After receiving Receiving the submission of Haran and Edessa , Hulagu Khan crossed Motion_directional the Euphrates , sacked Process_end Menbij and placed Placing Aleppo under siege Besieging .

For six days the city was under siege Besieging .

Following Self_motion the siege , Hulagu had some of Hethum 's troops executed Rewards_and_punishments for burning the mosque , Some sources state Statement Bohemond VI of Antioch ( leader of the Franks ) personally saw to the mosque 's destruction Destroying .

In a siege lasting 15 days the Fort was constantly bombarded Attack , the French suffering Bodily_harm 200 casualties Catastrophe before finally surrendering Surrendering .

Historians have devoted Giving most of their attention to the second siege of Vienna of 1683 , depicting Filling it as a decisive Austrian victory that saved Rescuing Western civilization and began Process_start the fall of the Ottoman Empire .

The Siege of Polotsk ( , ) was a siege by forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth under Stefan Bathory on the Russian-held city of Polotsk .

He threatened Warning to invade Attack Holland if the Habsburg Netherlands would gather Come_together a fleet in support Supporting of Christopher of Oldenburg to lift Process_end the siege Besieging of Copenhagen .

Immediately after the Battle of Schliengen , while most of Moreau 's army retreated Escaping south to cross Motion_directional the Rhine at Hüningen , Count Baillet Latour moved Motion north to Kehl to begin Process_start the siege .

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 .

In early December , though , the Austrians expanded Expansion the siege , connecting Connect a grand parallel with a series of batteries in a semi-circle around the village and the bridges .

Because the war was in its early days and the partisan war in the southern back country had not become Becoming as brutal as it would be later in the war , the siege Besieging was conducted Action desultorily , and was effectively a stalemate .

The raid Attack is notable for its military results , such as forcing Causation the French to develop Creating fortifications in southern Brittany , but also for its cultural consequences , such as starting Process_start a controversy between David Hume and Voltaire and giving rise to Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale a cult of the Virgin Mary in the town along with several songs describing the siege .

The besieged Company forces and civilians in Cawnpore ( now Kanpur ) were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered Surrendering to rebel forces under Nana Sahib , in return for a safe passage to Allahabad .

After this string of victories , the Vendeans turned Becoming to a protracted siege of Nantes , for which they were unprepared and which stalled Hindering their momentum , giving Giving the government in Paris sufficient time to send Sending more troops and experienced generals .

The Moscow theater hostage crisis ( also known as the 2002 Nord-Ost siege ) was the seizure of a crowded Dubrovka Theater by 40 to 50 armed Chechens on 23 October 2002 that involved Cause_to_be_included 850 hostages and ended Process_end with the death Death of at least 170 people .

All 40 of the insurgents were killed Killing , and up to 204 hostages died Death during the siege , including nine foreigners , due Causation to poisoning Bodily_harm by the gas .

All but two of the hostages who died Death during the siege were killed Killing by the toxic substance pumped Self_motion into the theater to subdue the insurgents .

Police have been criticised Judgment_communication over their handling Hold of the siege Besieging for not taking Action proactive action earlier , for the deaths Death of hostages at the end Process_end of the siege , and for the lack of negotiation Communication during the siege Besieging .

The Sydney siege Besieging led to Causation a 16-hour standoff Hostile_encounter , after which a gunshot Use_firearm was heard Perception_active from inside and police officers from the Tactical Operations Unit stormed Attack the café .

The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis Confronting_problem , also known as the Sydney siege Besieging and Lindt Cafe siege Besieging , occurred Coming_to_be on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman , Man Haron Monis , held Hold hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café in the APA Building in Martin Place in Sydney , Australia .

The 2014 Sydney hostage crisis Confronting_problem , also known as the Sydney siege Besieging and Lindt Cafe siege Besieging , occurred Coming_to_be on 15–16 December 2014 when a lone gunman , Man Haron Monis , held Hold hostage ten customers and eight employees of a Lindt chocolate café in the APA Building in Martin Place in Sydney , Australia .

Police have been criticised Judgment_communication over their handling Hold of the siege Besieging for not taking Action proactive action earlier , for the deaths Death of hostages at the end Process_end of the siege , and for the lack of negotiation Communication during the siege Besieging .

