The first direct reference to the siege dates from 26 October 1130 , when Alfonso issued Creating a `` fuero '' to the town of Corella from Bayonne , called Name_conferral `` the fortress of Bayonne '' ( `` illo castello de Baiona '' ) .

In the same year the Ottomans seized their first fortress on the Balkans , Tsimpe on the Gallipoli peninsula , setting Placing firm foot in Europe .

In the aftermath , the French army quickly captured Conquering Figueras and its fortress .

The Siege of Philippsburg was conducted Action by French forces against forces in the fortress of Philippsburg in the Rhine River valley during the War of the Polish Succession .

The Duke of Berwick led 100,000 men up the Rhine Valley in opposition to Austrian forces , of which 60,000 were detached to invest the fortress at Philippsburg , beginning Process_start on 1 June 1734 .

The fortress surrendered Surrendering one month later , and the garrison withdrew Escaping to the fortress of Mainz with the honours of war .

The fortress surrendered Surrendering one month later , and the garrison withdrew Escaping to the fortress of Mainz with the honours of war .

D'Asfeld was promoted Cause_to_make_progress to Marshal of France for his role in the campaign ; Wuttgenau was promoted Cause_to_make_progress to lieutenant general for his spirited defense of the fortress .

One Prussian corps , reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by two more later in the day , encountered Hostile_encounter the entire French Army of the Rhine in a meeting engagement and , surprisingly , forced Motion the Army of the Rhine to retreat Escaping into the fortress of Metz .

On 25 May , 2,500 Việt Minh troops overwhelmed Destroying the French fortress at Dong Khé , which lay Placing at the strategic center of RC4 , thus cutting Change the supply Supply line between the French positions at Cao Bằng and Lạng Sơn .

Gelimer fled Escaping to a remote mountain fortress , where he was blockaded Besieging until he surrendered Surrendering in the spring .

The Siege of Pensacola was two separate attempts in 1707 by English-supported Creek Indians to capture Conquering the town and fortress of Pensacola , one of two major settlements ( the other was St. Augustine ) in Spanish Florida .

Ivaylo was defeated Conquering by the Mongols and besieged Besieging in the important fortress of Drastar .

although the city had been declared Expressing_publicly a fortress ( ) when pressed , its second-rate garrison needed little persuasion to surrender .

In 1586 the Russians returned Motion , and after subduing Conquering the Khanty and Mansi people through the use Using of their artillery they established Building a fortress at Tyumen close to the ruins Destroying of Qashliq .

louis adolphe thiers , president of the government of national defense sent Sending an urgent message to unk ordering Request him to surrender Surrendering the fortress .

In the spring of 1187 , Isaac attacked Attack the fortress of Lovech , but failed Earnings_and_losses to capture Conquering it after a three-month siege .

The Siege of Gaeta ( 26 February - 18 July 1806 ) saw the fortress city of Gaeta and its Neapolitan garrison under Louis of Hesse-Philippsthal besieged Besieging by an Imperial French corps led by André Masséna .

Almeida was garrisoned Hostile_encounter by Aranda , but it remained Presence the only major fortress in Spanish hands by the close Self_motion of the war .

The Mughal–Safavid War Military_operation of 1622–1623 was fought Hostile_encounter over the important fortress city of Kandahar , in Afghanistan , between the Safavid empire and the Mughal empire .

Shah Abbas desired to capture Conquering the strategic fortress on Kandahar since he had lost it Earnings_and_losses in 1595 .

Prior to the Second Battle of Gaza , the town had been developed Coming_to_be into a strong modern fortress , with entrenchments , wire entanglements and a glacis on its south and south–eastern edges .

The Siege of Strasbourg took place Process_start during the Franco-Prussian War , and resulted in Causation the French surrender Surrendering of the fortress on 28 September 1870 .

This 40,000-strong siege corps reached Arriving the fortress on 14 August and began Process_start to immediately bombard Attack it .

The Germans dug Motion their way closer to the fortress through trench parallels and destroyed Destroying specific sections of the defenses with concentrated bombardments .

