A siege (Latin: sedere, lit. 'to sit') is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared...

The siege of Leningrad was a prolonged military siege undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg)...

Siege of Malta may refer to: Siege of Malta (1429), a siege by the Moors Siege of Malta (1565), a siege by the Ottoman Empire against the Knights Hospitaller...

The Siege is a 1998 American action thriller film directed by Edward Zwick. The film is about a fictional situation in which terrorist cells have made...

Siege artillery (also siege guns or siege cannons) are heavy guns designed to bombard fortifications, cities, and other fixed targets. They are distinct...

Siege of Louisbourg may refer to: Siege of Louisbourg (1745), the capture of the settlement by British forces during the War of the Austrian Succession...

Carthaginians: Siege of Syracuse (397 BC) Siege of Syracuse (343 BC) Siege of Syracuse (311–309 BC) Siege of Syracuse (278 BC) By the Roman Republic: Siege of Syracuse...

Sieges of Vienna may refer to: Siege of Vienna (1239) Siege of Vienna (1276) Siege of Vienna (1287) Siege of Vienna (1477), unsuccessful Hungarian attempt...

strength at the start of the campaign was 170,000 men). They began the siege on 14 July 1683. Ottoman forces consisted, among other units, of 60 ortas...

Siege of Paris may refer to: Siege of Paris (845), the Viking siege by Reginherus, possibly Ragnar Lodbrok Siege of Paris (885–886), the Viking siege...

The Siege of Caffa was a 14th-century military encounter when Jani Beg of the Golden Horde sieged the city of Caffa, (today Feodosia) between two periods...

Siege of Limerick may refer to: Siege of Limerick (1642), English Protestants surrendered to Confederate Catholics Siege of Limerick (1650–1651), Confederate...

Siege of Sevastopol may refer to: Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), during the Crimean War Siege of Sevastopol (1941–1942), during the Second World War...

A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent heavy castle doors, thick city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare. Some...

The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...

The Battle of Corinth or the Siege of Corinth may refer to: Battle of Corinth (146 BC), in ancient Greece Battle of Nemea (394 BC), also known as the...

of sieges, see list of sieges. Siege, The Siege, Besiege or Besieged may also refer to: The Siege (Dunmore novel), by Helen Dunmore, 2001 The Siege (Kadare...

Age of Empires: Castle Siege was a free-to-play medieval massively multiplayer online tower defense game in the form of a Windows app, designed for Windows...

Siege of Acre, also Siege of Akka/Akko, may refer to: Siege of Acre (1104), following the First Crusade Siege of Acre (1189–1191), during the Third Crusade...

In Arthurian legend, the Siege Perilous (Welsh: Gwarchae Peryglus, also known as The Perilous Seat, Welsh: Sedd Peryglus) is a vacant seat at the Round...

times. Siege of Odawara (1561) - a two-month siege by Uesugi Kenshin, which was abandoned when Takeda Shingen threatened Kenshin's territories Siege of Odawara...

The siege of Syracuse by the Roman Republic took place in 213–212 BC. The Romans successfully stormed the Hellenistic city of Syracuse after a protracted...

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is a 2015 online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game puts heavy...

The siege of Masada was one of the final events in the First Jewish–Roman War, occurring from 72 to 73 CE on and around a hilltop in present-day Israel...

The Siege of Sevastopol (at the time called in English the Siege of Sebastopol) lasted from October 1854 until September 1855, during the Crimean War....

The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince's Gate in South...

Siége Perilous is the third studio album by American power metal band Kamelot. It was released on August 4, 1998, through Noise Records. It is the first...

As part of the larger Congo Crisis (1960–1964), the siege of Jadotville [ʒa.do.vil] began on 13 September 1961, lasting for five days. While serving under...

France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France...

Under Siege is a 1992 action thriller film directed by Andrew Davis from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. It stars Steven Seagal (who also produced the film)...