It dates back to the 1600s after the siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Turks.
Interestingly, the only contemporary account of the siege by a black is sympathetic to Baden-Powell.
It took two weeks and the help of French commandos to break the siege.
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Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said 37 foreigners from eight nationalities were killed during the siege.
Since then, Algeria's government has kept a tight grip on information about the siege.
But the ending of the siege was even more surprising than the siege itself.
In 1627, France's Cardinal Richelieu began the siege of the Huguenot fortress at La Rochelle with royal troops.
Whereas Gaza was once plugged into Western economies, the siege has forced it to find other financial moorings.
The siege lasted a total of three days and killed over 160 people.
But the black shirts held firm and the ball was eventually spilt forward, allowing Januarie to lift the siege.
However, the Indian government is also under pressure to explain the lapse of security that allowed the siege to occur.
But the red shirts defended with bravery and discipline to hold out, eventually turning over possession to lift the siege.
It is also restricting the import of goods, such as fizzy drinks, which it has learnt to manufacture under the siege.
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He was killed not far from here, during the siege of Chalus.
In 1993, authorities said they had identified the body of David Koresh from remains found in the siege at Waco in February.
The ongoing saga of the siege of the PSN has resulted in news items practically every other day since the attacks started.
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It was not made clear how the pair had escaped the siege.
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Mauritanian website Sahara Media says Mokhtar Belmokhtar, the suspected organiser of the siege, has claimed responsibility for it in a video message.
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Log cottages are sinking into a soil which gives up evidence of the siege: cannon shot, wooden shovels, barley blackened by fire.
Last Sunday, rebels said the defenders broke through the siege lines to receive a much-needed delivery of supplies under cover of darkness.
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The Trojans wanted to believe the siege of their city was over.
The siege forces appear to have received fresh reinforcements in past weeks.
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Then, just before the half-time whistle, Blues lifted the siege and at last moved into the Bristol 22 to score their first try.
In 1862, the siege of the Confederate city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, began when Union naval forces took up position off of the city.
These are putting an immediate end to aggression and second breaking the siege and quickly securing humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
The Scarlets responded by putting Leinster under serious pressure but Malcolm O'Kelly's big hit helped lift the siege as the ball was turned over.
They finally ended the siege after 23 minutes when Samir Nasri broke into the area and curled a shot narrowly wide with Valdes struggling.
And the actions over the weekend certainly lead us to believe that the Bosnia Serbs are not interested in ending the siege of Sarajevo.
They found only about 20 civilians left alive and two South Vietnamese soldiers, who had defied detection by the North Vietnamese throughout the siege.
In other assignments, Chance reported from Mumbai, India, where he covered the 2008 militant attacks on the city and the siege of the landmark Taj Majal Hotel.
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