After this long and bitter siege the city had to surrender because of a lack of food and supplies.

But I will stick my neck out and suggest that the legend is correct in asserting that Troy was deliberately demolished after a bitter siege.

Marwan took Emesa (Homs) after a bitter ten-month siege.

Athens, nevertheless, remained loyal to Mithridates, despite a bitter siege throughout the winter of 87/6.

After a bitter siege lasting months, the cathedral lay in ruins.

Our forebrethren endured a long and bitter siege then, though there had been a lot more of them to suffer.

The Muslim section of Mostar has been under a bitter siege for months.

In 1215, after a bitter siege in which many of the city's inhabitants starved, Zhongdu's 100,000 defenders and 108,000 households surrendered.

After a bitter siege fell the fortress Batkun on the northern slopes of the Rhodopes.

He then fought at the bitter and lengthy siege of Raglan Castle on the side of Parliament, the winning side.