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laid siege to the imposing bastions and towers of the town of Nice. Its citadel and castle overlooked the town on a rocky spur, surrounded by a 2.3-kilometre and 8-metre-high (26 ft) wall. Inside this initial fortified line, a second higher and bigger wall flanked by towers marked the outline of
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458:Wijnendale
308:Middelburg
280:War of the
111:1705 siege
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1176:Aren Fort
1141:La Gudiña
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849:1st Susa
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690:Blenheim
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473:Brussels
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142:Location
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1343:Course
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