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Castle from
early November to 4
December 1183. The
Crusaders successfully withstood the siege.
Kerak was the
stronghold of
Raynald of Châtillon, Lord of Oultrejordain...
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North Africa. The knights, led by
Frenchman Jean
Parisot de Valette,
withstood the
Great Siege of
Malta by the
Ottomans in 1565. The knights, with the...
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Continental Army
retreated in disorder.
Their ranks were
later reorganized and
withstood British charges. In the
summer of 1783, the
Continental Congress met in...
- 1366–1368 on the
basic foundations of the
current walls; this
fortification withstood a
siege by Khan Tokhtamysh. Dmitri's son
Vasily I
resumed construction...
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strong support for it
among her constituents. In the 2008 election, she
withstood a
challenge for her seat by
antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan, who ran as...
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borders of his
domains are
still disputed by
modern authors.
Svatopluk also
withstood attacks of the
Magyar tribes and the
Bulgarian Empire,
although sometimes...
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confronted Wellington at the
Battle of
Waterloo on 18 June. Wellington's army
withstood repeated attacks by the
French until, late in the afternoon, Blücher's...
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Borisoglebsky and
engineer A. P.
Zenkov in 1907 from blue Tien Shan spruce. It
withstood an
earthquake with a
force of 10
points in 1911. The
walls of the cathedral...
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Lutheran Protestantism.
During the Russo-Swedish War (1656–1658), Riga
withstood a
siege by
Russian forces. Riga
remained one of the
largest cities under...
- In 1480 the
small Knights Hospitaller garrison of
Rhodes withstood an
attack of the
Ottoman Empire. On 23 May 1480 an
Ottoman fleet of 160
ships appeared...
