From there he travelled north to relieve the rebel siege at Lincoln and back east to King's Lynn, probably to order further supplies from the continent.

How half a dozen bottles of French Champagne can be promptly procured for an embassy party in a city under rebel siege is a mystery.

He and his men slayed Pazhyamviden during rebel siege of British outpost at Pazhassi in 1803.

Despite this supply route, another route, the road linking Jalalabad with Kabul, is still considered crucial to the success of the rebel siege.

After months of rebel siege and continuous reciprocal kidnappings, popular committees in the two towns agreed to begin negotiations with Sunni rebels on 27 March 2013.

Indeed, the Najibullah Government has not only survived, but its army has gone on the offensive after having broken a rebel siege of Jalalabad.

Torit, which has been under rebel siege for many months, is considered the military gateway to Juba, the southern provincial capital.

They broke the rebel siege and also drove them out of Dundalk and back into Ulster.

The chaos receded and a rebel siege of the capital, Monrovia, was lifted.

That victory placed most of Herzegovina in rebel hands, leaving Stolac isolated and under a rebel siege.