Siege: Did you mean...?

A 1623 tapestry showing the siege of Protestant-held La Rochelle in 1573 during the French Wars of Religion (1562-1598).

An early 17th-century illustration by Johann Jacob von Wallhausen showing the tactics of batteries of siege artillery to fire upon a specific point in the defensive fortifications.

Map of the Siege of Hara Castle during the Shimabara Rebellion, c. 17th century. Note the Dutch ships at the top, who would have fired cannonades upon the defenders.

German artillery at the Siege of Tobruk (1941-2) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

Map depicting the Siege of Savannah, 16 September to 20 October 1779. Illustration from page 171 of the book British Battles on Land and Sea Vol. 2, by James Grant, London, 1873.

A photograph of Polish soldiers during the Siege of Tobruk (Apr-Dec 1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). Taken in September 1941. (Imperial War Museums)

A mid-19th-century illustration showing the siege of Multan by the British East India Company during the Second Anglo-Sikh War (1848-9) against the Sikh Empire.

A 15th century CE painting by Jean Colombe depicting the First Crusader's attack on Antioch in 1097-8 CE. (Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris)

Assyrian relief, from the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Iraq, from the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III, c. 728 BCE. Date palms indicate that the city, most of which were on an adjacent slab, was probably Babylonia...

Artist's impression of an army in front of a large city wall, most likely during Late Antiquity or the early Middle Ages. While this does not depict any specific event, the walls may represent the Theodosian Walls of Constantinople.