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"the besieged town"adjectivesurrounded by hostile forces
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- sally a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- relief the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
- petersburg the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
- lucknow a city in northern India in Uttar Pradesh; during the Indian Mutiny its British residents were besieged by Indian insurgents
- lucknow the British residents of Lucknow were besieged by Indian insurgents during the Indian Mutiny (1857)
- alamo a siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
- vicksburg a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
- sortie a military action in which besieged troops burst forth from their position
- bataan the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945
- corregidor the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945