Definition of "siege warfare" []

• Warfare in which the defender is trapped in a position (such as a fort or castle) while the attacker bombards and/or barricades them from outside. (noun)

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• "Faith, charisma, and a Royal Engineer’s talent for siege warfare would be pitted against a false Messiah and a feeble Foreign Office."