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	Siege - Thagodz Wiki
		A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that refuses to surrender and cannot be easily taken by a frontal assault.
		A siege tower could also be used: a substantial structure built as high, or higher than the walls, it allowed the attackers to fire down upon the defenders and also advance troops to the wall with less danger than using ladders.
		Although siege warfare had moved out from an urban setting because city walls had become ineffective against modern weapons, trench warfare was nonetheless able to utilize many of the techniques of siege warfare in its prosecution (sapping, mining, barrage and, of course, attrition) but on a much larger scale and on a greatly extended front.
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	Siege of Ostend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Siege of Ostend was a three year siege which resulted in a Spanish victory.
		It is remembered as the bloodiest battle of the Eighty Years' War and one of the longest sieges in history: It is said "the Spanish assailed the unassailable; the Dutch defended the indefensible."
		The ruin and devastation of the siege led to negotiations that produced a twelve-year truce (1609-1621) between Spain and the United Provinces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Siege_of_Ostend (213 words)

	Siege (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
		A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that refuses to surrender and cannot be easily taken by a frontal assault.
		A siege tower could also be used: a substantial structure built as high, or higher than the walls, it allowed the attackers to fire down upon the defenders and also advance troops to the wall with less danger than using ladders.
	www.xasa.us /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/si/siege.html (4387 words)

	Ostend - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ostend (Dutch: Oostende, French and German: Ostende) is a municipality located in Flemish Region, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders.
		The municipality comprises the city of Ostend proper and the towns of Mariakerke, Stene and Zandvoorde.
		Ostend became a transit harbour to England in 1846 when the first ferry sailed to Dover.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ostend (705 words)

	Siege of Ostend Journal
		Ostend was fortified in 1583 and by the end of the sixteenth century was the only possession of the Republic in Flanders.
		The siege began on 5 July 1601 and became infamous for the heroism, bloodshed and sheer endurance of both sides.
		In the second year of the siege it is estimated that 4000 men died within Ostend and probably twice as many in the trenches of the besieging force.
	special.lib.gla.ac.uk /exhibns/month/mar2004.html (2298 words)

	Siege (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		A siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by or attrition.
		During a siege a surrounding army build earthworks (a line of circumvallation) to completely encircle their target preventing and water supplies from reaching the besieged If sufficiently desperate as the siege progressed and civilians might have been reduced to anything vaguely edible—horses family pets the leather shoes and even each other.
		A siege tower could also be used: a substantial built as high or higher than the it allowed the attackers to fire down the defenders and also advance troops to wall with less danger than using ladders.
	www.freeglossary.com /Siege (3726 words)

	Siege (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Sieges usually involve surrounding the target and blocking the provision of supplies, typically coupled with siege engines, artillery bombardment or sapping (also known as mining) to reduce fortifications.
		Battering rams and siege hooks could 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.
		This was very different from the siege of Nuremberg during the 30 Years' War and was demonstrated to the continental powers by regiments of the New Model Army at the Battle of the Dunes (1658) during the Anglo-Spanish War.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Siege.htm (4802 words)

	Siege
		Sieges usually involve surrounding the target and blocking the provision of supplies, typically coupled with siege engines, Artillery bombardment or Sapping (also known as mining) to reduce fortifications.
		To end a siege more rapidly various methods were developed in ancient and medieval times to counter fortifications, and a large variety of siege engines were developed for use by besieging armies.
		However, the Siege of Metz and the Siege of Paris held up German armies for months at a time due to the superior firepower of the Chassepot rifle and the principle of detached or semi-detached forts with heavy-caliber Artillery.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/si/Siege.htm (4538 words)

	By England's Aid or The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by G. A. Henty: Chapter XXIII. The Siege of Ostend
		Ostend had been completely rebuilt and fortified eighteen years previously, and was defended by ramparts, counterscarps, and two broad ditches.
		The States General considered the defence of Ostend to be of extreme importance to the cause, and appointed Sir Francis Vere general of the army in and about Ostend, and sent with him 600 Dutch troops and eight companies of English under the command of his brother, Sir Horace.
		Ostend had no natural advantages for defence beyond the facility of letting the sea into the numerous channels and ditches which intersected the city, and protected it from any operations on the south side.
	www.online-literature.com /ga-henty/by-englands-aid-or-the-freeing/24 (3363 words)

	Siege at AllExperts
		A siege is a prolonged military blockade and assault of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.
		On the first night while sieging a city, the leader of the Mongol forces would lead from a white tent: if the city surrendered, all would be spared.
		Siege or King-of-the hill is a common game played in Paintball and AIrsoft.The objective is ussally to either take the fortress/building or to kill all of the fortress/building's occupants.
	en.allexperts.com /e/s/si/siege.htm (5597 words)

