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Were first employed by a French en-gineer of the name of Renau.—Bombarded again in 1683; again in1689, by the French 1 and finally byLord Exmouth on the 27th day ofAugust, 1816.
Alhama, 1481.
Almeida, Aug. 27, 1810.—Lost by theaccidental explosion of the principalmagazine, and the after-treachery ofMajor Jose de Barreiros, the Portu-gueze artillery commander.
Ancona, 1799.
Angely (St. Jean d’), 1569, 1621.
Angoulbme, 1345.
Antequera, 1410.
Antwerp , 1576, 1583; 1585, use of in-fernal machines; 1706,1792, 1814.
Arras, 1414.
Ariscli (El), 1800.
Astorga, April 12, 1810.
Azoff, 1736.
Asti, 1745, 1746.
Atella, 1496.
Ath, 1697, 1700; 1745.—First generaladoption of firing with artillery a ri-cochet, at a siege.
Badajoz , tMarch 11, 1811; besieged byLord Wellington in May, the siegeraised; a second time during Mayand June, again raised June 9th, froman insufficiency of means; besiegedby his Lordship, the third time, in1812, and taken by escalade on thenight of April 6th. If the British hadfailed in this last attempt, the armymust have gone back to the linesof Torres Vedras.— Remark .—Aftertwenty days open trenches, threebreaches were made; the assault ofthese failed, while an attack of thesame walls by escalade succeeded.—Such were the exertions, and so daringwas the intrepidity of the British troops d uring tbeescalade, particularlythat made by General Leith, and thelate lamented Sir Thomas Picton ,K. B. that a few years hence theywill scarcely obtain belief.
Bagdad, 1248.
Barcelona, 1697, 1705, 1706,1714.
Bastia, 1511, 1793.
Bayonne, 1451.
Beauvais, 1472.
Bellegarde, 1793, 1794. "'"’1
Belle-Isle, April 7, 1761.
Bene, 1551,1795.
Bergerac, 1345.
Bergen-op-zoom , 1588, 1622, 1747,
1814.—During one of the most ob-stinate sieges against this strong place,the Dutch , from the prevalence of athirst for lucre, actually sold gun-powder and other materials to en-able the enemy to destroy their ow»property.
Berwick, 1293.
Besanpon, 1668, 1674.
Bethune, 1710.
Blisecastel, 1674, 1794.
Bois-le-duc , 1605, 1629, 1794.
Bologna, 1512, 1796.
Bommel, 1599, invention of the covert-way ; 17 94.
Bonifacio, 1553.
Bordeaux, 1451, 1452, 1653.
Bouchain, 1676; 1711,—last siege ofthe Duke of Marlborough.
Boulogne, 1545.
Bourbon (Ft.), Martinique , 1794; 18—Taken and blown up.
Breda, 1590, 1625, 1793, 1794.
Brescia, 1439, 1512,1796, 1799.
Breslaw, 1741, 1757, 1759; Jan. 8, 1807.
Brest, 1373.
Brieg, 1741, 1806, 1807.
Brisac, 1638, 1703, 1704.
Brussels (bombardment), 1695,1746.
Buda, 1526, 1528, 1541,1684, 1686.
Burgos, (Castle of,) Sept. 19 to Oct. 23,1812.—The siege of this insignifi-cant place was raised from the wantof sufficient means of attack— therenot being a miner, a sapper, hardlyan artificer in the attacking party.—The fortifications were blown up bythe French in 1813, in their retreat,June 13th.
Cadiz , Feb. 10,1810, raised Aug. 12th,1812, in consequence of the defeat ofMarmont at the battle of Salamanca .
Calais , 1347, starved into a surrenderby Edward III. ; 1436, 1558, 1596.
Calvi (Corsica), 1794.
Campo-Mayor,March23,1811; April 15.
Candia, 1667 to 1669.—The largest can-non at that time known in Europe casthy the Turks in their camp.—Parallelsto support the approaches, inventedby an Italian engineer, first used.
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