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By the time Allied forces made landfall at Normandy, Soviet forces had been besieging Berlin for more than six months.

From Fox News • Jun. 6, 2019

They marched only by night, and under Pen’s guidance the French forces that had been besieging the old mine were utterly routed.

From !Tention A Story of Boy-Life during the Peninsular War by Sheldon, Charles Mills

Whilst Akbar had been besieging Surat, the rebel chief whom he had defeated at S�rsa, and who had fled to Siroh�, had been bestirring himself to make mischief.

From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce

For six months the flower of the Israelitish army, twelve thousand in number, under the leadership of Joab, had been besieging the capital city of the Amalekites without result.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul

The Arab battalion had been raised by the Italians, and were at present full of confidence, as they had defeated the Mahdists who had been besieging Kassala.

From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)