	Ostend / Oostende / Ostende, Belgium
		Ostend (Flemish Oostende, French Ostende) on the North Sea coast is the home of the largest high seas fishing fleet in Belgium and the location of three technical schools of fishing.
		In addition, Ostend is the largest Belgian seaside resort and one of the most popular in Europe and can look back on a fashionable past; since 1933 the town also is able to call itself a spa.
		Foreign trade is the lifeblood of Ostend, especially as fishing has suffered a decline, and the economy of the harbor is threatened by the building of the channel tunnel and with competition from the very modern port facilities of Zeebrugge, so that industry (ship building and fish processing) is of increased importance.
	www.planetware.com /belgium/ostend-oostende-ostende-b-wv-ooo.htm (416 words)

	Our City
		In the ninth century Ostend was a fishing village, named Oostende Ter Streep because it was on the east-end of a narrow stretch of land into the North sea.
		Being ravaged in the 14th and 15th century by floods, Ostend was relocated inland and was fortified again.
		In the 17th and 18th century Ostend was by one the most important port of the southern Netherlands.
	schoolweb.argo.be /ka/oostende/centrum/HomePage/OSTEND/Ostend.html (236 words)

	Siege
		Ancient sources contain many stories of sieges, such as the siege of Siege of Troy described by Homer in the Iliad.
		To end a siege more rapidly various methods were developed in ancient and medieval times to counter fortifications, and a large variety of onagers could be used to launch projectiles in order to break down a city's fortifications and kill its defenders.
		Despite the overwhelming might of the modern state, siege tactics continue to be employed in negotiators, psychologists and, if necessary, force, generally being able to rely on the support of their nation's armed forces if required.
	www.med-help.info /?p=siege (3670 words)

	Siege of Ostend (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The Siege of Ostend was a three-year siege that resulted in a Spanish victory.
		Under his able leadership, the Spanish tore Ostend's outer defenses from the exhausted Dutch and put what remained of the city under the muzzles of their guns, compelling the Dutch to surrender.
		The ruin and devastation of the siege led to negotiations that produced a twelve-year truce (1609-1621) between Spain and the United Provinces.
	nba.servegame.org /en/Siege_of_Ostend.htm (232 words)

	, HES & DE GRAAF (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Maurits was, yet again, to play the leading role and, despite the fact that the outcome was less of a success for the young Republic of the Seven United Netherlands than the battle of Nieuwpoort had been, the result was a Spanish conquest of a city of total devastation and, by then, wholly depopulated.
		These reports were to leave such a lasting impression in the Republic, that ‘Ostend’ became one of the most well known feats of arms in the penultimate stages of the struggle for freedom from Spain.
		"The Siege of Ostend was a significant political and military event, not only because of its place in the struggle between the dutch rebels and Spain, but also in the context of contemporary European military reforms.
	www.forum-hes.nl /hes/main_stock.phtml/view/0000000541?view=yes (587 words)

	Siege - freeproxy.ch
		The most common practise of siege warfare was however to lay siege and wait for the surrender of the enemies inside.
		But Lines of Torres Vedras (1810–1811), which were built by the Portuguese under the direction of Royal Engineers of the British Army during the Peninsular war were able to stop a French Army and were the first example of Trench warfare.
		Siege Warfare in ancient Egypt Three ancient Egyptian Sieges: Megiddo, Dapur, Hermopolis (archived version) The Siege Of The CityBiblical perspectives.
	www.freeproxy.ch /Definition/en/Siege (5500 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		In earlier times, Ostend was nothing more than a small village built on the east-end (Dutch: oost-einde) of an island (called Testerep) between the North Sea and a beach lake.
		In later times the harbour of Ostend continued to expand because the harbor dock, as well as the traffic connections with the hinterland, were improved.
		Ostend became a transit harbour to England in 1846 when the first ferry sailed to Dover.
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	By England's Aid or The Freeing of the Netherlands (1585-1604) by G. A. Henty: Chapter XXI. The Battle of Nieuport
		Their plan was to land an army near Ostend, which was held by the English, and to besiege the town of Nieuport, west of Ostend, and after that to attack Dunkirk.
		The Dutch army advanced by rapid marches to the neighbourhood of Ostend, and captured the fort and redoubts which the Spaniards had raised to prevent its garrison from undertaking offensive operations.
		Most of the officers were of opinion that the Spanish force was not a large one, and that it was a mere feint to induce the Dutch to abandon the siege of Nieuport and return to Ostend.
	www.online-literature.com /ga-henty/by-englands-aid-or-the-freeing/22 (3339 words)

	The early-modern Military Revolution
		The siege of Ostend, for example, lasted from July 1601 to September 1604.
		In the later 17th and early 18th century, sieges remained costly in time and lives - the Allies suffered 12,000 casualties in the capture of Lille from the French (1708).
		The weapon was particularly used in siege warfare to assault the soldiers who rushed together to a breach in the fortifications.
	history.wisc.edu /sommerville/351/351-16.htm (1616 words)

