siege of Paris (845)

Target entity: siege of Paris (845)
Context triple: [Viking Age, notableEvent, siege of Paris (845)]

• A. Siege of Tournai (1709)
  The Siege of Tournai (1709) was a major Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strongly fortified city of Tournai from French control.
• B. siege of Maastricht (1673)
  The siege of Maastricht (1673) was a major operation in which Louis XIV’s French forces captured the heavily fortified Dutch city of Maastricht, showcasing Vauban’s siegecraft and marking a key turning point in the Franco-Dutch War.
• C. Siege of Ostend
  The Siege of Ostend was a protracted and brutal engagement during the Eighty Years' War (1601–1604) in which Spanish forces besieged the Dutch-held coastal city of Ostend, resulting in massive casualties and becoming one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in European history.
• D. Battle of Soissons
  The Battle of Soissons was a major World War I engagement in July 1918 near Soissons, France, where Allied forces, including U.S. Marines, launched a successful counteroffensive that helped turn the tide against Germany on the Western Front.
• E. Battle of Rocoux
  The Battle of Rocoux was a 1746 engagement near Liège in which French forces under Marshal Saxe defeated an allied army of Britain, the Dutch Republic, and Austria during the War of the Austrian Succession.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: siege of Paris (845)
Target entity description: The siege of Paris in 845 was a major Viking raid led by the chieftain Ragnar that resulted in the plundering of the city and the Frankish king Charles the Bald paying a large ransom to secure its withdrawal.

• A. Siege of Tournai (1709)
  The Siege of Tournai (1709) was a major Allied operation during the War of the Spanish Succession in which Marlborough and Prince Eugene captured the strongly fortified city of Tournai from French control.
• B. siege of Maastricht (1673)
  The siege of Maastricht (1673) was a major operation in which Louis XIV’s French forces captured the heavily fortified Dutch city of Maastricht, showcasing Vauban’s siegecraft and marking a key turning point in the Franco-Dutch War.
• C. relief of Rouen (1592)
  The relief of Rouen (1592) was a key episode in the French Wars of Religion, when Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, successfully lifted the Protestant and royalist siege of the Catholic-held city of Rouen.
• D. Siege of Ostend
  The Siege of Ostend was a protracted and brutal engagement during the Eighty Years' War (1601–1604) in which Spanish forces besieged the Dutch-held coastal city of Ostend, resulting in massive casualties and becoming one of the longest and bloodiest sieges in European history.
• E. Battle of Soissons
  The Battle of Soissons was a major World War I engagement in July 1918 near Soissons, France, where Allied forces, including U.S. Marines, launched a successful counteroffensive that helped turn the tide against Germany on the Western Front.
• F. None of above. chosen