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The city and its fortified sourroundings were encircled 13 September – 16 October 1944 by the US 1st Infantry Division and 3rd Armored Division in conjunction with the US 2nd Armored Division and 30th Infantry Division during the prolonged Battle of Aachen, later reinforced by US 28th Infantry Division elements.
The lord of Badajoz, Abd Allah ibn Muhammad, grandson of Abd-ar-Rahman ibn Marwan al-Yilliqi, not only fortified his city against a possible attack of Ordoño, but also acted in complete independence from Córdoba.
They attacked and finding no opposition, managed to recover eastern Thrace with its fortified city of Adrianople, regaining an area in Europe which was only slightly larger than the present-day European territory of the Republic of Turkey.
According to accounts in the Zuo Zhuan and Shiji, Confucius departed his homeland in 497 BC after his support to the failed attempt of dismantling the fortified city walls of the powerful Ji, Meng, and Shu families.
Egypt was conquered from their base in Ifriqiya and a new fortified city northeast of Fustat was established.
In this seventeenth-century plan of the fortified city of Casale Monferrato the citadel is the large star-shaped structure on the left.
He also fortified the city Bethsura, that it might serve as a citadel against any distresses that might come from our enemies.
At the conclusion of discussions with the Persians, Diocletian re-organized the Mesopotamian frontier and fortified the city of Circesium ( Buseire, Syria ) on the Euphrates.
The city itself grew around the heavily fortified Diocletian's Palace the Emperor had built in anticipation of his retirement.
The site of the ancient city contains the ruins of a Bronze Age fortified city, which was part of the Cemetery H culture and the Indus Valley Civilization, centered in Sindh and the Punjab.
During the rule of the Mughal administrator of Sindh, Mirza Ghazi Beg, the city was well fortified against Portuguese colonial incursions in Sindh.
Several other fortifications were constructed, making Malmö Sweden's most fortified city, but only Malmöhus remains.
Within months of the marriage Mary was pregnant ; however, on a visit to her husband at the fortified city of Breda, she suffered a miscarriage, which may have permanently impaired her ability to have children.
At the end of 19th century, the city of Kaunas was fortified, and by 1890 it was encircled by eight forts and nine gun batteries.
Ancient cities in the Middle East show archaeological evidence of having had fortified city walls.
The Hittite campaign against the kingdom of Mitanni in the 14th century BC bypassed the fortified city of Carchemish.
In his Commentarii de Bello Gallico ( Commentaries on the Gallic War ), Caesar describes how at the Battle of Alesia the Roman legions created two huge fortified walls around the city.
Vauban's star-shaped fortified city of Neuf-Brisach.
The main fortifications were Fort Douaumont, Fort Vaux and the fortified city of Verdun itself.
This fortified gate was constructed with interlocking volumes that surrounded the entrant in such a way as to provide greater security and control than typical city wall gates.
Izz al-Din would not accept his terms because he considered them disingenuous and extensive, and Saladin immediately laid siege to the heavily fortified city.
Sailing on to India, the Ottomans failed against the Portuguese at the Siege of Diu in September 1538, but then returned to Aden where they fortified the city with 100 pieces of artillery.
He further extended and fortified the port complex at Piraeus, and " fastened the city to the Piraeus, and the land to the sea ".
The city, with a population of 8, 000, was very well fortified with city walls and 66 defence towers.

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Rehoboam is reported to have fortified Tekoa along with other cities in Judah in 2 Chronicles 11: 5-6.
Due to the nature of the aggression from the machines, Zion is an example of a heavily fortified hyperstructure.
An assault gun is a gun or howitzer mounted on a motor vehicle or armored chassis, designed for use in the direct fire role in support of infantry when attacking other infantry or fortified positions.
The fortified site described below, originally identified as Abae by Colonel William Leake in the 19th century, is much more likely to be that of the Sanctuary of Artemis at Hyampolis.
The narrow mouth of the Dart is protected by two fortified castles, Dartmouth Castle and Kingswear Castle.
Fortified wine is distinguished from spirits made from wine in that spirits are produced by means of distillation, while fortified wine is simply wine that has had a spirit added to it.
Although grape brandy is most commonly added to produce fortified wines, the additional alcohol may also be neutral spirit that has been distilled from grapes, grain, sugar beets, or sugarcane.
For drier fortified wine styles, such as sherry, the alcohol is added shortly before or after the end of the fermentation.
Mistelle (; ; Spanish, Portuguese, Galician and, from Latin / " mix ") is sometimes used as an ingredient in fortified wines, particularly Vermouth, Marsala and Sherry, though it is used mainly as a base for apéritifs such as the French Pineau des Charentes.
Madeira is a fortified wine made in the Madeira Islands.
Marsala wine is a wine from Sicily that is available in both fortified and unfortified versions.
The fortified version is blended with brandy to make two styles, the younger, slightly weaker Fine, which is at least 17 % abv and aged at least four months ; and the Superiore, which is at least 18 %, and aged at least two years.
Port wine ( also known simply as Port ) is a fortified wine from the Douro Valley in the northern provinces of Portugal.
Sherry is a fortified wine made from white grapes that are grown near the town of Jerez, Spain.
After fermentation is complete, sherry is fortified with brandy.
In contrast, port wine ( for example ) is fortified halfway through its fermentation, which stops the process so that not all of the sugar is turned into alcohol.
Vermouth is a fortified wine flavored with aromatic herbs and spices (" aromatized " in the trade ) using closely guarded recipes ( trade secrets ).

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