`` For other sieges with this name , see Siege of Pondicherry ( disambiguation ) '' The Siege of Pondicherry was a colonial military operation Military_operation in the early stages of the French Revolutionary Wars .

The war Hostile_encounter also saw the effective use Using of artillery by the Christians to rapidly conquer Conquering towns that would otherwise have required long sieges Besieging .

The castles of the period were easily defensible , and so the fighting was mostly attrition warfare , comprising Cause_to_be_included sieges , raiding and skirmishing between armies of knights and footsoldiers , many of them mercenaries .

Following short sieges Besieging British forces were able to secure control Control of the Dutch colony , and Ceylon would remain Presence a part of the British Empire for the next 153 years .

Months passed before the British forces were strong enough to break Destroying the sieges and defend Defending the major settlements , and war raged on until October of the following year .

Yet despite the Spanish government 's opposition to major sieges Besieging in the Low Countries and the obstacles confronting Confronting_problem any attack on such a strongly fortified and defended Defending city , Spinola launched Motion his Breda campaign , rapidly blocking Hiding_objects the city 's defences and driving Motion off a Dutch relief army under the leadership of Maurice of Nassau that had attempted to cut off Hindering the Spanish army 's access to supplies Supply .

However , his brother , Francis II , the Holy Roman Emperor , and the civilian military advisers of the Aulic Council categorically refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act such an armistice , forcing Hostile_encounter Charles to order simultaneous sieges at Hüningen and Kehl .

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 .

Ambrosio Spinola had used Using a similar technique during the Siege of Breda ( 1624 ) , and after the successful siege Besieging of Grol Frederic-Henry would later use Using it in other sieges Besieging in the Netherlands , such as at the Siege Besieging of 's-Hertogenbosch .

Russian Cossacks formed Coming_to_be part of the Eight Nation Alliance relief Assistance forces during the Seymour and Gaselee expeditions while Russian forces were also present Presence inside the legations during the sieges in Beijing and Tianjin .

German military operations in Belgium were intended to bring Bringing the 1st , 2nd and 3rd armies into positions in Belgium from which they could invade Attack France , which , after the fall Motion_directional of Liège on 7 August , led to Causation sieges Besieging of Belgian fortresses along the Meuse river at Namur and the surrender Surrendering of the last forts ( 16–17 August ) .

There have been at least eight sieges Besieging of Stirling Castle , a strategically important fortification in Stirling , Scotland .