The outnumbered defenders of the port were overwhelmed Destroying and driven Motion into the sea by a Republican assault on 17 December .

Dominique Catherine de Pérignon commanded Control the French army and Domingo Salvator Izquierdo led the Spanish defenders .

Surrounded Surrounding and receiving Receiving fire from all sides , the lead Australian elements from B Company could advance Cause_to_make_progress no further against the determined dug-in force ; all attempts to regain momentum failed to dislodge the defenders .

The fighting at Outpost Snipe led Rommel to write Writing that an armoured attack , on ground which the defenders had been able to prepare GetReady , was unlikely to succeed .

The 58th Division ascribed Coming_to_believe their success to excellent training Practice , a good creeping barrage and smoke shell , which had thickened Change the mist and blinded Perception_active the German defenders ; gas shell barrages Use_firearm on the German reinforcement routes had depressed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale German morale .

The German gas attack Attack at Wulverghem on 30 April , caused Causation the defenders casualties Bodily_harm and fatalities Death but German raiding Attack parties , looking for mine entrances Arriving to destroy Destroying , were repulsed Defending with small-arms and artillery fire .

Throughout the night fighting Hostile_encounter Polish soldiers decimated Destroying the Swedish-Brandenburg division ( source vary from 800 to 2000 strong ) , both in the village and on the banks of a small stream where defenders took Conquering flight , killing Killing between 500 and 800 officers and men ( entire command of 800 officers and men according to des Noyers ) , taking Conquering many prisoners Prison including a Prussian colonel and his trumpeter , while the Swedish commander , Jan Wejhard von Wrzesowicz , was killed Killing by the peasants while in flight Self_motion from the battlefield .

The assault Attack on Calais followed Motion the formula used at Boulogne : seal off the town , soften Cause_change_of_strength up the defenders with artillery , aerial and naval bombardments and infantry assaults supported by armour , including flame-throwing tanks and coordinated creeping artillery barrages .

There was widespread evidence of the Japanese defenders cannibalising the dead Death .

In the closing Body_movement stages of the battle , significant numbers of the defenders were withdrawn Escaping by sea or escaped Escaping overland toward the west and the Japanese base around Salamaua and Lae .

Six days later , 100 soldiers descended on Attack Freetown , where less damage Damaging was done because local defenders prevented Preventing_or_letting the British from crossing Motion_directional a bridge .

The Iranians defeated Conquering the Iraqi defenders , mostly Iraqi Popular Army , capturing Conquering the tip of the peninsula , including Iraq 's main air control and warning center covering Persian Gulf , as well as limiting Iraq 's access to the ocean .

The battle Hostile_encounter was a blow for the French defenders of Martinique , who were isolated Hindering from France and suffering Bodily_harm from shortages Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of military and food supplies Supply .

They arrived at Arriving Jerusalem in June 1099 and took Conquering the city by assault Attack on 7 July 1099 , massacring Killing the defenders .

The Siege of Almeida took place Process_start in August 1762 when a Spanish force besieged Besieging and captured Conquering the city of Almeida from its Portuguese defenders during the Seven Years ' War .

Santa Anna led a larger force to San Antonio de Béxar ( or Béxar ) , where his troops defeated Conquering the Texian garrison in the Battle of the Alamo , killing Killing almost all of the defenders .

The strategically important Halfaya Pass was taken Conquering against stiff Italian opposition , and deeper inside Libya Fort Capuzzo was captured Conquering , but German counter-attacks Attack under Colonel Maximilian von Herff regained Getting the fort during the afternoon causing Causation heavy casualties Catastrophe amongst its defenders .

An assault by the English using a deceitful ruse ended Process_end the siege when the defenders were all but put Placing to the sword .

The Ottoman defenders were also reinforced Cause_change_of_strength at this time , and both sides carried out Action training while manning the front lines and monitoring the open eastern flank .

This , and terrain that favored Causation the defenders , threw Causation the German advance behind schedule and allowed Preventing_or_letting the Allies to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the thinly placed Placing troops .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Chunuk Bair ( ) was a World War I battle Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter between the Ottoman defenders and troops of the British Empire over control Control of the peak in August 1915 .

at the same time , the defenders ' morale was lowered Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by news of the annihilation of the army of UNK at sedan and the encirclement of the army of the rhine in metz .

It had failed Confronting_problem by midday ; the Turks were caught Body_movement by enfilade fire from the defenders ' rifles and machine-guns , which caused Causation around ten thousand casualties Catastrophe , including three thousand deaths .

Collier claimed Statement the action was successful in destroying Destroying military stores for an attack Attack on Fort Cumberland ( although such stores had not been delivered Sending to Machias ) , while the defenders claimed Statement that they had successfully prevented Preventing_or_letting the capture Conquering of Machias and driven Motion off the British .

at the close of d-day , allied forces had only captured Conquering about half of the planned Arranging area and contingents of german defenders remained Presence , but the beachhead was secure .

The Red Army , which vastly outnumbered the Polish defenders , achieved Achieve its targets encountering Hostile_encounter only limited Limiting resistance .

The French began Process_start the siege with 1,500 men in May 1801 , later reinforced Cause_change_of_strength to more than 5,000 , but could not make an impression on the fortress 's defences , instead seeking Motion to starve the defenders into submission with the support of a squadron of French Navy frigates operating off the coast .

The presence of a small British naval squadron in the region rendered Causation this plan impractical and additional British reinforcements under Rear-Admiral Sir John Borlase Warren and Lieutenant Colonel George Airey strengthened the defenders to the point that sallies could be made Action against French offensive positions .

All of the well-camouflaged redoubts were eventually located and captured Conquering and the Ottoman defenders surrendered Surrendering in the late afternoon .

Next day a combined Cause_to_amalgamate infantry , tank and aircraft operation Military_operation inflicted Bodily_harm many casualties Death on the defenders and forced Causation the survivors to surrender Surrendering , after which the village was occupied Control and consolidated Cause_change_of_strength .

Beset by illness , bad weather , and logistical problems , they established Building mortar batteries Use_firearm that were able to penetrate into the interior of the fort , but the defenders Defending , who were well-supplied with munitions , but not food and other supplies Supply , persisted in their defence Defending , believing the siege Besieging would be broken Destroying by forces Hostile_encounter from Montreal under General Guy Carleton .

When word of this made its way to St. Jean 's defenders , combined Cause_to_amalgamate with a new battery opening Openness fire on the fort , the fort 's defenders capitulated Surrendering , surrendering Surrendering on November 3 .

When word of this made its way to St. Jean 's defenders , combined Cause_to_amalgamate with a new battery opening Openness fire on the fort , the fort 's defenders capitulated Surrendering , surrendering Surrendering on November 3 .

On 22 November , the French defenders at Kehl , under Louis Desaix and the overall commander of the French Army of the Rhine and Moselle , Jean-Victor-Marie Moreau , almost ended Process_end the siege when they executed a sortie that nearly captured Conquering the Austrian artillery park .

After the defenses Defending were thoroughly riddled by heavy bombardment from the besiegers , the French defenders capitulated Surrendering and withdrew Escaping on 9 January 1797 .

The German defenders fought Hostile_encounter according to a policy of unyielding defence and immediate counter-attack Attack to regain Recovering lost ground , intended to delay Change_event_time the Anglo-French advance south of the Albert–Bapaume road and give Giving time for reinforcements sent Sending to the Somme front to arrive Arriving .

The swimmers eventually got Getting lines across the fast-flowing river while under fire from Ottoman forces on the east bank , and pontoon bridges were quickly constructed Building so that infantry and New Zealand mounted Connect troops could cross Motion_directional the river to attack Ottoman defenders on the east bank where a bridgehead was eventually established Building .

Amman was strongly defended Defending by the Ottoman Army and the blown up Destroying sections of the railway were quickly replaced Change_of_leadership to allow Preventing_or_letting reinforcements to continue to arrive Arriving and strengthen Cause_change_of_strength the defenders .

although the combined force of infantry and mounted troops made Creating a determined attack on amman , shea was forced Motion to retreat Escaping to the jordan valley from both amman and es salt when it became Becoming clear the defenders were too strong , making it extremely difficult , if not impossible to achieve Achieve the operation 's objective .

The defenders managed Control to slow the Soviet advance sufficient for Army Detachment `` Narwa '' to be evacuated Emptying from mainland Estonia in an orderly fashion .

The Spartans led by Crown Prince Acrotatus were able to withstand Defending a series of Epiriote assaults until Macedonian reinforcements and Areus ' army arrived Arriving to relieve the defenders .

The defenders had been driven Motion into a series of pockets on the Baltic coast and in the city of Königsberg , in which they were besieged Besieging .

This involved huge numbers—60,000 men , 49 ships of the line and ten specially designed , newly invented floating Motion batteries—against the 5,000 defenders .

After a lengthy siege Besieging , and several successful sallies by the defenders , the castle eventually fell and was destroyed Destroying .

The defenders threw Body_movement rocks and even trees , and fired Use_firearm muskets from the castle .

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

After the French made two breaches in the walls of Brussels , the Austrian defenders were compelled Convincing to surrender Surrendering on 22 February in a siege that lasted just three weeks .

In the darkness , the assault formations became Becoming mixed Cause_to_amalgamate up , but the troops gradually made their way inland , under increasing opposition from the Ottoman Turkish defenders .

The 3,500 Catalan and Spanish defenders of Roses were mostly local miquelets ( militia ) stiffened Hindering by a small unit of regulars from the Fija de Roses garrison .

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 .