The first Smyrniote crusade began Process_start with the naval victory of the Battle of Pallene and ended Process_end with an assault on Smyrna , capturing Conquering the harbour and the citadel but not the acropolis , on 28 October 1344 .

the failure of the operation drove Influence hitler to demand Request further actions of increasingly limited scope inside the soviet union , such as case blue in 1942 and operation citadel in unk of which eventually failed Earnings_and_losses .

Assisted Assistance by catapults and mangonels , Mongol , Armenian and Frankish forces Hostile_encounter overran the entire city , except for the citadel which held Defending out until 25 February and was demolished Destroying following its capitulation .

The defenders of the citadel emigrated Removing to Venice , whereas many Albanians from the region retreated Escaping into the mountains .

The first obstacle to Gouvion Saint-Cyr 's mission was the haven of Rosas defended Defending by a large citadel with sea approaches defended Defending by a headland castle .

although assisted Assistance by a bombardment of the french lines by several british warships commanded by captain robert hallowell , and a strong defence of the castle by catalan regulars and militia with men of the 38-gun frigate commanded by thomas cochrane , the garrison was unable to prevent Preventing_or_letting the advance of the franco-italian siege lines tightening Cause_change_of_strength its grip around the citadel .

The defenders eventually capitulated Surrendering , the soldiers and civilians inside the citadel being taken Conquering into captivity in Figueres and the local defenders of the castle being taken Conquering by the British to join Vives ' Spanish forces in the marshes to the south .