After a prolonged siege they took the city and re-fortified it effectively.

Besides, his British allies were restless, and would never have settled down for a prolonged siege.

Unprepared for a prolonged siege, the king was forced to withdraw from the region.

Why would someone go to all the trouble to build a base like that just to be trapped in a prolonged siege?

In Chillán he had to submit to a prolonged siege.

Even so a prolonged siege would see the populations begin to starve within three weeks.

Operations were called off after a prolonged siege of almost a month though the final preparations for assault had been made.

The military clearly planned to win decisively and did not want a prolonged siege.

A prolonged siege could have given guerrillas time to fire on the 200 American forces surrounding the house, officials said.

After this battle, both sides settled down for a prolonged siege.