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Besieging
Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
sieges
Event Types (Count):
Besieging (7)
Negative Trigger
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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