* 1900 – The Battle of Elands River during the Second Boer War ends after a 13-day siege is lifted by the British.

We possess two declamations under his name: On Sophists, directed against Isocrates and setting forth the superiority of extempore over written speeches ( a more recently discovered fragment of another speech against Isocrates is probably of later date ); Odysseus ( perhaps spurious ) in which Odysseus accuses Palamedes of treachery during the siege of Troy

He is credited with designing innovative machines, including siege engines and the screw pump that bears his name.

* Deliverance from Distress in Babylon ( 4: 9 – 5: 1 ) The similarities to Isaiah 41: 15 – 16 and the references to Babylon suggest the period of this material, although it is unclear whether a period during or after the siege of 586 is meant.

The prophet Habakkuk is generally believed to have written his book in the mid to late 7th century BC, not long before the Babylonians ' siege and capture of Jerusalem.

It is reported in the Bible during the siege of Samaria ( 2 Kings 6: 25 – 30 ).

A similar story is reported by Flavius Josephus during the siege of Jerusalem by Rome in 70 AD ( see Mary of Bethezuba ), and the population of Numantia during the Roman Siege of Numantia in the 2nd century BC was reduced to cannibalism and suicide.

A catapult is a device used to throw or hurl a projectile a great distance without the aid of explosive devices — particularly various types of ancient and medieval siege engines.

The formation of the Latin League led by Laevius ( or Baebius ) Egerius happened under the influence of an alliance with the tyrant of Cuma Aristodemos and is probably connected to the political events at end of the 6th century narrated by Livy and Dionysius, such as the siege of Aricia by Porsenna's son Arruns.

David sends for Uriah, who is with the Israelite army at the siege of Rabbah, so that he may lie with his wife and conceal the identity of the child's father.

The cause of death is commonly accepted to be a combination of sorrow for the loss of his only son in 1097, and the increasing impact of the siege on famine and living standards more generally.

The first chronicled use of " fire spears " ( or " fire lances ") is at the siege of De ' an in 1132.

If this is not due to chronological confusion of the events of the siege, it may suggest that Kallinikos merely introduced an improved version of an established weapon.

However, although the use of hastily improvised fireships is mentioned during the 1203 siege of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade, no report confirms the use of the actual Greek fire.

The cheirosiphōnes especially were prescribed for use at land and in sieges, both against siege machines and against defenders on the walls, by several 10th-century military authors, and their use is depicted in the Poliorcetica of Hero of Byzantium. The Byzantine dromons usually had a siphōn installed on their prow under the forecastle, but additional devices could also on occasion be placed elsewhere on the ship.

Atlanta is under siege ( September 1864 ), " hemmed in on three sides ," it descends into a desperate state while hundreds of wounded Confederate soldiers lie dying or dead in the city.

This is reflected by archaeological sites and findings such as the Broad Wall, defensive city wall in Jerusalem, Hezekiah's Tunnel, an aqueduct designed to provide Jerusalem with water during an impending siege by the Assyrians, led by Sennacherib.

It is believed his refusal to bring the war to Rome itself was due to a lack of commitment from Carthage of men, money and materiel — principally siege equipment.

In the video game Postal 2 if you enter the church in the siege a priest is throwing holy hand grenades behind a table

The first part establishes Isaiah as a prophet of Israel during the reign of Hezekiah ; the second part focuses on Isaiah's actions during the siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib ; and the third part is primarily focused upon Isaiah warning the people of coming doom.

* 1913 – Second Balkan War: Serbian forces begin their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin ; the siege is later called off when the war ends.

However, James ' successor as leader of the Jerusalem church, Simeon, is not, in tradition, appointed till after the siege of Jerusalem in AD 70, and Eusebius ' notice of Simeon implies a date for the death of James immediately before the siege, i. e. about AD 69.

The Assyrians were also innovative in military technology with the use of heavy cavalry, sappers, siege engines etc.

Subsequent authors continued to refer to the cheirosiphōnes, especially for use against siege towers, although Nikephoros II Phokas also advises their use in field armies, with the aim of disrupting the enemy formation.

The Siege of Kenilworth Castle in 1266 was " probably the longest in English history " according to historian Norman Pounds, and at the time was also the largest siege to have occurred in England in terms of the number of soldiers involved.

Arrow slits, concealed doors for sallies, and deep water wells were also integral to resisting siege at this time.

As Carthage was under siege and engaged in a difficult civil war, they begrudgingly accepted the loss of these islands and the subsequent Roman conditions for ongoing peace, which also increased the war indemnity levied against Carthage after the first Punic War.

Additionally, the spread of rockets into Europe was also influenced by the Ottomans at the siege of Constantinople in 1453, although it is very likely that the Ottomans themselves were influenced by the Mongol invasions of the previous few centuries.

Sancho was killed in the siege of Zamora by the traitor Bellido Dolfos ( also known as Vellido Adolfo ) in 1072.

Bruce also made raids into northern England and, landing at Ramsey in the Isle of Man, then laid siege to Castle Rushen in Castletown capturing it on 21 June 1313 to deny the island's strategic importance to the English.

Sieges involve surrounding the target and blocking the reinforcement or escape of troops or provision of supplies ( a tactic known as " investment "), typically coupled with attempts to reduce the fortifications by means of siege engines, artillery bombardment, mining ( also known as sapping ), or the use of deception or treachery to bypass defences.

Battering rams and siege hooks could also be used to force through gates or walls, while catapults, ballistae, trebuchets, mangonels, and onagers could be used to launch projectiles in order to break down a city's fortifications and kill its defenders.

A siege tower, a substantial structure built to equal or greater height than the fortification's walls, could allow the attackers to fire down upon the defenders and also advance troops to the wall with less danger than using ladders.

A sufficient supply of food and water was also important to defeat the simplest method of siege warfare: starvation.

Arrow slits ( also called arrow loops or loopholes ), sally ports ( airlock-like doors ) for sallies, and deep water wells were also integral means of resisting siege at this time.

It also reintroduced siege warfare, as armies seeking to use railway lines in enemy territory were forced to capture fortresses which blocked these lines.

Used since the 11th century BC in the ancient Near East, the 4th century BC in Europe and also in antiquity in the Far East, siege towers were of unwieldy dimensions and, like trebuchets, were therefore mostly constructed on site of the siege.

At this siege the attackers also made use of " sows "-mobile armoured shelters which were used throughout the medieval period, and allowed workers to fill in moats with protection from the defenders ( thus levelling the ground for the siege towers to be moved to the walls ).

The Jacobite pretender to the thrones of United Kingdom and France, Charles Edward Stuart, who was under 14 then, also participated in the French and Spanish siege of Gaeta, making his first exposure to battle.

* 1271 – Baibars conducts an unsuccessful siege of the city of Tripoli, and also fails in an attempted naval invasion of Cyprus.

Heartened by this victory, he lifted the siege of Ancona and hurried to Rome where he not only had his wife crowned empress, but he also received a second coronation at the hands of Paschal III.

* Mamluk sultan Baibars conducts an unsuccessful siege of the city of Tripoli, and also fails in an attempted naval invasion of Cyprus.

Lastly, over to the south of Mafeking lay the diamond mining city of Kimberley, which was also subjected to a siege.