Caesar laid siege to the fortified city of Avaricum ( Bourges ) and broke through the defenses after 25 days, with only 800 out of the 40, 000 inhabitants managing to escape.

In 1011 the Danes again raided England, and from 8 – 29 September they laid siege to Canterbury.

The two regiments of the Foreign Legion took part, as the " Foreign Brigade ", in the battle of Alma ( 20 September 1854 ) and the siege of Sevastopol, during the winter of 1854 – 1855.

The Allied troops then moved across the Alma River on 20 September 1854 at the battle of Alma and set siege to the fort of Sevastopol.

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.

In September 1846 Davis participated in the successful siege of Monterrey.

Stubborn resistance by the Knights and the Maltese populace, as well as infighting between the Turkish leaders, led to the lifting of the siege in September.

The major battles were all fought in one month ( 7 August till 1 September ), and both French armies were captured at Sedan and Metz, the latter after a siege of some weeks.

Forced to sign a peace treaty with the Poles after the Battle of Chotin ( Chocim ) ( which was, in fact, a siege of Chotin defended by the Polish hetman Jan Karol Chodkiewicz ) in September – October, 1621, Osman II returned home to Istanbul in shame, blaming the cowardice of the Janissaries and the insufficiency of his statesmen for his humiliation.

Italy began operations in the Mediterranean, initiating a siege of Malta in June, conquering British Somaliland in August, and making an incursion into British-held Egypt in September 1940.

Barcelona, which had supported the Archduke's claim to the throne of Spain and the allies in 1705, finally surrendered to the Bourbon army on 11 September 1714 following a long siege, ending the presence of the allies in Spain.

Wallace and Moray met and joined their forces, possibly at the siege of Dundee in early September.

Earl Ralph had secured control of the castle at Dol, and in September 1076 William advanced into Brittany and laid siege to the castle.

* September 19 – Under pressure from the Carter Administration, President Anastasio Somoza Debayle lifts the state of siege in Nicaragua.

* September 7 – Lord Forbes raises his unsuccessful siege of Galway.

* September 8 – WWII – The Siege of Leningrad begins: German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.

* September 28 – The Spaghetti House siege takes place in London.

* September 1 – American Civil War: Confederate General Hood evacuates Atlanta after a 4-month siege mounted by Union General Sherman.

* September 25, 1825 – General Hendrik Merkus de Kock lifts the siege of Jogjakarta, the first major action of the Java War.

* September 19 – Thirty Year's War: Heidelberg, the capital of the Electorate of the Palatinate, is taken by the Imperial army of Tilly after a three-month siege.

* September 9 – Thirty Years ' War – Besieged by Wallenstein at Nuremberg, Swedish king Gustav Adolph attempts to break the siege, but is defeated in the Battle of the Alte Veste.

* September 20 – Ostend is captured by Spanish forces under Ambrogio Spinola after a 3-year siege.

* September 14 – Eighty Years ' War: After a 5 month long siege ,'s-Hertogenbosch surrenders to Frederick Henry.

* September 25 – General Hendrik Merkus de Kock lifts the siege of Jogjakarta, the first major action of the Java War.

* September 4 – English begin siege of Calais.

It had been sung on many official occasions and at many important events since 1568, such as the siege of Haarlem in 1573 and the ceremonial entry of the Prince of Orange into Brussels on 18 September 1578.

After an unspeakable siege, lasting the better part of two months, it was announced that the studio `` owed '' the government a tax debt in excess of eight million dollars while I, who had always remained aloof from such iniquitous practices as paying taxes on the salary I had earned and the little I legally inherited as Morris' helpless relict, was `` stung '' with a personal bill of such astronomical proportions as to `` wipe out '' all but a fraction of my poor, hard-come-by savings.

Pavia offered stiff resistance however, and was only taken after a siege lasting three years.

The crusaders believed their oaths were made invalid when the Byzantine contingent under Tatikios failed to help them during the siege of Antioch ; Bohemund, who had set himself up as Prince of Antioch, briefly went to war with Alexios in the Balkans, but was blockaded by the Byzantine forces and agreed to become Alexios ' vassal by the Treaty of Devol in 1108.

His son-in-law, Theodore Laskaris, who was the only one to attempt anything significant, was defeated at Scutari, and the siege of Constantinople began.

Alexios V Doukas, surnamed Mourtzouphlos (, d. December 1205, Constantinople ) was Byzantine Emperor ( 5 February – 12 April 1204 ) during the second and final siege of Constantinople by the participants of the Fourth Crusade.

In Berkshire, a successful skirmish at the Battle of Englefield on 31 December 870 was followed by a severe defeat at the siege and Battle of Reading by Ivar's brother Halfdan Ragnarsson on 5 January 871 ; then, four days later, Alfred won a brilliant victory at the Battle of Ashdown on the Berkshire Downs, possibly near Compton or Aldworth.

Nicaea, until 1261 the capital of the Empire, was under siege by Ottoman Turks.

On one occasion he was separated from Ursicinus and took refuge in Amida during the siege of the city, which was then attacked by the Sassanid king Shapur II ; he barely escaped with his life.

The siege was long and famine broke out in the Christian camp ; the Byzantines and crusades blamed each other for the failure, and a truce was signed with Saladin.

On the way back after giving up the siege he fell ill from dysentery, which was ameliorated by doctors but turned into a fever in Jerusalem.

Adhemar negotiated with Alexius I Comnenus at Constantinople, reestablished at Nicaea some discipline among the crusaders, fought a crucial role at the Battle of Dorylaeum and was largely responsible for sustaining morale during the siege of Antioch through various religious rites including fasting and special observances of holy days.

Much of the city, including the oil refinery which was the world's largest refinery with capacity of 680, 000 barrels per day, was badly damaged or destroyed by the siege and by bombing.

The siege was successful, but the behaviour of the Spartan general Pausanias alienated many of the Allies, and resulted in Pausanias's recall.

After a three-year siege, Thasos was recaptured and forced back into the League.

The covered ark with golden staves carried by the priesthood ( Ancient Israel ) | priests, and seven priests with rams ' horns, at the siege of Jericho, in an eighteenth-century artist's depiction. The biblical account relates that during the Israelites ' exodus from Egypt, the Ark was carried by the priests some 2, 000 cubits in advance of the people and their army, or host.

The Ark was with the army during the siege of Rabbah ( 2 Sam.

The latter state was forced to surrender to Athens after a siege, and to accept the position of a subject-ally ( c. 456 BC ).

The Abbasid army was fast on his heels, and laid siege to Carmona for approximately two months.

His troops were able to recover the coras ( provinces ) of Jaén and Elvira, while a cavalry detachment was sent to free Málaga from ibn Hafsun's siege.

Marlborough could not attack Dillingen because of a lack of siege guns – he was unable to bring any from the Low Countries, and Baden had failed to supply any despite assurances to the contrary.