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Siege of Charleston, South Carolina (29 March to 12 May 1780) during the American Revolutionary War, painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1862. Brown University, Providence.

An early 17th-century illustration by Johann Jacob von Wallhausen showing the tactics of batteries of siege artillery to fire upon a specific point in the defensive fortifications.

The Americans storm the British position at redoubt 10 during the Siege of Yorktown (28 September to 19 October 1781). By Eugène Lami, 1840.

Map depicting the Siege of Savannah, 16 September to 20 October 1779. Illustration from page 171 of the book British Battles on Land and Sea Vol. 2, by James Grant, London, 1873.

An artist's rendition of what a siege attack may have looked like in the ancient world.

Australian troops at the Siege of Tobruk (Apr-Dec 1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A 19th-century painting of a castle siege during the Early-modern period. Painted by Christian Sell (1831-83).

A photograph showing the aftermath of the Siege of Tobruk (1941) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

Siege of Toulon, 30 November 1793. By Sigismond Himely, 1839. Palace of Versailles.

German artillery at the Siege of Tobruk (1941-2) in the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)