sieges

• “We'll also have ongoing, longer demonstrations - what we call sieges - that last from 6 in the morning until 10 at night.”

  t r u t h o u t

• “Moscow were murdered in sieges by: (a) Russian exchange students”

  Sound Politics: It's in the P-I

• “Trojan adventures in sieges of statistics, and, armed with test tubes and hypodermics, engages in gladiatorial contests with weird microorganisms.”

  The Little Lady of the Big House, by Jack London

• “They have fought the enemies of the country heroically, like Maria Pita and Augustina de Aragon; they have stood by their husbands and sons in sieges and battles, being a source of strength, and never a pretext for weakness.”

  Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

• “To these liquid combustibles the city and empire of Constantine owed their deliverance; and they were employed in sieges and sea-fights with terrible effect.”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “Bombard: Very large caliber front-loading cannon used in sieges.”

  Cannon for Pathfinder « Geek Related

• “To reconcile these apparent contradictions, we must allow for some delay in the Persian king, some inaccuracy in the historian, and some disorder in the seasons.] 60 The account of these sieges is given by Ammianus, xx.”

  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

• “They did not know of the great change that the last half-century had made in sieges.”

  A Book of Golden Deeds

• “Their sieges were a succession of butcheries; because the commonest materials, and the means necessary to their art, were denied the engineers_. "[”

  Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adapted To The Use Of Volunteers And Militia; Third Edition; With Critical Notes On The Mexican And Crimean Wars.

• “For her, and the seed to come after whose image she bore, I have died in tree-tops and stood long sieges in cave-mouths and on mud - walls.”

  Chapter 21

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