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Battle of Fujiao
The Battle of Fujiao (夫椒之战) was a battle fought in 494 BC in Lake Tai, where Wu under King Fuchai crushed Yue's invading army under King Goujian.
Battle of Fujigawa
The Battle of Fujigawa (富士川の戦い) was an 1180 Genpei War battle where the Taira army fled in panic after startled waterfowl were mistaken for a Minamoto attack.
Battle of Fukuda Bay
The Battle of Fukuda Bay was a 1565 naval engagement in Japan in which a samurai flotilla of Matsuura Takanobu failed to board the Portuguese carrack.
Battle of Fundina
The Battle of Fundina was fought on 14 August 1876 in the Kuči region near Podgorica, where about 5,000 Montenegrins under Marko Miljanov routed an Ottoman army of 20,000, helping secure Montenegrin independence.
Battle of Gadara
The Battle of Gadara was a defeat inflicted around 93 BC by the Nabataean king Obodas I on the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus, ending his first Transjordanian conquests.
Battle of Gagron
The Battle of Gagron (गागरोन का युद्ध) was fought in 1519 at Gagron, in present-day Rajasthan, between Rana Sanga of Mewar and Mahmud Khilji II of Malwa.
Battle of Gaixia
The Battle of Gaixia (垓下之战) was the decisive battle of the Chu–Han contention, fought in 202 BC between Liu Bang of Han and Xiang Yu of Western Chu.
Battle of Galich
The Battle of Galich (Взятие Галича 1450) was fought in 1450, when Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow defeated his rival Dmitry Shemyaka at Galich Mersky.
Battle of Galicia
Battle of Galicia (Galician operation, Галицийская операция, August–September 1914): WWI campaign in which four Russian armies defeated three Austro-Hungarian armies in Galicia, destroying Austria-Hungary's prewar army after Lemberg and Rawa Ruska.
Battle of Gamboru
The Battle of Gamboru was the fighting over Gamboru Ngala, a Nigerian border town seized by Boko Haram in August 2014 and recaptured by Chad in February 2015.
Battle of Gamboru Ngala
The Battle of Gamboru Ngala was a Boko Haram assault on 5 May 2014 on twin border towns in Borno State, Nigeria, killing several hundred people.
Battle of Gammelsdorf
The Battle of Gammelsdorf was a 1313 victory of Duke Ludwig the Bavarian over an Austrian army of Frederick the Fair near Moosburg in Upper Bavaria.
Battle of Ganale Doria
The Battle of Ganale Doria was an engagement of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in January 1936, in which General Graziani's forces defeated Ras Desta Damtù.
Battle of Gangut
The Battle of Gangut (Гангутское сражение) was the first major naval victory of the Russian fleet, won against Sweden off Cape Gangut, Finland, in 1714.
Battle of Ganter
The Battle of Ganter (Pertempuran Ganter) was fought in 1222 near present-day Malang in eastern Java, where Ken Arok of Tumapel defeated King Kertajaya of Kediri.
Battle of Ganuvara
The Battle of Ganuvara, also spelled Kannuwara, was a battle fought around the early 1310s BC, where a Hittite army under Nuvanza defeated an invading Hayasa-Azzi army.
Battle of Gao
The Battle of Gao was the fighting for control of Gao, the largest town in northern Mali, during the Mali War, from its 2012 capture to its January 2013 recapture.
Battle of Gaoliang River
The Battle of Gaoliang River (高梁河之戰) was a battle of the Song–Liao wars fought in 979, in which the Northern Song army under Emperor Taizong attacked the Liao dynasty and was defeated.
Battle of Gaolouzhai
The Battle of Gaolouzhai (高楼寨之战) was an 1865 ambush battle in which Nian rebels lured a Qing army under Sengge Rinchen on a four-month chase into Shandong and destroyed it.
Battle of Gaoping
The Battle of Gaoping (高平之战) was a 954 battle near Gaoping in which Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou, personally led his army to a decisive victory over Northern Han and Khitan invaders.
Battle of Gasr Bu Hadi
The Battle of Gasr Bu Hadi, also called the Battle of Qardabiya, was a 1915 defeat of an Italian colonial column by Libyan resistance forces near Surt, Libya.
Battle of Gatazo
The Battle of Gatazo was a battle of the Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution, fought on 14 and 15 August 1895 near Riobamba and won by Eloy Alfaro.
Battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Gaugamela, also called Battle of Arbela: decisive victory of Alexander the Great over Darius III on 1 October 331 BCE in northern Iraq, won by an oblique cavalry charge that broke the Persian center.
Battle of Gawakuke
The Battle of Gawakuke was fought in March 1836, when Sultan Muhammad Bello's Sokoto forces defeated Gobirawa, Katsina, and Tuareg allies, killing both enemy kings.
Battle of Gaza (2007)
Battle of Gaza (2007): June 7–14, 2007 Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip from Fatah-led Palestinian Authority forces after collapse of the Mecca Agreement unity government; 161 killed, split of Gaza and West Bank, Israeli blockade.
Battle of Gaza (312 BC)
The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was a victory near Gaza in late autumn 312 BC by Ptolemy I of Egypt and Seleucus over Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I.
Battle of Gazala
Battle of Gazala (26 May-21 June 1942, Libya): Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika outflanked and broke the British Eighth Army's Gazala Line, took Tobruk with 33,000 prisoners, and drove the Allies back to El Alamein.
Battle of Gela (405 BC)
The Battle of Gela, also called the Siege of Gela, was a 405 BC battle in which Dionysius I of Syracuse failed to relieve Gela from Himilco's Carthaginian army.
Battle of Geok Tepe (1879)
The Battle of Geok Tepe (1879) was the failed Russian assault on the Dengil-Tepe fortress in the Akhal oasis, held by the Teke Turkmen, under General Nikolai Lomakin.
Battle of Germantown
Battle of Germantown (October 4, 1777): failed surprise attack by George Washington's ~11,000 Continental troops on William Howe's 9,000 British soldiers near Philadelphia during the Philadelphia Campaign; fog, friendly fire, and the Chew House (Cliveden) defense caused defeat.