He laid siege to Sivas, in Cappadocia, on the Armenian frontier, which had only been captured by Bayezid about three years previously.
Their armies crossed the Danube and laid siege to fortresses on the right bank.
The Russians, after crossing the Danube, laid siege to Ibrail, the most important fortress on the lower stretch of the river, and which it was essentially necessary to capture before making an advance to Schumla.
Aware of this fact, Louis commenced his operations on the side of Cleves, and, separating his army into four divisions, laid siege simultaneously to as many places.
At the same time, Duke Bernard entered Alsatia, routed the Imperialists, took their commander prisoner, and soon gained possession of all the territory with the exception of the fortress of Breisach, to which he laid siege.
The next year the Hungarians came again in greater numbers than ever, and, crossing Bavaria, laid siege to Augsburg.
Then he laid siege to Rome, and a long war began, during which the ancient city suffered more than it had endured for centuries.
On the refusal of the lord to surrender it he laid siege to Châlus.
This claim was of course disputed, and with his mercenaries the king laid siege to the castle of Chalus.
Arthur, hearing that his grandmother Eleanor was at the castle of Mirebeau in Poitou with a small force, laid siegeto the castle to capture her as John's chief helper, and quickly carried the outer works.
Philip's attack fell on the lands of disputed allegiance on the eastern edge of the duchy of Aquitaine near his own possessions, and after a few minor successes he laid siege to the important castle of Châteauroux.
Sylla, having conquered and destroyed Caius Marius's army, at Sacriportus, laid siege to Praeneste, where Marius had taken refuge.
He received the voluntary surrender of Antron, and he then marched against Larissa: this city was likewise deserted, the whole multitude taking refuge in the citadel, to which he laid siege.
The war against the Cretans being committed to the charge of the proconsul, Quintus Metellus, he laid siege to the city of Cydonia.
After taking several castles, he laid siegeto Adis one of the strongest fortresses of the country.
He laid siege to it, but meeting with a vigorous resistance, was obliged to raise the siege; not to mention that the urgent necessity of his affairs called him back to Italy, where his presence was absolutely necessary.
The rebels, animated by so much success, laid siegeto Carthage, but were obliged immediately to raise it.
After this battle he laid siege to Jerusalem, in which enterprise he was seconded a year later by Abu Obeida, then chief commander.
It encouraged Taitsong to think that the time was once more ripe for attacking Ningyuen, and he laid siege to that fortress at the head of a large army, including the flower of his troops.
The success of his raids carried alarm through the province of Shansi, and during one of them he laid siege to the capital, Taiyuen.
During the year 1260 he laid siege to Wochow, the modern Wouchang, but he failed to make any impression on the fortress on this occasion, and he agreed to the truce which Litsong proposed.
With this object in view helaid siege to the town of Honan, the capital of the province of the same name.
Cerdic was not wanting to his good fortune; and in order to extend his conquests, he laid siege to Mount Badon or Banesdowne, near Bath, whither the most obstinate of the discomfited Britons had retired.
Yoshisada, enraged at having been duped, laid siege to Shirahata but found it almost invulnerable.
The Crusaders, without seeking the army of Malek-Adel, laid siege to Berytus.
He laid siege to the city of Parma, at the head of a formidable army.
The Mussulman army, after dispersing the Christians who had advanced towards the mountains of Naplouse, laid siege to Jaffa.
Marching to the province of Ararat he laid siege to Ani the Magnificent, with its thousand and one churches.
Romanus, husband of the Greek Empress Eudocia took the field against them, and driving them back to the Euphrates, laid siege to the fortress of Manzikert or Malasgerd in Armenia midway between modern Erzeroum and Van.
In the first place, he laid siege to Elbing, a Hans town of Regal Prussia in Poland, where the Swedes had still a garrison.
He laid siege to Narva, a small town in Ingria, that had a very commodious harbour, and it was generally thought the place would prove an easy conquest.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "laid siege" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
