The French defenders at Mont Saint-Michel managed to hold out for the entire duration of the 100 years war against England despite vastly inferior numbers just because it's really hard to attack.

法国在圣山的守军在与英格兰的百年战争中，尽管人数远远少于英国，但仍能坚持到最后，就是因为它真的很难进攻。

The outnumbered Alamo defenders led by James Bowie, William Travis, and even famed frontiersman Davy Crockett eventually were overpowered, but the defeat galvanized the rest of Texas.

詹姆斯·鲍伊、威廉·特拉维斯和传奇拓荒者戴维·克罗克特率领人数较少的守军，最终不敌，但这场败仗激起了整个得克萨斯的斗志。

The castle's defenders needed to stockpile enough food and water to allow them to hold out in the case of a prolonged siege.

堡垒的守军需要储备足够的食物和水，以便在长期围困的情况下能够坚持下去。

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian defenders are battling with the Russian forces in several fronts, as more Western weapons arrive in the country.

与此同时，随着更的西方武器抵达乌克兰，乌克兰守军正与俄罗斯军队在个战线上作战。

An advisor to the mayor of the city told the BBC that defenders would fight on to the last soldier.

该市市长的一名顾问告诉BBC，守军将战斗到只剩最后一名士兵。

General Prevost believed he should get control of the lake before moving against the American defenders.

普雷沃斯特将军认为，应该在进攻美国守军之前拿下尚普兰湖的控制权。

The two sides met at Bladensburg, a town ten kilometers from Washington. The British attacked and at first the American defenders held their ground.

双方在距离华盛顿10公里的布兰登斯堡镇会战。英军发起进攻，起初美国守军还能坚守阵地。

It was more common for medieval armies to blockade or encircle a castle with the aim of exhausting the defenders into submission via siege.

中世纪军队更常见的做法是封锁或包围一座堡垒，目的是通过围攻使守军精疲力竭。

By exploiting the castle's potential as a killing machine, a small number of defenders were able to keep large contingents of enemies at bay.

通过利用堡垒作为杀戮机器的潜力，少数守军就能够敌人陷入困境。

For the defenders of the castle, preparations  meant a huge supply of food and ammunition.

对于城堡的守军来说，准备意味着量储备食物和弹药。

And essentially, the defenders were running out of food.

而且，守军的食物快要用完了。

The siege lasted for 106 days, but finally, with people inside the city starving and with no relief anticipated for its defenders, in December, a fleet of 14 privateers and merchantmen set sail and the city surrendered to the Spanish.

围困持续了106天，但最终，随着城内民众饥肠辘辘， 守军也未盼来援兵，12月，一支由14艘私掠船和商船组成的舰队启航， 该城向西班牙投降。

There's a lot of focus on Fort Sumter, this island fortress in the harbor of Charleston where a Union garrison is holding tight and not surrendering to Southern forces who would see that as territory they can now occupy.

有很关注点集中在萨姆特堡，这座位于查斯顿港的岛屿要塞， 那里有一支联邦守军坚守阵地， 拒绝向南方势力投降， 而南方势力认为那是他们现在可以占领的领土。

So saying, the veteran again dropped his head to his chest, and returned slowly toward the fort, exhibiting, by the dejection of his air, to the anxious garrison, a harbinger of evil tidings.

说着，这位老兵又把头埋在胸前，缓缓朝要塞走去，神情沮丧，向焦急的守军表明了一个坏消息的先兆。

After 47 days, with Vicksburg's defenders facing starvation, Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered to Ulysses Grant, here, under an oak tree, which was later cut down to make souvenirs.

47 天后，在维克斯堡的守军面临饥饿的情况下，邦联将军约翰·C·彭伯顿向尤利西斯·格兰特投降。

Some of the top commanders were notable duds Despite that Hitler's stuttering war machine was repeatedly halted bloodied and on occasion even defeated by the Polish defenders.

一些顶级指挥官表现不佳，尽管如此，希特勒那磕磕绊绊的战争机器还是次被波兰守军击退、重创，甚至偶被击败。

On the left the poorly led 35th Division of National Guardsmen from Kansas and Missouri was badly mauled by the German defenders and lost half their men.

在左侧，由堪萨斯州和密苏里州国民警卫队组成的第35步兵师由于领导不力，被德国守军重创，损失了一半的人员。

You land on the island, you isolate the island, you cut the island into pieces, and then you begin slowly but surely wiping out the defenders.

你登上岛屿， 封锁岛屿，分割岛屿， 然后开始慢慢但坚决地消灭守军。

Another Greek among the defenders took advantage of a timely wind to set fire to the Roman siege engines, lessening that particular threat for a while.

守军中另一位希腊人趁适时风势， 纵火焚烧了罗马的攻城器械，暂时减轻了这一威胁。

The bank in question is in Hakeem Ukraine's second city and that city's defenders have only now repelled the Russian forces which were besieging it.

这家基因库位于乌克兰的第二城市哈凯姆，该城市的守军刚刚击退了围攻他们的俄罗斯部队。