siege
military blockade of a city or fortress
Battle of Cold Harbor
1864 battle of the American Civil War
Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo
1810 siege during the Peninsular War
Siege of Belgrade
1521 battle
Siege of Maastricht
French siege of Maastricht by Louis XIV during the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678)
Battle of Havana
1762 battle
Siege of Haarlem
Siege in the Northern Netherlands in 1572
Battle of Modlin
1939 battle between Nazi Germany and Polish forces
Siege of Calais
1346-1347 siege by King Edward III during the Hundred Years' War
Siege of Madrid
1936–39 siege during Spanish Civil War
Siege of Fort Zeelandia
1662 battle between Dutch East India Company and Koxinga's Ming Loyalists
Siege of Constantinople
1422 siege
Conquest of Tunis
1535 battle
Battle of Valenciennes
1656 battle
Siege of Arad
1848 siege
Siege of Sidney Street
1911 siege
Siege of Abadan
1981 battle
Siege of Jerusalem
1187 siege that marks the end of Christian dominion over the Greater Jerusalem
Siege of Constantinople
860 siege of the Rus'-Byzantine Wars
Siege of Meaux
fought in 1422 between the English and the French during the Hundred Years' War
Siege of Pskov
siege in Pskov, Russia during the Livonian War
Siege of Thorn
1703 siege
Siege of Saguntum
219 BCE battle between the Carthaginians and the Saguntines in the Roman-allied town of Saguntum (in modern-day Sagunto, Spain), triggering the Second Punic War
Siege of Toul
1870 siege
Siege of Kehl
Part of the Rhine Campaign of 1796 during the War of the First Coalition
Battle of Mainz
1795 siege
Siege of Florence
siege (1529-1530)
Siege of Famagusta
1570 siege
Siege of Szeged
1543 siege
The Siege of Reval
1710 military conflict in Estonia during Great Northern War
Battle of New Carthage
209 BCE successful Roman assault on the Carthaginian stronghold New Carthage (Cartagena) in Iberia
Siege of Tripoli
1102–1109 siege
Siege of Fort St. Jean
1775 siege of the American Revolutionary War
Siege of Medina
1916–1919 siege
Siege of Venlo
1632 siege of the city of Venlo
Siege of Danzig
1734 siege during War of the Polish Succession
Battle of Arras
1654 clash between the French and the Spanish
Siege of Detroit
early engagement in the Anglo-American War of 1812
Siege of Prairie du Chien
1814 siege
Siege of Fort Mackinac
engagement of the War of 1812
Siege of Pondicherry
1760 siege of the Seven Years’ War
Battle of Plains Store
1863 battle of the American Civil War
Allied Siege of La Rochelle
1944/45 containment of German troops holding French port
Siege of Ancona
1815 siege during the Neapolitan War
Siege of Cambrai
1677 battle of the Franco-Dutch War
Siege of Calvi
1794 military operation
Raid on Lorient
1746 British attempt to capture the town during the War of the Austrian Succession
Siege of Pondicherry
1778 siege of the American Revolutionary War
Siege of Port Toulouse
1745 siege
Siege of Soto la Marina
1817 siege
Siege of Toulouse
1217 siege