to besiege a town
1besiege — [[t]bɪsi͟ːʤ[/t]] besieges, besieging, besieged 1) VERB: usu passive If you are besieged by people, many people want something from you and continually bother you. [be V ed] She was besieged by the press and the public. 2) VERB If soldiers besiege …
2besiege — besiege, beleaguer, invest, blockade mean to surround an enemy in a fortified or strong position so as to prevent ingress or egress. Besiege implies a sitting down before the entrances to a fortified place (as a castle or a walled town), and it… …
3History of Manchester — The history of Manchester is one of change from a minor Lancastrian township into the pre eminent industrial metropolis of the United Kingdom and the world. Manchester began expanding at an astonishing rate around the turn of the 19th century as… …
4Pont-de-l'Arche — is a commune of the Eure département in France. History The city was born after military fortifications had been built on the territory of Les Damps. A wooden bridge had been thrown across the Seine from 862 and it was protected by two forts on… …
5Niš — Naissus redirects here. For the Catholic titular, see Naissus (titular see). Niš Ниш   City   Niš city centre …
6Tlemcen — /tlem sen /, n. a city in NW Algeria. 500,000. Also, Tlemsen. * * * ▪ Algeria also spelled (after 1981) Tilimsen town, northwestern Algeria, near the Moroccan border. Tlemcen is backed by the cliffs of the well watered Tlemcen Mountains and… …
7Battle of Obertyn — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Obertyn caption=Moldovian Army engaging the Poles partof= date=September 22, 1531 place=Obertyn in Pokutia, Ukraine result=Polish victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1=Jan Amor Tarnowski… …
8Rafael Maroto — Infobox Person name=Rafael Maroto caption=Rafael Maroto with his niece Margarita Borgoño, painting by Raymond Monvoisin birth date=birth date|1783|10|15|mf=y dead=dead birth place=Lorca, Spain death date=death date and age|1853|8|25|1783|10|15|mf …
9211 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeeleucid Empire* Antiochus III s sister arranges for the removal of Armenia s king Xerxes, whom she has recently married. Antiochus III then divides the country into two satrapies.Carthage* The Carthaginian general Hasdrubal… …
10Omar Vrioni — (known in Greek as Ομέρ Βρυώνης, Omer Vryonis) was a leading Ottoman figure in the Greek War of Independence. Early lifeOmar Vrioni was actually Albanian from the village of Vrionti near Berat, with a distinguished record in the battles in Egypt… …
