Besieged

Besieged examines the most important sieges in history-the actions and motivations of attackers and defenders along with conditions inside and outside the city walls.

Paul K. Davis received his Ph.D. from King's College, University of London, and teaches history at Texas Military Institute. He has previously published four books in military history

Preface

ix

Jericho (1405 BC)

1

(2)

Troy (1250 BC)

3

(3)

Plataea (429--427 BC)

6

(3)

Syracuse (415--413 BC)

9

(5)

Veii (404--396 BC)

14

(3)

Tyre (332 BC)

17

(3)

Syracuse (213--212 BC)

20

(4)

Carthage (149--146 BC)

24

(5)

Numantia (134--133 BC)

29

(2)

Alesia (52 BC)

31

(4)

Jerusalem (70)

35

(4)

Masada (73--74)

39

(3)

Aquileia (452)

42

(2)

Rome (537--38)

44

(3)

Constantinople (717--18)

47

(3)

Pavia (773--74)

50

(3)

Paris (885--86)

53

(2)

Jerusalem (1099)

55

(4)

Acre (1189--91)

59

(3)

Montsegur (1243--44)

62

(4)

Baghdad (1258)

66

(2)

Hsiang-yang (1268--73)

68

(3)

Calais (1346--47)

71

(3)

Nicopolis (1396)

74

(2)

Orleans (1428--29)

76

(4)

Constantinople (1453)

80

(5)

Granada (1491)

85

(3)

Tenochtitlan (1521)

88

(6)

Rhodes (1522)

94

(3)

Pavia (1524--25)

97

(4)

Vienna (1529)

101

(4)

Boulogne (1544)

105

(2)

Malta (1565)

107

(4)

Chitor Garh (1567--68)

111

(2)

Famagusta (1571)

113

(3)

Antwerp (1584--85)

116

(5)

Kinsale (1601--02)

121

(4)

Osaka (1614--15)

125

(4)

La Rochelle (1627--28)

129

(3)

Magdeburg (1631)

132

(5)

Maastricht (1673)

137

(2)

Vienna (1683)

139

(3)

Londonderry (1689)

142

(4)

St. Augustine (1702)

146

(3)

Turin (1706)

149

(2)

Lille (1708)

151

(3)

Louisbourg (1745)

154

(3)

Arcot (1751)

157

(3)

Fort Niagara (1759)

160

(3)

Quebec (1759)

163

(4)

Havana (1762)

167

(4)

Boston (1775--76)

171

(4)

Quebec (1775--76)

175

(4)

Fort Stanwix (1777)

179

(4)

Gibraltar (1779--83)

183

(4)

Pensacola (1781)

187

(4)

Yorktown (1781)

191

(4)

Toulon (1793)

195

(4)

Genoa (1800)

199

(2)

Badajoz (1812)

201

(4)

Cuautla (1812)

205

(3)

Cartagena (1815)

208

(4)

Athens (Acropolis) (1826--27)

212

(3)

The Alamo (1836)

215

(5)

Rome (1849)

220

(2)

Sevastopol (1854--55)

222

(5)

Delhi (1857)

227

(4)

Gaeta (1860--61)

231

(3)

Puebla (1863)

234

(3)

Vicksburg (1863)

237

(4)

Petersburg (1864--65)

241

(4)

Fort Fisher (1864--65)

245

(4)

Humaita (1867--68)

249

(3)

Paris (1870--71)

252

(4)

Plevna (1877)

256

(4)

Khartoum (1884--85)

260

(3)

Chitral (1895)

263

(4)

Manila (1898)

267

(4)

Mafeking (1899--1900)

271

(5)

Peking (1900)

276

(4)

Port Arthur (1904--05)

280

(4)

Liege (1914)

284

(4)

Kut-al-Amara (1915--16)

288

(3)

Madrid (1936--39)

291

(6)

Bilbao (1937)

297

(4)

Malta (1940--42)

301

(5)

Tobruk (1941)

306

(5)

Leningrad (1941--44)

311

(5)

Sevastopol (1941--42)

316

(2)

Singapore (1942)

318

(5)

Stalingrad (1942--43)

323

(4)

Monte Cassino (1944)

327

(6)

Imphal (1944)

333

(4)

Dien Bien Phu (1953--54)

337

(5)

Quemoy (Kinmen) (1958--59)

342

(3)

Khe Sanh (1968)

345

(4)

Beirut (1982)

349

(3)

Basra (1982--87)

352

(5)

Sarajevo (1991--95)

357

(3)

Grozny (1994--95)

360

(5)

Glossary

365

(4)

Index

369

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