The , or `` Black Fortress '' , was a fortress of the `` Kanrei '' Shiba Takatsune located in Echizen Province ( present-day Nittazuka , Fukui , Fukui Prefecture ) in the Hokuriku region of Japan .

The fortress was first attacked Attack in August 1338 by a small force under Nitta Yoshisada , numbering roughly fifty horse , in what would come to be known as the battle of Fujishima .

Hosokawa Akiuji had been ordered Request by Ashikaga Takauji to aid Shiba Takatsune in the defense , and encountered Hostile_encounter Nitta 's force a short distance from the fortress .

The following year , upon his enthronement , Emperor Go-Murakami ordered Request the late Nitta 's brother , Wakiya Yoshisuke , to lead another attack Attack on the fortress .

According to Reinhart Dozy , the battle Hostile_encounter was fought Hostile_encounter in Rueda in Valladolid , whereas Ruiz Asencio considers that it was Roa , in Burgos , a fortress that had been repopulated in 912 .

The main objective of Moscow was to capture Conquering Smolensk , an important fortress and trade center , that was part of Lithuania since 1404 .

He tried to quickly seize Conquering Sagunto Castle , but its garrison under Colonel Luis Andriani repulsed Defending two attacks Attack and the French-Allied army was forced Causation to lay siege Besieging to the ancient fortress .

By 729 , the small fortress of Kamarja near Samarkand ( in modern Uzbekistan ) was one of the last remaining Presence Arab strongholds in Transoxiana , when it was attacked Attack by the Türgesh under the personal direction of their ruler , Suluk .

The Russian troops set out Placing from Kizlyar in April 1796 and stormed Attack the key fortress of Derbent on 10 May .

The Italian Chief of the general staff general , Luigi Cadorna , had ordered Arranging the construction of fortified defenses around the Monte Grappa summit in order to make the mountain range an impregnable fortress .

Louis XIV also accepted Receiving William III as the rightful King of England , while the Dutch acquired Getting a Barrier fortress system in the Spanish Netherlands to help Assistance secure their borders .

At that time , the Portuguese had transformed Change Malacca into an impregnable fortress ( the `` Fortaleza de Malaca '' ) , controlling Control access to the sea lanes of the Straits of Malacca and the spice trade there .

at length , on 22 january , the multan fortress was taken Conquering by general whish , who was thus set Placing at liberty to join Becoming_a_member gough at gujarat .

Originally the knights moved Motion into the fortress as an ally of Poland against the Margraviate of Brandenburg .

Mabila ( also spelled Mavila , Mavilla , or Mauvilla ) was a small fortress town known Know to Chief Tuskaloosa in 1540 , in a region of present-day central Alabama .

The Spaniards fled Escaping , leaving Departing their possessions inside the fortress .

The lodge was a natural fortress , solidly constructed Building of thick concrete on a steep hillside with only one entrance , which , along with their guns , enabled Preventing_or_letting the hostage-takers to keep police at a distance .

Russian forces Causation successfully reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the fortress at Lovcha , which had protected Defending Plevna 's communication and supply lines .

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

After defeating Conquering local forces and taking Conquering the fortress of Mazara , they marched Self_motion on Syracuse , which was the capital of the island under Roman and Byzantine rule .

Following the occupation of the capital Dresden by Frederick the Great on 9 September the Saxon army had withdrawn Escaping south and taken up position Temporary_stay at the fortress of Pirna under Frederick von Rutowski .

The US Army forces tried to dislodge Removing the Modoc from the natural fortress , now called Request Captain Jack 's Stronghold , in the lava beds along the south shore of Tule Lake in northeastern California .