"town" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In 1774, the town withstood a siege by Yemelyan Pugachev's Cossack forces.
- In 1634, the town withstood a three-week siege by the Polish army.
- Though the town withstood the assault, the natives had demonstrated their ability to penetrate deep into colonial territory.
- The town withstood a long siege over the winter of 707-708, and surrendered only after a Byzantine relief army was defeated in spring.
- Ayllón's rough-hewn town withstood only about a total of three months, enduring hunger, disease, scarcity of supplies, and troubles with the local natives.
- In the Second War the fortified town withstood eight months of siege by Catholic forces.
- While in possession of Smolensk, the town withstood a three-months siege by Algirdas (1371).
- During the time he was in command, the town withstood the siege of Albrecht von Wallenstein's imperial army.
- The strong town withstood an attack by the Hussites in 1433 during the Hussite Wars.
- The town withstood several further attacks, and its defense works were expanded in 1613.
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