Encyclopedia > Siege

  Article Content

Siege

A siege is a prolonged military assault and blockade[?] on a city or fortress[?] with the intent of conquering by force or attrition[?]. Sieges usually involve surrounding the target and blocking the provision of supplies.

Defenses:

Siege weapons:

Other:

See also: Siege engine



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
East Farmingdale, New York

... 1,693 households out of which 37.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% are married couples living together, 12.8% have a female householder with no ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 23.4 ms