a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico

a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864

the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945

the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954

the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)

a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429

the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee

the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days

the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse

the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)

a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered

in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution

a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy