Siege Perilous

As a cafe in Sydney, Australia came under siege by a hostage-taking gunman on Monday, those nearby attempted to flee the area.

After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.

This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.

During the siege of Acre he commanded the covering force, and pushed reconnaissances far and wide.

To pull through such a siege, the old settlers usually did much better than the new.

The road had been built for bringing down lumber, and for six miles it was at perilous angles.