Hostage Marcia Mikhael called Telling radio station 2GB during the siege Besieging and said Telling , `` They have not negotiated Communication , they 've done nothing .

In the aftermath of the siege Besieging , Muslim groups issued Creating a joint Collaboration statement Statement in which they condemned Judgment_communication the incident Attack , and memorial services Communication were held Hold in the city at the nearby St Mary 's Cathedral and St James ' Church .

Police have been criticised Judgment_communication over their handling Hold of the siege Besieging for not taking Action proactive action earlier , for the deaths Death of hostages at the end Process_end of the siege , and for the lack of negotiation Communication during the siege Besieging .

A combined Cause_to_amalgamate Byzantine-Crusader siege Besieging of Damietta failed Earnings_and_losses in 1169 , the same year that Salah ad-Din , also known as Saladin in the West , took power in Egypt as vizier .

He therefore provisioned Supply Gaza for a long siege Besieging .

The Siege of Carlisle was a siege in the First War of Scottish Independence .

He used Using all methods he could , including ladders and a siege tower to get Getting his troops up .

Many ladders were knocked down and the siege tower got stuck in mud on the banks of the River Eden which surrounded Surrounding all of the castle that was not enclosed Placing within the city walls ( the course of the river was changed Change at some point in the 19th century ) .

When Charles laid Placing siege Besieging to Gloucester , Parliament was forced to muster a force under Essex with which to beat Bodily_harm Charles ' forces Hostile_encounter off .

The ( Second ) Battle Hostile_encounter of Buzenval , also known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Mont Valérien , was part of the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War .

Edward ended Process_end the campaign Military_operation by laying siege Besieging to Calais , which fell after twelve months , securing an English entrepôt into northern France which was held Conquering for two hundred years .

The remaining Presence republican Prime Minister succeeded in keeping Temporary_stay control Control of Sana ' a and by February 1968 , the royalists lifted Process_end the siege Besieging .

The 1967 siege of Sana ' a became Becoming the turning Becoming point of the war Hostile_encounter .

these attacks Attack were the first in a year-long campaign by an ira active service unit who became Becoming known as the balcombe street gang UNK who police arrested in december 1975 after the balcombe street siege Besieging leading to their trial and conviction for other murders and offences .

Kobanî , which is approximately 10 km from Suruç , was until January under siege by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) forces .

A siege Besieging lasting Presence over forty hours developed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , during which police officers made repeated attempts under fire Use_firearm to retrieve Rescuing the body of the slain officer .

The 2009 Napier shootings Use_firearm ( also widely called the Napier siege by the New Zealand media ) took place Process_start on 7 May 2009 in Napier , New Zealand .

During the siege , the Mongols used Using specially designed engines , especially stone throwing machines , which threw Motion rocks weighing over 100 kilograms .

Following the arrival of the relieving force , Pyrrhus lifted Process_end the siege and prepared GetReady to winter in Laconia .

The siege lasted for four months , during which time one-third of the Portuguese troops either died Death ( mainly from the plague ) or deserted .

The arrival of a relief army , under King Philip IV of Spain 's favorite don Luis de Haro in October , lifted Process_end the siege .

While defeated , the Teutonic Knights withstood Defending the siege on their capital in Marienburg ( Malbork ) and suffered Bodily_harm only minimal territorial losses in the Peace of Thorn ( 1411 ) .

Bagramyan 's forces initially laid siege to Königsberg ; the city was eventually stormed Attack on April 9 .

at three years and seven months , it is the longest siege Besieging endured by the british armed forces and one of the longest sieges Besieging in history .

With the siege Besieging going Motion nowhere and constant Spanish failures , the besiegers were reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by French forces under de Crillon , who took over Change_of_leadership command Control in early 1782 .

After a lull in the siege , during which the allied force gathered Come_together more guns , ships and troops , a `` Grand Assault '' was launched Process_start on 18 September 1782 .

The siege then settled Resolve_problem down again to more of a blockade , but the final defeat Conquering for the allies came when a crucial British relief Assistance convoy under Admiral Richard Howe slipped Motion through the blockading fleet and arrived at Arriving the garrison in October 1782 .

The siege was finally lifted Motion on 7 February 1783 and was a decisive victory Earnings_and_losses for the British forces , being a vital factor in the Peace of Paris , which had been negotiated Communication towards the end Process_end of the siege .