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		It was by the forts erected on the coast of Flanders in the neighbourhood of Ostend that this important possession of the States was rendered nearly valueless.
		A couple of troopers from Ostend came spurring full gallop along the strand, and almost breathless with dismay, announced that it was the whole army of the archduke advancing in line of battle.
		For now the siege of Ostend became the war, and was likely to continue to be the war for a long time to come; all other military operations being to a certain degree suspended, as if by general consent of both belligerants, or rendered subsidiary to the main design.
	www2.cddc.vt.edu /gutenberg/etext04/jm84v10.txt (19415 words)

	Preparing to Siege During the Renaissance
		Because the attacking armies could potentially be attacked not only by those defending their city, castle or fortress, the attackers would also have to guard against being attacked by those coming to the aid of the besieged.
		Most sieges had very little fighting between opposing armies and the decision by the attacking army to just wait for the surrender.
		It was common for the siege army to accept the surrender.
	www.all-about-renaissance-faires.com /warfare/preparing_a_siege.htm (691 words)

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		The siege was essentially the war--as already observed--and it was bidding fair to protract itself to such an extent that a respect for chronology requires the attention to be directed for a moment to other topics.
		Ostend, after standing nearly two years of siege, was not to be carried by storm.
		It had become necessary for the archduke, notwithstanding the steady drain of the siege of Ostend, to detach a considerable army against this republic and to besiege them in their capital of Hoogstraaten.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/etext04/jm75v10.txt (12119 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Isabelle.
		It is said that Isabel of Austria, daughter of Philip II., at the siege of Ostend vowed not to change her linen till the place was taken.
		As the siege lasted three years, we may well suppose that it was somewhat soiled by three years’ wear.
		“His colour was isabel, a name given in allusion to the whimsical vow of Isabella Clara Eugenia, Governess of the Netherlands, at the memorable siege of Ostend, which lasted from 1601 till 1604.”—Dillon: Travels in Spain (1781).
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	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Isabelle. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		It is said that Isabel of Austria, daughter of Philip II., at the siege of Ostend vowed not to change her linen till the place was taken.
		As the siege lasted three years, we may well suppose that it was somewhat soiled by three years’ wear.
		“His colour was isabel, a name given in allusion to the whimsical vow of Isabella Clara Eugenia, Governess of the Netherlands, at the memorable siege of Ostend, which lasted from 1601 till 1604.”—Dillon: Travels in Spain (1781).
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/81/8979.html (210 words)

	Weird Words: Isabelline
		He laid siege to Ostend in 1601 and in a moment of filial fervour Isabella vowed not to change her intimate undergarments until the city was taken.
		Unfortunately for her (and for those around her) the siege lasted another three years, leading to this off-colour word for over-worn underwear.
		However, the references in all cases are to the siege of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella that ended in January 1492.
	www.worldwidewords.org /weirdwords/ww-isa1.htm (322 words)

	Asherbooks Rare Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Second edition, revised and enlarged, of a well-illustrated account of the siege of Ostend in the years 1601 to 1604, plus the preceding battle of Nieuwpoort (1600).
		The three-year Siege of Ostend that followed soon after gave the Spanish a Pyrrhic victory, but it gave the Dutch commander Maurits, Prince of Orange, an opportunity to try out new ideas in military strategy and gain experience with extraordinary new siege engines and other machines of war, and with new siege techniques.
		The thrilling stories of the siege and the stunning pictures of battles, fortification and equipment (and of a woman dressed in men’s cloths, found among the dead Spanish soldiers) also caught the imagination of the public and served as propaganda to harden the Dutch populace against the Spanish enemy.
	www.asherbooks.com /2130_v.html (567 words)

	Siege of Ostend: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Siege of Ostend: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
		The Siege of Ostend was a 3 year long siege siege quick summary:
		[For more info, click on this link] said that she would'nt switch her shirt until Ostend fell that is why today there is a grey brown colour that has the name Isabella.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/siege_of_ostend.htm (177 words)

	keyte-translation
		Sometimes in the meaning of a beer which is so old as the siege itself, as beer which is brewed or imported during a siege or as kind of beer which is brewed after the discontinuance of a siege.
		The facts that this is the last brewery in the Tax and Excise District of Ostend and that the brewer lives in Ostend, emphasize the Ostend character of this beer.
		Philips II took the initiative to siege Ostend, but it were indeed the troops of the archdukes and Philips III who were stationed in Ostend.
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	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Ostend
		He left his native Ostend to study painting (1877-80) at the Académie de Bruxelles.
		He took (1604) Ostend from Maurice of Nassau after a long siege and then carried the war into the northern provinces.
		In World War I he achieved his greatest fame as commander of the Dover patrol when he raided Zeebrugge and Ostend in Belgium (Apr. 23, 1918) to cripple the last German submarine campaign in the English Channel.
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