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The Most Incredible Sieges of All Time

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These are the most epic sieges in history, ranked by history buffs worldwide. Anyone can vote on this list of sieges, making it a collaborative list. Make sure to add your own battles to these rankings if you see anything missing. Some of these battles are thousands of years old, but still remembered ... not for glory, but for the story they tell of humanities' epic struggles against itself.

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    Siege of Tyre

    Tyre
    Most Passionate
  3. 3
    Up 12
    Saint Petersburg
  4. 4
    Masada
  5. 5

    Siege of Calais

    Calais
  6. 6

    Siege of Malta

    Malta
  7. 7
    Antioch
  8. 8

    Battle of Xiangyang

    Xiangfan
  9. 9

    Siege of Sparta

    Sparta
  10. 10
    Tenochtitlan
  11. 11

    Siege of Leiden

    Leiden
  12. 12

    Siege of Saragossa

    Zaragoza
  13. 13

    Siege of Acre

  14. 14

    Siege of Ostend

    Ostend
  15. 15

    Siege of Dapur

    Dapur
  16. 16

    Siege of Breda

    Breda
  17. 17

    Siege of Damascus

    Damascus
  18. 18

    Great Siege of Gibraltar

    Gibraltar
  19. 19
    Cádiz
  20. 20
    Yorktown
  21. 21

    Battle of Alesia

    Alesia
  22. 22

    Siege of Vienna

    Vienna
  23. 23
    San Antonio
  24. 24

    Siege of Jaffa

    Jaffa
  25. 25

    Sack of Jerusalem

    Jerusalem
  26. 26
    Numantia
  27. 27

    Battle of Beijing

    Beijing
  28. 28
    Antwerp
  29. 29
    Madrid
  30. 30
    Boston
  31. 31

    Siege of Delhi

    Delhi
  32. 32

    Siege of Bangkok

    Bangkok
  33. 33

    Siege of Belgrade

    Belgrade
  34. 34

    Siege of Galway

    Galway
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    1. analise.dubner
      Siege of Tyre at 5/27/2011 11:03 AM
      Tyre was an island fortress off the coast of modern Lebanon. It was situated about one half mile off the mainland and the water surrounding it was approximately eighteen feet deep. With mammoth walls one hundred fifty feet high, a well fortified harbor, and virtually no land outside the walls, the city was long thought impregnable. Alexander the Great needed the city to control the Eastern Mediterranian and to provide a secure port through which to funnel reinforcements and supplies. The Tyrians knew Alexander was coming and had stocked up on supplies; it also had its own source of fresh water. Alexander started to build a two hundred yard wide mole (land bridge) from the mainland to the island, a distance of approximately one half mile. While the mole was being built, he took part of his cavalry and went to Sidon where he commandeered one hundred twenty triremes, which were sailed to and surrounded Tyre.
    2. analise.dubner
      Siege of Leiden at 5/27/2011 11:06 AM
      In 1572, the city of Leiden sided with the Dutch revolt against Spanish rule and played an important part in the Eighty Years' War. Besieged from May until October 1574 by the Spanish, Leiden was relieved by the cutting of the d**es, thus enabling ships to carry provisions to the flooded town. The siege failed.
    3. analise.dubner
      Siege of Saragossa at 5/27/2011 11:11 AM
      The Siege of Saragossa was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War. A French army advanced on Saragossa with about 6,000 men. Saragossa's fortress was in deplorable condition and proved no obstacle. The French subjected the city to bombardment and assault, neither of which, however, made much impression. General Palafox's army numbered little more than 6,000, but the people's hatred for the invader had driven them to arms in mass, swelling his ranks. At the end of June, the French received 3,500 reinforcements and several fresh batteries. A month of carnage followed in which the French demolished large sections of the city and captured others by storm, only to be forced out again in furious street fighting. The French were compelled to lift the siege and retreat north, their 61-day effort ending in defeat. By then the unconquerable Palafox had become legendary in Spain.

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