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This category includes historical sieges in which United Kingdom (1801–Present) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information. For sieges before 1707, see Category:Sieges involving England. For sieges 1707-1800, see Category:Sieges involving Great Britain.
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The three redoubts were nevertheless the key to the defence, and their loss demoralised most of Janssens's East Indian troops. Many Dutch troops also defected, repudiating their allegiance to the French. The British stormed the fort at midnight on 25 August, capturing it after a bitter fight. [10] [15] The siege cost the British 630 casualties ...
The allied army, some 27,000 [2] strong, outnumbered the French garrison by around five to one and after encircling the town on 17 March 1812, began to lay siege by preparing trenches, parallels and earthworks to protect the heavy siege artillery, work made difficult by a week of prolonged and torrential rainfalls, which also swept away bridging works that were needed to bring the heavy cannon ...
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