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Prague , 1741, 1743, 1744.

Quesnoy (Le,) 1712, 1794.

Randan, 1380.

Rees, 1599.

Rennes , 1357.

Retiro, (Madrid, ) August 14, 1812.

Rheims , 1359.

Rhodes, besieged three times, the lastin 1522.

Riga , 1700, 1710.

Rochelle, 1372, 1573, 1627.

Rome , 1527, 1798.

Romorantin, 1356.—Artillery first usedin sieges.

Ronda, 1485.

Rosas, 1645, 1795, 1808.

Rotweil, 1640.

Rouen , 1204, 1419, 1449, 1562, 1591.

Royan, 1621.

Salamanca, (Forts of—St.Vicente, Gaye-tano, Merced,) June 27,1812.

Salisbury, 1349.

Saragossa, 1710; 1808, four months;February 21, 1809, taken after fifty-two days open trenches, 29 of whichthe enemy were in the streets.

Saverne , 1675.

Sbarras, 1676.

Schweidnitz , 1762, the first experimentto reduce a fortress by springingglobes of compression; 1807.

Schonoven, 1575.

Sebastian, (St.) next to Gibraltar , thestrongest place in Spain , 1719; Sept.8, 1814, most obstinately defendedby the French ; till General Grahamdirected the guns to be fired againstthe curtain, over the men’s heads asthey advanced to the breach.

Serezanella, a town in Tuscany , 1487;the first mines, since the invention ofgunpowder, were made at the siege ofthis place, by the Genoese .

Seringapatam , 1799.

Seville , 1096, 1248.

Skid, 1678.

Sienna, 1544.

Sigeth, 1566.

Silberberg, 1807.

Sluys, 1587, 1604, 1757; 1794.

Smolensko , 1611.

Soissons , 1414.

Stralsund , 1675, the method of throw-ing red-hot balls first practised withcertainty; 1713, 1807.

Straubing , 1742.

St. Philip, (Fort,) in Minorca , 1756;1782; the garrison nearly destroyedfrom being lodged in damp casemates,and the defence very much abridgedthereby.

Tarifa , 1292; December 20, 1811.

Tarragona , June 28, 1811, stormed bythe French —man, woman, and childput to the sword.—May, 1813, be-sieged by Sir John Murray,—siegeraised.

Temeswar , 1716.

Terremonde, 1584.

Tergoes, 1572.

Th6rouanne, 1513, 1553,

Thionville , 1643, 1792.

Thorn, 1703.

Thouars, 1372, 1793.

Tortona , 1734, 1745, 1799.

Tortosa, January 2, 1811.

Toulon , 1707, 1793.

Toulouse , 1217.

Tournai , 1340, 1352, 1581, 1667; 1709,the best defence ever drawn fromcountermines; 1745, 1794.

Trembawla, 1675.

Treves, 1675.

Tunis , 1270, 1535.

Turin , 1640, 1706, 1799.

Urbino , 1799.

Vachtendonck, 1588.

Valencia, 1098, 1238; Dec. 25, 1811.

Valencia (of Alcantara), 1705.

Valencia (New, Spanish America), Aug.18, 1811, surrendered to Miranda.

Valenciennes, 1557, 1677; 1794, takenby the allied Army under the com-mand of H. R. II. the Duke of York.

Valognes , 1364.

Vannes , 1343.

Velez, 1487.

Venloo , 1702, first siege undertaken bythe Duke of Marlborough ; 1794.

Verceil, 1617, 1704.

Verdun , 1792.

Vienna , 1529, 1683.

Vintimiglia, 1746.

Wakefield, 1460.

Walcheren , (Island of,) taken by theBritish. —See Flushing.

Woygnaff, 1676.

Xativa , 1707; a most memorable de-fence made by the inhabitants, as-sisted by a garrison of 600 English troops: as a punishment, the wholetown, with the exception of the prin-cipal church, was razed, and its namechanged to St. Philippe.

Xeres , 1262.

Y pres, 1584, 1648, 1744, 1794.

Ziriczee, 1576.

Zurich , 1544. t ..

Zutphen , 1572, 1586.

For interesting particulars respecting

the operations in the Peninsula , we refer

our readers to the very able and intel-