Totila's strategy was to move fast and take control of the countryside, leaving the Byzantine forces in control of well-defended cities, and especially the ports.

The conquest of a well-defended city like Breda could erase this disgrace.

Despite initial difficulties in capturing its well-defended cities, Genghis Khan forced the surrender of Western Xia by 1209.

On 5 April 1942, he undertook his first sortie against a well-defended city deep in enemy territory, Cologne.

The well-defended city contained the Austrian attacks, and the French army defeated the Austrians, forcing them to withdraw at Geneva.

He didn't want to bring Cloud Ruler too close to the well-defended city, but his manic rage had the better part of him and he swept in, disregarding the hazard to himself and his own army.

Finally the crusader siege was able to have some effect on the well-defended city.

This occurs whenever the player assaults a well-defended city (80 or more soldiers in the city's garrison) or Montalban's hideout.

Two miles from the front line, the officers and soldiers were boasting that their objective was Prijedor, a well-defended Serbian-held city 40 miles away likely to take several more days of fighting to conquer.

Resafa was planted right in the path of the Roman-Persian wars, and was therefore a well-defended city that had massive walls that surrounded it without a break.