"siege" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In all, 11 guards and 32 prisoners died during the five-day siege.
- There the gunmen took a middle-aged couple hostage, finally giving up after a five-day siege.
- The Ottoman Empire occupied the city after a five-day siege in 1555 .
- After a five-day siege, the militia persuaded the families to surrender under a flag of truce and a pledge of safe passage.
- During the militia's first assault on the wagon train, the emigrants fought back and a five-day siege ensued.
- After a five-day siege, the posse set McSween's house on fire.
- A local judge who called the military base and police station at San Jose eight times for help during the five-day siege was ignored.
- The situation began to get desperate before finally, on 19 March, after a five-day siege the lines of communication were re-established and the enemy pressure eased.
- On the way he received word that Monterrey had fallen on September 23 after a five-day siege.
- By the end of the five-day siege, 11 guards and 32 prisoners had died.
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