All 10 Uses of
siege
in
The Return of the King
- But ere long it may well come to pass that Minas Tirith is surrounded, and unless you have the strength to break a siege of many powers, the Lord Denethor bids me say that he judges that the strong arms of the Rohirrim would be better within his walls than without.†
Chpt 5.3
- Chapter 4 The Siege of Gondor Pippin was roused by Gandalf.†
Chpt 5.4 *
- Slowly the great siege-towers built in Osgiliath rolled forward through the dark.†
Chpt 5.4
- Shot and dart fell thick; siege-towers crashed or blazed suddenly like torches.†
Chpt 5.4
- After a while the king led his men away somewhat eastward, to come between the fires of the siege and the outer fields.†
Chpt 5.5
- Ahead nearer the walls Elfhelm's men were among the siege-engines, hewing, slaying, driving their foes into the fire-pits.†
Chpt 5.6
- But they had not yet overthrown the siege, nor won the Gate.†
Chpt 5.6
- Victory cannot be achieved by arms, whether you sit here to endure siege after siege, or march out to be overwhelmed beyond the River.†
Chpt 5.9
- Victory cannot be achieved by arms, whether you sit here to endure siege after siege, or march out to be overwhelmed beyond the River.†
Chpt 5.9
- And when he learned that at the siege of Gondor there had been a great number of these beasts but that they were all destroyed, he thought it a sad loss.†
Chpt 6.4
Definition:
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(siege) a military tactic in which a fortified place is surrounded and isolated while it is attacked over time
or:
any prolonged attack, effort, or period of trouble