Besieged An Encyclopedia of Great Sieges from Ancient Times to the Present

CONTENTS

Jericho (1405 bc), 1

Troy (1250 bc), 3

Plataea (429–427 bc), 6

Syracuse (415–413 bc), 9

Veii (404–396 bc), 14

Tyre (332 bc), 17

Syracuse (213–212 bc), 20

Carthage (149–146 bc), 24

Numantia (134–133 bc), 29

Alesia (52 bc), 31

Jerusalem (70), 35

Masada (73–74), 39

Aquileia (452), 42

Rome (537–38), 44

Constantinople (717–18), 47

Pavia (773–74), 50

Paris (885–86), 53

Jerusalem (1099), 55

Acre (1189–91), 59

Montsegur (1243–44), 62

Baghdad (1258), 66

Hsiang-yang (1268–73), 68

Calais (1346–47), 71

Nicopolis (1396), 74

Orleans (1428–29), 76

Constantinople (1453), 80

Granada (1491), 85

Tenochtitlan (1521), 88

Rhodes (1522), 94

Pavia (1524–25), 97

Vienna (1529), 101

Boulogne (1544), 105

Malta (1565), 107

Chitor Garh (1567–68), 111

Famagusta (1571), 113

Antwerp (1584–85), 116

Kinsale (1601–02), 121

Osaka (1614–15), 125

La Rochelle (1627–28), 129

Magdeburg (1631), 132

Maastricht (1673), 137

Vienna (1683), 139

Londonderry (1689), 142

St. Augustine (1702), 146

Turin (1706), 149

Lille (1708), 151

Louisbourg (1745), 154

Arcot (1751), 157

Fort Niagara (1759), 160

Quebec (1759), 163

Havana (1762), 167

Boston (1775–76), 171

Quebec (1775–76), 175

Fort Stanwix (1777), 179

Gibraltar (1779–83), 183

Pensacola (1781), 187

Yorktown (1781), 191

Toulon (1793), 195

Genoa (1800), 199

Badajoz (1812), 201

Cuautla (1812), 205

Cartagena (1815), 208

Athens (Acropolis) (1826–27), 212

The Alamo (1836), 215

Rome (1849), 220

Sevastopol (1854–55), 222

Delhi (1857), 227

Gaeta (1860–61), 231

Puebla (1863), 234

Vicksburg (1863), 237

Petersburg (1864–65), 241

Fort Fisher (1864–65), 245

Humaita (1867–68), 249

Paris (1870–71), 252

Plevna (1877), 256

Khartoum (1884–85), 260

Chitral (1895), 263

Manila (1898), 267

Mafeking (1899–1900), 271

Peking (1900), 276

Port Arthur (1904–05), 280

Liege (1914), 284

Kut-al-Amara (1915–16), 288

Madrid (1936–39), 291

Bilbao (1937), 297

Malta (1940–42), 301

Tobruk (1941), 306

Leningrad (1941–44), 311

Sevastopol (1941–42), 316

Singapore (1942), 318

Stalingrad (1942–43), 323

Monte Cassino (1944), 327

Imphal (1944), 333

Dien Bien Phu (1953–54), 337

Quemoy (Kinmen) (1958–59), 342

Khe Sanh (1968), 345

Beirut (1982), 349

Basra (1982–87), 352

Sarajevo (1991–95), 357

Grozny (1994–95), 360

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