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Battle of Catubig

The Battle of Catubig, also called the Siege of Catubig, was a four-day 1900 engagement in Samar where Filipino guerrillas forced American troops to abandon the town.

Battle of Cầu Giấy

The Battle of Cầu Giấy (Trận Cầu Giấy) was an 1883 ambush near Hanoi in which Black Flag forces killed the French commander Henri Rivière.

Battle of Cebu

The Battle of Cebu was a 1945 World War II campaign in which American troops and Filipino guerrillas recaptured Cebu island, landing at Talisay on 26 March.

Battle of Cecora (1620)

The Battle of Cecora, also called the Battle of Țuțora, was a 1620 victory of an Ottoman-Tatar army over the Commonwealth forces of Grand Hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski, who was killed.

Battle of Cedar Creek (Battle of Belle Grove), October 19, 1864, Middletown, Virginia: Jubal Early's dawn surprise attack was reversed by Philip Sheridan's counterattack, ending Confederate resistance in the Shenandoah Valley and aiding Lincoln's reelection.

Battle of Ceja del Negro

The Battle of Ceja del Negro was an 1896 Cuban War of Independence battle where Antonio Maceo's forces defeated a Spanish column near Pinar del Río.

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Battle of Celaya

The Battle of Celaya (Batalla de Celaya) was a decisive April 1915 victory by General Álvaro Obregón over Pancho Villa's División del Norte near Celaya, Mexico.

Battle of Cepeda (1820)

The Battle of Cepeda was an 1820 battle of the Argentine civil wars where federal forces under Estanislao López and Francisco Ramírez defeated the Directory army.

Battle of Cer (Церска битка)

Battle of Cer (Церска битка), August 1914: Serbian victory over invading Austro-Hungarian forces on Cer Mountain, Serbia, regarded as the first major Allied victory of World War I and site of the first aerial dogfight.

Battle of Cerro Corá

The Battle of Cerro Corá, fought on 1 March 1870 in Paraguay, was the final battle of the Paraguayan War, in which Brazilian cavalry killed Marshal Francisco Solano López.

Battle of Cerro de Pasco

The Battle of Cerro de Pasco, also called the Battle of Pasco, was a patriot victory over royalists at Cerro de Pasco, Peru, on 6 December 1820.

Battle of Cerro Gordo

The Battle of Cerro Gordo was a battle of the Mexican–American War fought on April 17–18, 1847, where Winfield Scott's US army routed Santa Anna's entrenched Mexican army near Xalapa.

Battle of Cēsis

The Battle of Cēsis (Cēsu kaujas, Võnnu lahing) was a June 1919 victory of Estonian and Latvian forces over the German-led Baltic Landeswehr in the Latvian War of Independence.

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Battle of Chacabuco

The Battle of Chacabuco (Batalla de Chacabuco) was an 1817 victory of José de San Martín's Army of the Andes over royalists near Santiago, restoring Chilean independence.

Battle of Chaeronea (Μάχη της Χαιρώνειας) (338 BC)

Battle of Chaeronea (Μάχη της Χαιρώνειας), August 338 BC: Philip II of Macedon and his 18-year-old son Alexander defeated an Athenian-Theban coalition in Boeotia, ending Greek city-state independence and founding Macedonian hegemony via the League of Corinth.

Battle of Chakirmaut

The Battle of Chakirmaut, known as Naqu Gun, was Temüjin's 1204 victory over a Naiman-led coalition under Tayang Khan, clearing his path to founding the Mongol Empire.

Battle of Chalchuapa

The Battle of Chalchuapa (Batalla de Chalchuapa) was a battle fought on 2 April 1885 at Chalchuapa, El Salvador, where Guatemalan president Justo Rufino Barrios was killed.

Battle of Chaldiran

Battle of Chaldiran (Čālderān, 23 August 1514): decisive Ottoman victory of Selim I over Shah Esmail I's Safavids near Khoy; Ottoman artillery and Janissaries crushed Qizilbash cavalry; Tabriz briefly occupied and Safavid expansion stopped.

Battle of Chamdo

Battle of Chamdo (Qamdo, 昌都战役), October 1950 campaign in which the PLA 18th Army crossed the Jinsha River, defeated the Tibetan army, captured Chamdo and Ngabo, and forced negotiations leading to the 1951 Seventeen-Point Agreement.

Battle of Chamkaur

The Battle of Chamkaur (चमकौर की लड़ाई) was fought in 1704 at Chamkaur Sahib, Punjab, where Guru Gobind Singh and about forty Sikhs faced a vastly larger Mughal force.

Battle of Chancellorsville

Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1–6, 1863, Virginia: Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, about 60,000, defeated Hooker's 130,000-man Army of the Potomac via Jackson's flank march; Jackson died, Lee lost 22% of his army, then moved to Gettysburg.

Battle of Chandannagar

The Battle of Chandannagar was the capture of the French settlement of Chandannagar in Bengal by British East India Company and Royal Navy forces in March 1757.

Battle of Chandawar

The Battle of Chandawar (चंदावर का युद्ध) was fought in 1194 between Muhammad of Ghur and the Gahadavala king Jayachandra, who was killed by an arrow.

Battle of Chanderi

The Battle of Chanderi (चंदेरी का युद्ध) was Babur's 1528 capture of the hill fortress of Chanderi in Madhya Pradesh from the Rajput chief Medini Rai.

Battle of Changban

The Battle of Changban (长坂之战) was fought at Changban in Dangyang between Liu Bei's retreating column and Cao Cao's pursuing force of 5,000 elite cavalry, which had covered 300 li in a day and night.

Battle of Changde

The Battle of Changde (常德會戰) was a major engagement of the Second Sino-Japanese War, in which Japanese forces briefly occupied Changde in late 1943 before Chinese forces recaptured it.

Battle of Changping

Battle of Changping (长平之战, 262–260 BCE): decisive Qin–Zhao Warring States battle at modern Gaoping, Shanxi. Bai Qi encircled Zhao Kuo's army, starved it 46 days, and killed about 400,000 surrendered Zhao soldiers.

Battle of Changshao

The Battle of Changshao (长勺之战) was a Spring and Autumn period battle of 684 BC in which the state of Lu defeated the invading army of Qi.

Battle of Chanthaburi

The Battle of Chanthaburi was the June 1767 assault by which Phraya Tak, the future King Taksin, captured the walled eastern port of Chanthaburi after the fall of Ayutthaya.