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Battle of Geronium
The Battle of Geronium was an autumn 217 BC engagement in Apulia where Hannibal repulsed a Roman force under Minucius Rufus, rescued by Fabius Maximus.
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3, 1863, Pennsylvania: Civil War battle where Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated Lee's invading Army of Northern Virginia; about 51,112 casualties, Pickett's Charge repulsed, site of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
Battle of Geumsan
The Battle of Geumsan (금산전투) was two 1592 assaults by righteous armies under Go Gyeong-myeong and Jo Heon on Japanese-held Geumsan during the Japanese invasions of Korea.
Battle of Ghaghra
The Battle of Ghaghra, also called the Battle of the Gogra, was Babur's 1529 victory over an Afghan confederacy led by Mahmud Lodi near the Ghaghra River in Bihar.
Battle of Ghazni (998)
The Battle of Ghazni (جنگ محمود با اسماعیل) was fought in 998 between the brothers Mahmud and Ismail, ending in Mahmud's victory and accession to the Ghaznavid throne.
Battle of Ghijduvan
The Battle of Ghijduvan, also spelled Ghujduwan (Persian: نبرد غجدوان), was fought in 1512 near Bukhara, where Uzbeks under ʿUbayd Allah crushed a Safavid army.
Battle of Gingindlovu
The Battle of Gingindlovu was a battle of the Anglo-Zulu War fought on 2 April 1879, in which Lord Chelmsford's British column defeated some 10,000 Zulu warriors.
Battle of Ginnis
The Battle of Ginnis was a battle fought on 30 December 1885 near Ginnis in northern Sudan, where an Anglo-Egyptian force defeated Mahdists pressing toward the Egyptian frontier.
Battle of Giria
The Battle of Giria was a succession battle fought at Giria in Bengal in April 1740, in which Alivardi Khan defeated and killed the nawab, Sarfaraz Khan.
Battle of Gitschin
The Battle of Gitschin (Bitva u Jičína) was a battle of the Austro-Prussian War fought at Jičín, Bohemia, on 29 June 1866, won by the Prussians.
Battle of Głogów
The Battle of Głogów (Obrona Głogowa) was the failed 1109 siege of Głogów by Emperor Henry V, defended for Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland.
Battle of Glorieta Pass
Battle of Glorieta Pass (March 26–28, 1862), also called the Gettysburg of the West, a Civil War battle in New Mexico Territory where Union forces under Slough and Chivington destroyed the Confederate supply train, ending Sibley's invasion.
Battle of Gondar
The Battle of Gondar was the final campaign of the East African campaign of the Second World War, fought in Ethiopia from May to November 1941.
Battle of Gonzales
Battle of Gonzales (October 2, 1835), first engagement of the Texas Revolution, also called the Lexington of Texas; Texian settlers under John Henry Moore kept the "Come and Take It" cannon and drove back Castañeda's 100 dragoons.
Battle of Goose Green
Battle of Goose Green, 28–29 May 1982, first major land battle of the Falklands War; 2 PARA under Lt Col H Jones defeated and captured the Argentine 12th Regiment garrison at Darwin and Goose Green, East Falkland.
Battle of Gorni Dubnik
The Battle of Gorni Dubnik (Горни Дубник), fought on 24 October 1877, was a costly Russian victory in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 in which the Russian Guards Corps stormed an Ottoman fortified camp.
Battle of Gqokli Hill
The Battle of Gqokli Hill, also written Qokli Hill, is a purported 1818 battle in which Shaka's Zulu repulsed Zwide's Ndwandwe force; its reality is disputed.
Battle of Grahamstown
The Battle of Grahamstown was fought on 22 April 1819, when about 350 British defenders under Colonel Thomas Willshire repelled a Xhosa assault led by Makhanda.
Battle of Grahovac
The Battle of Grahovac (Bitka na Grahovcu) was an 1858 battle in which Montenegrin forces under Mirko Petrović defeated an Ottoman army near Grahovac, Montenegro.
Battle of Grammos
The Battle of Grammos (Μάχη του Γράμμου) was the final major battle of the Greek Civil War, fought in August 1949 on the Grammos massif near the Albanian border.
Battle of Gravelotte
The Battle of Gravelotte, also known as Saint-Privat, was fought on August 18, 1870, west of Metz. It trapped the French Army of the Rhine.
Battle of Gravia Inn
The Battle of Gravia Inn (Η μάχη στο Χάνι της Γραβιάς) was a battle of the Greek War of Independence fought on 8 May 1821 at Gravia, Phocis.
Battle of Greece
The Battle of Greece (Μάχη της Ελλάδας) was the Axis invasion of mainland Greece in 1940–1941, in which Italy attacked first and Germany conquered the country in April 1941.
Battle of Grenada
The Battle of Grenada was a 1779 naval engagement in which a French fleet under Comte d'Estaing defeated a British fleet under Admiral John Byron.
Battle of Grivitsa
The Battle of Grivitsa (Bătălia de la Grivița) was a Romanian assault on 30 August/11 September 1877 that captured the Grivița 1 redoubt during the Third Battle of Plevna, in the Russo-Turkish War.
Battle of Grochowiska
The Battle of Grochowiska, fought on 18 March 1863 near Pińczów, was one of the largest and bloodiest engagements of the January Uprising, won by Marian Langiewicz's Polish insurgents.
Battle of Grocka
The Battle of Grocka, also called Krotska or Hisarcık Savaşı, was an Ottoman victory over Austria near Belgrade on 22 July 1739 that decided the Austro-Turkish War.
Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf
The Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf (Гросс-Егерсдорфское сражение) was the first major battle between Russian and Prussian armies, fought in East Prussia on 30 August 1757 during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Grozny (1994–1995)
The Battle of Grozny (1994–1995), or First battle of Grozny, was the Russian attempt to seize the Chechen capital from separatist forces, fought from December 1994 to February 1995.
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000)
Battle of Grozny (1999–2000), Second Battle of Grozny: Russian federal siege and storming of the Chechen capital, December 1999 to February 2000, using artillery and air power; ended with the city razed, a deadly minefield rebel breakout, and documented civilian killings.