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    The siege of Fort Medina took place in 1857 at Médine, on the left bank of the Senegal River in present-day Mali. The Toucouleur forces of Omar Saidou...
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  • Battle of Medina, an 1813 battle of the Mexican War of Independence Siege of Medina Fort, an 1857 battle in present-day Mali Operation Medina, a 1967...
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  • Crimean War Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) – Crimean War Siege of Taganrog (1855) – Crimean War Siege of Kars (1855) – Crimean War Siege of Medina Fort (1857)...
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    Bundu (state) (category Kingdoms of Senegal)
    to exert real control over Bundu after Tall's 1857 defeat at the Siege of Medina Fort with French military support. During this period warfare and famine...
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  • the Toucouleur in 1857 led to the Siege of Medina Fort in which the Toucouleur failed. In 1859, the Serers of Sine, led by their king - Maad a Sinig Kumba...
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    Louis Faidherbe (category Grand Chancellors of the Legion of Honour)
    outposts on the upper Senegal, and particularly by breaking Umar Tall's siege of Medina Fort, Faidherbe stemmed the Muslim advance. Striking an advantageous treaty...
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    treachery. After the retreat of the coalition, Muslims besieged their forts, and they were the last of the Jewish tribes of Medina. The Banu Qurayza surrendered...
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  • February 2013. "Siege of Rome | Summary | Britannica". Brown 1976, p. 239. Brown 1976, p. 240. Robert Ryal Miller (1961). "The American Legion of Honor in Mexico"...
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    1864 Campaigns of El Hadj Umar Tall 1848 — 1864 Initial conquests 1659 — 1958 French colonisation in Africa April 1857 Siege of Medina Fort March 10, 1861...
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    Expedition to Najd (1817–1818) (category History of Najd)
    to stop the fighting. He negotiated with them to raise the siege in exchange for the fort putting down their weapons and remaining neutral in the war...
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    tribe that once lived in Medina, though allied with the Muslims and even lent them equipment to dig the trench during the Battle of the Trench, refused to...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also List of Napoleonic Battles Battles of the...
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    to the enemies of the Muslims. The failure of the siege marked the beginning of Muhammad's undoubted ascendency in the city of Medina. The Meccans had...
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    Louis Brière de l'Isle (category Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour)
    kingdom. This marked the beginning of the conquest of the Toucouleur Empire by the French. While the Siege of Medina Fort in 1857 had helped persuade the...
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    chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion,...
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    siege of Diriyah took place in late 1818 at the end of the Wahhabi War of 1811–1818 during the Nejd Expedition. In September 1817, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt...
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    marched on Médina Fort, their nearest outpost, with an army of 20,000 to 25,000 riflemen. He laid siege to the fort and began a series of assaults that...
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  • troops to the neutral Spanish colony of Río Muni. It was the second longest siege of the war, behind the Siege of Medina. In early August 1914 the First World...
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    Fortification (redirect from Fort)
    fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and...
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    northwest of Medina, was home to a sizable community of Jewish tribes; the Jews had arrived in Arabia after fleeing from Judea in the wake of the Jewish–Roman...
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    Syria to Emesa, and the Christians laid in a siege. Khalid was in favor of an open battle outside the fort, but Abu Ubaidah referred the matter to Umar...
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  • to Emesa, and the Christian Arabs laid siege to the city. Khalid was in favour of an open battle outside the fort, but Abu Ubayda rather sent the matter...
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    The siege of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was the first thirteen days of the Battle of the Alamo. On February 23, Mexican troops under General...
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    the suppression of the Gutiérrez–Magee Expedition, and at the Battle of Medina. In June 1832, Ugartechea commanded 125 men at the fort at Velasco, Texas;...
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    has contradicted[clarification needed] the arguments of Arafat and Ahmad. In the siege of Medina, the Meccans exerted the available strength to destroy...
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    Counter-castle (redirect from Siege castle)
    Counter-castles were built in the Middle Ages to counter the power of a hostile neighbour or as a siege castle, that is, a fortified base from which attacks could...
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    The siege of Damascus (634) lasted from 21 August to 19 September 634 before the city fell to the Rashidun Caliphate. Damascus was the first major city...
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    Arauco War (redirect from War of Arauco)
    Toqui Cayancaru who attempted a siege of the fort at Arauco that failed, leading to his abdication of his office in favour of his son Nangoniel in 1585. Nangoniel...
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    Khalid ibn al-Walid (category People of the Muslim conquest of the Levant)
    commanded the right flank of the cavalry in the Meccan army which confronted Muhammad at the Battle of Uhud north of Medina. According to the historian...
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    The siege of Buda (4 May – 21 August 1541) ended with the capture of the city of Buda, the historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, by the Ottoman...
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