade Besieging of the French Channel ports in the Napoleonic Wars Hostile_encounter .

British dominance Control at sea , enforced Action by a strategy of close blockade Besieging , made it Causation difficult for the French Navy to operate Military_operation even in their own territorial waters .

For two days the British frigates kept watch Scrutiny , until two ships of the line from the blockade Besieging of Cherbourg , HMS `` Donegal '' and HMS `` Revenge '' , arrived Arriving .

The French ships were later refloated Recovering , and Malcolm 's squadron maintained the blockade Besieging until 27 November when `` Amazone '' successfully escaped Escaping back to Le Havre .

By 1810 the French Navy fleet based in the Atlantic ports had been prevented Preventing_or_letting from launching Process_start any major operations Military_operation for four years , penned into harbour by the British strategy of close blockade Besieging .

To blockade Besieging these squadrons , the Royal Navy 's Channel Fleet had assigned Request the ships of the line HMS `` Donegal '' under Captain Pulteney Malcolm and HMS `` Revenge '' under Captain Charles Paget to patrol Patrolling the entrance to Cherbourg , while frigates HMS `` Diana '' under Captain Charles Grant and HMS `` Niobe '' under Captain John Wentworth Loring kept watch Scrutiny on Le Havre .

The blockade Besieging had achieved Achieve some minor successes ; in October 1810 `` Revenge '' had captured Conquering the privateer `` Vengeur '' from Dieppe , and on 6 November `` Donegal '' ran Self_motion down and seized Conquering the privateer `` Surcouf '' from Cherbourg .