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laid siege to the Ottoman-held city of Taif, but the Ottoman governor of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, successfully forced them to raise the siege. In 1814...

unsuccessful. Charles was compelled by the approach of a powerful Imperial army to raise the siege. Under Charles's father, Philip the Good, Burgundy had...

during the American Civil War. This battle is sometimes referred to as the siege of Little Washington. After the culmination of Burnside's North Carolina...

(assisted by the Venetian navy) at the hands of an Ottoman force, raising the siege of the Danubian fortress of Nicopolis and leading to the end of the...

casualties, but the British failed to capture the fort and were forced to raise the siege. In the early days of the War of 1812 (1812–1815), an American Army...

refused. The siege began. The besiegers tried to storm the walls, but failed. They then resorted to starving Derry. They raised the siege and left when...

armies were laying siege to Mantua at the beginning of the year, and a second attempt by Austrians under Joseph Alvinczy to raise the siege was driven off...

then raised the siege of London, which had been successfully resisted by the citizens, and defeated the Danes near Brentford. They renewed the siege while...

The siege of Ankara was an inconclusive siege of Ankara by Timur. From Sivas, Timur's army marched to Ankara in twelve days. The lead contingents of Timur's...

Finally, Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December) succeeded in raising the siege. The Western Desert Campaign was fought from Mersa Matruh in Egypt...

The Siege of Al-Rahba was a military engagement between the invading Ilkhanate Mongols and the Egyptian Mamluk al-Rahba garrison. It was the last military...

ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence...

three different contingents. Edward's attempt to raise the siege failed when he found his path blocked by a smaller army commanded by Bruce. The Scottish...

Sultan of Egypt's conditions for raising the siege of Damietta. He was previously Master of the Crown of Aragon. A close friend of William of Chartres...

sent from Damascus to Acre, for the purpose of forcing the French to raise the siege of Acre, General Bonaparte sent out detachments to track it down. General...

defeated, but managed to escape. Hannibal temporarily managed to raise the siege of Capua. A tactical Carthaginian victory, it ultimately did not help the...

First Siege of Boulogne took place from 19 July to 14 September 1544 and the Second Siege of Boulogne took place in October 1544. An earlier Siege of Boulogne...

to raise the siege after the Republican victory at the battle of Wattignies and the prospect of the armée de la Moselle coming to raise the siege. The...

The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...

Santa Anna was defeated at the Battle of Huamantla, allowing Lane to raise the siege on 12 Oct.: 331  Battles of the Mexican–American War Bauer, K.J., 1974...