This led to the alliance attacking Beijing where the Boxers were laying siege to foreign embassies, causing Cixi and a court to flee.

这导致联军攻击北京，义和团包围外国大使馆，导致慈禧和宫廷出逃。

Grant decided that cutting off supplies and laying siege to the city was the best hope for victory.

格兰特决定切断补给并围攻这座城市是胜利的最大希望。

While their initial attacks were  quashed, they continued to fight, eventually reaching and laying siege to the  Nandan capital of Pataliputra.

虽然他们最初的攻击被平息，但他们继续战斗，最终到达并围攻了南丹首府波力普特拉。