Herodotus said that Cyrus defeated the Babylonians outside their city, after which a siege began.

Shah Jahan sent Aurangzeb with 50,000 soldiers to recapture it, but although he defeated the Safavids outside the city he was unable to take it.

Building on his victories, Totila followed these victories by defeating the Romans outside Florence and capturing Naples.

His brief rule ended in 1840, after the Ottomans defeated his forces outside the city.

Fredrick defeated the main Austrian army outside Prague in a bloody and close fought battle and laid siege to the Austrian capital.

Myddelton sallied out to collect provisions but Ernely intercepted his return, and defeated him outside the town.

This allows players to explore areas and defeat quests without other players outside the group interfering.

In early April, Porfirio Diaz defeated another conservative army outside Mexico City and put the capital under siege.

In January 1710, it defeated a smaller Swedish force outside Kristianstad.

In February, the Shu vanguard broke through enemy lines at Yidao and defeated the Wu defenders in engagement outside the city.