"I thought they simply let in the besiegers by night."

They could sit back and let winter drive the besiegers away.

But to have any hope of success, he'd need to take the besiegers by surprise.

Still I had no idea what form these besiegers took, nor how dangerous they might be.

The besieger chose that moment to start up the next round.

Patrols were sent out from the city, which found the besiegers had left.

The garrison and the besiegers were therefore well known to one another.

As if they were now the besieged, instead of being the besieger.

One single man yet baffled all the efforts of the besiegers.

The besiegers had increased in number, and their guns were more numerous than before.

Over the next week, the besiegers completely surrounded the Fort.

The besiegers lost 998 men killed, wounded, missing, or died from disease.

I don't want him to drive off the besiegers.

The besiegers were building piles of wood against the doors.

The cold weather, rain and snow, makes the conditions even more difficult for the besiegers.

Thus, one morning, 600 men took the unprepared besiegers by surprise.

There was a passage for the besiegers through the middle of each tower.

Maybe this has to do with how the two folk fought off besiegers in years gone by.

Kids from the city were out swimming, in defiance of the besiegers.

Most were driven out, intended to become a burden on the besiegers.

It looked like the outer wall of a city that had finally fallen to its besiegers.

The besiegers won this place and camped in it for many weeks.

If he had been going to fight the besiegers.

For once, the advantage was to the besieged, not the besiegers.

The French had made several night sorties on the works of the besiegers.