Pondicherry 's defenses were strong , but the garrison was too small to effectively man the walls , and although a French frigate squadron was stationed Placing at the distant Île de France , it was unable to effectively protect Defending the French Indian coast .

Two groups , however , continued to function Being_in_operation secretly : a Southern Society , based at Tulchin , a small garrison town in Ukraine , in which Pestel was the outstanding figure , and a Northern Society , based at St Petersburg , led by Guard officers Nikita Muraviev , Prince S. P. Trubetskoy and Prince Eugene Obolensky .

The action had strategic consequences : the Republican faction in Genoa was strong and they successfully barred Austrian reinforcements from sailing Self_motion to join Becoming_a_member the Allied garrison at the developing Siege of Toulon .

The rebellion began Process_start on 10 May 1857 in the form of a mutiny of sepoys of the Company 's army in the garrison town of Meerut , northeast of Delhi ( now Old Delhi ) .

Former Commander-in-Chief of the Petrograd military okrug , Colonel Georgi Polkovnikov , pronounced Statement himself as commander of the so-called `` Salvation Army '' ( войска спасения ) and ordered Arranging his garrison not to execute orders issued by the Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee ( PMRC ) , arrest Arrest its commissars , and send Sending representatives from all military units to Nikolayevskoye School of Engineers ( a.k.a .

The revolutionary garrison of Petrograd , however , refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to support the mutiny .

He and Walter Stewart , 6th High Steward of Scotland disguised their few men as cows , so the garrison was unaware of their presence .

They inflicted Causation heavy casualties on the garrison , including wounding their leader in the face with an arrow .

Grey 's force of 4,000 was originally intended as a relief force for the British garrison that was briefly besieged Besieging at Newport , Rhode Island , but they arrived Arriving after the Americans had retreated Escaping .

The Siege of Roses ( or Siege of Rosas ) began Process_start on 28 November 1794 and lasted Process_end until 4 February 1795 when the Spanish garrison abandoned GiveUp the port and the forces of the First French Republic took control .

A month after the fort fell Motion_directional , the Spanish fleet evacuated Emptying the garrison by sea .

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

Crown Prince Fusu and General Meng Tian were stationed Placing at a garrison in Suide and soon began Process_start with the construction of the walled defenses Defending , which would be connected Connect with the old walls from the Qin , Yan , and Zhao states .

Their idea is that , if the Poles , who are on foot , get far enough from the town , the rest of the garrison will be unable to come to their assistance should fighting start .

The fourth gun resumed firing Use_firearm intermittently in the afternoon , and its garrison surrendered Surrendering on 7 June .

An estimated 1,200 Islamist fighters advanced Getting to within 20 kilometers of Mopti , a Mali military garrison town .

a british ship of the line , hms `` swiftsure '' under captain benjamin hallowell was passing Motion_directional westwards through the southern mediterranean near cape derna when it encountered Hostile_encounter a much larger french squadron under contre-amiral UNK ganteaume that was also returning Arriving westwards after a failed attempt to reinforce the besieged Besieging french garrison in egypt .

pensacola 's governor , don UNK de moscoso , whose garrison was depleted Expend_resource by disease , recruited Becoming_a_member convicted criminals to assist in the fort 's defense Defending .

Devoid of any hope of the relief forces Causation the besieged Swedish garrison of Kalisz surrendered Surrendering to the Polish army on November 8 , 1656 .

Yet , without any help Assistance from outside , the garrison was forced Motion to capitulate due to starvation .

Operation Undergo was an attack Attack by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on the German garrison and fortifications of the French port of Calais , during September 1944 .

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

The Germans called Request for a truce which , after some misunderstanding , led to Causation an unconditional surrender of the garrison .

The garrison of Gibraltar rebelled Change_of_leadership in 1410 against the Granadan ruler , Yusuf III , and declared Expressing_publicly allegiance to Abu Said Uthman III of Morocco .

Eventually a Granadan sympathiser in the garrison helped Assistance the besiegers to gain entrance .

The remaining garrison fought Hostile_encounter to the death Death , almost to the man .

Organized Arranging by Colonel Gabriel Wojniłłowicz , they renounced Statement their pledge Commitment and attacked Attack Swedish garrison , together with their Polish allies .

On May 25 , 500 British and Hessian soldiers , under orders from General Sir Robert Pigot , the commander of the British garrison at Newport , Rhode Island , landed Arriving between Bristol and Warren , destroyed Destroying boats and other supplies , and plundered Robbery Bristol .

The town had a strong Venetian garrison and was further supported Supporting by a regiment of 2,000 troops from Constantinople .

The stocks of food in Gibraltar were heavily depleted Expend_resource at the time due to the thievery of the town 's governor , Vasco Perez de Meira , who had looted Robbery the money that was meant to have been spent Expend_resource on food for the garrison and to pay Commerce_pay for the upkeep of the castle and fortifications .

After over four months of siege and bombardment by Moorish catapults , the garrison and townspeople were reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale to near-starvation and surrendered Surrendering to Abd al-Malik .

Suleiman returned Arriving to Constantinople , leaving Departing a strong garrison force .

The French ship in the action , `` Thétis '' , was destined for the French held West Indian island of Martinique with a cargo of flour and military supplies Supply , including over 100 soldiers to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the island 's garrison .

The French garrison held Defending out until the January 1871 armistice between France and the German Empire obligated Imposing_obligation French forces to abandon GiveUp the stronghold in February 1871 .

On 18 February the Belfort garrison marched Self_motion freely out of the city with their weapons and honor .

In both cities , most of the dead Death were civilians , although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison .

Its most important episode was the siege imposed Imposing_obligation by the Portuguese on the far larger Dutch garrison of Luanda .

When a Dutch force of 300 soldiers returned Arriving from the interior to help Assistance their garrison of Luanda , they also surrendered Surrendering to the Portuguese , but their allied warriors of the Queen Ndjinga fought Hostile_encounter a battle against the Portuguese and were defeated Conquering as well .

Then , Salvador Correia de Sa sent Sending a force to Benguela where the Dutch garrison surrendered Surrendering .

the british commander , vice-admiral sir george elphinstone , then reinforced Cause_change_of_strength the garrison and stationed Placing a naval squadron at the cape to protect Defending the british conquest .

The British garrison was able to hold Communication out until it was relieved Process_end .

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 .

After a prolonged defense in which Hesse was badly wounded Bodily_harm , Gaeta surrendered Surrendering and its garrison was granted Giving generous terms by Masséna .

The garrison put up Military_operation such fierce resistance that a large part of Masséna 's `` Army of Naples '' was tied up Hindering in the siege for nearly five months .

However , because the British failed Earnings_and_losses to relieve Cure the garrison of Gaeta , the city was finally captured Conquering in mid-July after French artillery smashed Destroying gaps in the city 's defences .

On 22 February they entered Arriving Inverness , where they expelled Removing the garrison of Inverness Castle and afterwards demolished Destroying the walls and fortifications .

Leslie placed Placing a garrison in the Castle Chanonry of Ross , and terms of surrender were made Manufacturing between him and all of the clans except for the Mackenzies .

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 .

although the battlefront now lay in the border area , the port city of unk inside unk resisted Defending the axis advance , and its substantial australian and british garrison constituted a significant threat Warning to rommel 's lengthy supply chain .

After a number of assaults were repelled Defending , a Spanish relief force under Juan del Águila attempted to relieve Cure the garrison , but it was delayed Change_event_time by French cavalry and could not reach Arriving the garrison in time .