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a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
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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
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a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
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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
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the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954
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the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)
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a long siege of Orleans by the English was relieved by Joan of Arc in 1429
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the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
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the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days
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the Athenian siege of Syracuse (415-413 BC) was eventually won by Syracuse
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the Roman siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC) was eventually won by the Romans who sacked the city (killing Archimedes)
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a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
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in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
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the military forces of a nation
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set apart from others
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a military engagement
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launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
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surround so as to force to give up
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secured with bastions or fortifications
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a point located with respect to surface features of some region
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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
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a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
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the French military base fell after a siege by Vietnam troops that lasted 56 days; ended the involvement of France in Indochina in 1954
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discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
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the town was taken from the Turks by the Russians in 1877 after a siege of 143 days
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in 1781 the British under Cornwallis surrendered after a siege of three weeks by American and French troops; the surrender ended the American Revolution
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an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles
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a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy
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a town in northern France on the Strait of Dover that serves as a ferry port to England; in 1347 it was captured by the English king Edward III after a long siege and remained in English hands until it was recaptured by the French king Henry II in 1558
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(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey
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a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
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an enemy who lays siege to your position
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United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
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(Judaism) a minor fast day on Tevet 10 commemorates the beginning of the siege of Jerusalem and has also been proclaimed a memorial day for the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust
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