With the city defenseless and a German assault Attack imminent , the French commander Lieutenant-General Uhrich surrendered Surrendering the fortress , 17,562 troops , 1,277 artillery pieces , 140,000 rifles , including 12,000 Chassepots , 50 locomotives and considerable stores of supplies into German hands on 28 September .

The unconditional surrender Surrendering of the border fortress of Rupel in May 1916 to the Central Powers ' forces , mainly composed of Bulgarian troops , was the first event that led to Causation the Noemvriana .

Cannon fire Use_firearm from the British fleet was ineffective against the fortress at Fort-Royal due Causation to its location high on the cliffs , and there were no suitable landing Arriving places nearby .

The Siege of Porto Ferrajo was a French attempt to force Control the surrender of the Tuscan fortress town of Porto Ferrajo ( now Portoferraio ) on the island of Elba following the French occupation of mainland Tuscany in 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars .

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 French subsequently lost Earnings_and_losses all of the frigates sent Sending to blockade the port to patrolling British warships in a series of one-sided engagements , giving the British local dominance that allowed Preventing_or_letting them to maintain Cause_to_make_progress the fortress .

Castiglione was the first attempt by the Austrian army to break Destroying the French Siege Besieging of Mantua , which was the primary Austrian fortress in northern Italy .

The British force , now led Conquering by General Charles Stuart , then turned Change their attention to the fortress of Calvi , the only remaining Presence French-held fortress in Corsica .

The British force , now led Conquering by General Charles Stuart , then turned Change their attention to the fortress of Calvi , the only remaining Presence French-held fortress in Corsica .

Hungarian soldiers , led by Caspar Bekes , Polish soldiers , led by Mikolaj Mielecki , and Lithuanian soldiers , led by Mikolaj Radziwill , converged Come_together at the Dzisna fortress , joined Becoming_a_member Bathory 's men , and moved Motion on to Polotsk , with a total force of about 42,000 .

Polotsk had three fortresses : the central one , nearby Strelec fortress and the walled town of Zapolochie .

The primary focus was on the central fortress : first with artillery , which failed Earnings_and_losses because it only punctured the wooden walls , then with cannons , and eventually with fire .

These had been constructed Building by the fortress architect Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban in the seventeenth century .

The Siege of Antwerp ( , , ) was an engagement Forming_relationships between the German and the Belgian , British and French armies around the fortified Cause_change_of_strength city of Antwerp during World War I. German troops besieged Besieging a garrison of Belgian fortress troops , the Belgian field army and the British Royal Naval Division in the Antwerp area , after the German invasion Attack of Belgium in August 1914 .

Batis , the commander of the fortress of Gaza , expected to hold Egypt in subjection until the Persian Great King Darius III could raise Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale another army and confront Alexander in a battle Hostile_encounter from this city .

The fortress was located on an eminence , on the edge of a desert from which the surrounding Surrounding area could be easily controlled Control .

carried out Action by boeing b-17 flying fortress heavy bombers of the u.s. army air forces on august 17 , 1943 , it was an ambitious plan Arranging to cripple Destroying the german aircraft industry .

its most significant action was an expedition organized by massachusetts governor william shirley that besieged Besieging and ultimately captured Conquering the french fortress of louisbourg , on cape breton island in nova scotia , in 1745 .

The defensive force rose from those villages and gathered Come_together at the fortress , some preparing an ambush halfway up the hill .

Despite this assault Attack , the fortress was still under siege Besieging , badly outnumbered , and running out of food .

When Gamō and Tsutsui attacked Attack the fortress once more , they found Know the weather to be perfect for setting the entire complex ablaze .

Wind from the mountains and dry weather combined Cause_to_amalgamate to fan the flames and spread Dispersal them across the wooden stockades , destroying Destroying the entire fortress , along with the nearby Hachiman Shintō shrine .

The war Military_operation was the result of a dispute Quarreling between the Republic and the Dukagjini family over the possession of the Dagnum fortress .

In response Response , the Republic sent Sending a local force to relieve Conquering the besieged Besieging fortress of Dagnum , and urged Request the Ottoman Empire to send Sending an expeditionary force into Albania .

At that time the Ottomans were already besieging Besieging the fortress of Svetigrad , stretching Skanderbeg 's efforts thin .