n. 25B6; noun BLOCKADE, encirclement; archaic investment. See list.
relief.
Sieges
Alamo Mafeking
Alesia Malta
Antioch Masada
Antwerp Metz
Calais Montpellier
Charleston Orléans
Constantinople Paris
Dien Bien Phu Plataea
Grozny Quebec
Jerusalem Sarajevo
Khartoum Sebastopol
Kiev Syracuse
Ladysmith Troy
Lamia Tyre
La Rochelle Venice
Leiden Verdun
Leningrad (St Petersburg) Vicksburg
Limerick Vienna
Londonderry Warsaw
Lucknow Yorktown
Madrid Zaragoza