Battle of Fort Vaux 

During World War One, the battle of Verdun occurred in which the Germans attacked the important French city of Verdun which had forts surrounding it. These forts included Fort Vaux, Fort Douaumont, etc. The attack at Fort Vaux began and after a struggle with only a few Hundred French defenders against thousands of German attackers. The Germans took the fort because the defenders ran out of water. Only a few French soldiers died while hundreds of Germans had been killed