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Battle of Macontene
The Battle of Macontene (Combate de Macontene), also called the Second Battle of Macontene, was fought in 1897 in Gaza province, Mozambique, ending Vatua resistance under chief Maguiguana.
Battle of Macta
The Battle of Macta was a defeat of a French column under General Trézel by Emir Abd al-Qadir's forces in the Macta marshes near Mostaganem, Algeria, in June 1835.
Battle of Mactan
Battle of Mactan, 27 April 1521: Lapulapu's warriors defeated Magellan's Spanish landing party on Mactan Island, killing Magellan; known chiefly through Antonio Pigafetta's eyewitness journal.
Battle of Madagascar
Battle of Madagascar (5 May to 6 November 1942), also known as the Madagascar Campaign, opened with Operation Ironclad, a British amphibious landing capturing Diego Suarez from Vichy France, and ended with Free French administration of the island.
Battle of Madras
The Battle of Madras was the French capture of the British East India Company settlement of Madras (now Chennai) in September 1746, during the First Carnatic War.
Battle of Maesoseong
The Battle of Maesoseong (매소성 전투) was fought in 675, when a Silla army routed the Tang force at Maesoseong fortress during the Silla–Tang War.
Battle of Magdala
The Battle of Magdala (መቅደላ) was the storming of Emperor Tewodros II's mountain fortress in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) on 13 April 1868 by a British and Indian force under Sir Robert Napier.
Battle of Magenta
The Battle of Magenta, fought on 4 June 1859 near Magenta in Lombardy, was the first major battle of the Second War of Italian Independence, ending in Austrian defeat.
Battle of Magersfontein
The Battle of Magersfontein, fought on 11 December 1899 near Kimberley, South Africa, saw Boer forces under General Piet Cronjé defeat Lord Methuen's advancing British army.
Battle of Magul
The Battle of Magul, also called Combate de Magul, was fought on 8 September 1895 in Gaza, modern Mozambique, between a Portuguese column under Freire de Andrade and the Gaza Empire of Gungunhana.
Battle of Mahoba
The Battle of Mahoba (महोबा का युद्ध) was fought around 1182 between Prithviraja III, a Chauhan king, and Paramardi, the Chandela ruler of Bundelkhand, who was defeated.
Battle of Maipú
The Battle of Maipú (Batalla de Maipú) was a decisive 1818 battle near Santiago, Chile, where José de San Martín defeated the Spanish royalist army.
Battle of Majuba Hill
The Battle of Majuba Hill, fought on 27 February 1881 near Volksrust, South Africa, saw Boer forces storm and rout a British force, ending the First Boer War.
Battle of Makahambus Hill
The Battle of Makahambus Hill was fought on June 4, 1900, during the Philippine-American War, when Filipino revolutionaries on Makahambus Hill near Cagayan de Oro defeated the U.S. 40th Infantry Regiment.
Battle of Makapan's Kloof
The Battle of Makapan's Kloof, also called the siege of Makapan's Cave, was a punitive siege in which Boer commandos trapped Chief Mugombane's Kekana Ndebele in 1854.
Battle of Makhram (1875)
The Battle of Makhram was an 1875 victory of a Russian force under General von Kaufman over the Kokand Khanate, ending in the capture of the Makhram fortress.
Battle of Makin
The Battle of Makin was a November 1943 amphibious assault in which US Army troops captured Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands, as part of Operation Galvanic alongside Tarawa.
Battle of Mal Tiempo
The Battle of Mal Tiempo was a battle of the Cuban War of Independence fought on December 15, 1895, near Cruces, in which Cuban cavalry defeated a Spanish column.
Battle of Mala Tokmachka (Мала Токмачка)
The Battle of Mala Tokmachka is a fight for the village of Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine, that began with a failed Ukrainian breach in June 2023.
Battle of Malavalli
The Battle of Malavalli (ಮಲವಳ್ಳಿ ಕದನ) was fought on 27 March 1799 at Malavalli, Karnataka, between Tipu Sultan of Mysore and a British East India Company army.
Battle of Maling
The Battle of Maling (马陵之战) was a battle of China's Warring States period, fought around 341 BC, in which Qi decisively defeated Wei and forced it to submit.
Battle of Małogoszcz
The Battle of Małogoszcz (Bitwa pod Małogoszczem) was a large battle of the January Uprising fought on 24 February 1863 near Kielce, where Marian Langiewicz's insurgents escaped Russian encirclement.
Battle of Malolos
The Battle of Malolos was the capture of Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, by American forces under General Arthur MacArthur on March 31, 1899.
Battle of Maloyaroslavets (Малоярославецкое сражение)
Battle of Maloyaroslavets (Малоярославецкое сражение), 24 October 1812: Eugène de Beauharnais's corps held the Kaluga-province town against Dokhturov's Russians, but the battle forced Napoleon to abandon the Kaluga route and retreat via Smolensk.
Battle of Malplaquet
Battle of Malplaquet, 11 September 1709, War of the Spanish Succession: Marlborough and Prince Eugene's roughly 86,000 Allies defeated Villars and Boufflers' 75,000 French near Mons, but with 20,000 to 30,000 Allied casualties against about 12,000 French, it became a strategic victory for France.
Battle of Mancheng
The Battle of Mancheng (满城之战) was a rare Song victory over the Liao in the early Song–Liao war, won by a feigned surrender, an ambush, and terrain.
Battle of Mangshan
The Battle of Mangshan was a 543 battle between Eastern Wei and Western Wei, fought in the Beimangshan area near Luoyang, ending in defeat for the Western Wei army.
Battle of Maniaki
The Battle of Maniaki (Μάχη στο Μανιάκι), fought on 20 May 1825 at Maniaki in Messenia, saw Papaflessas and his Greek forces defeated by Ibrahim Pasha's Egyptian army.
Battle of Manila (1945)
Battle of Manila (Labanan sa Maynila, マニラの戦い), 3 February to 3 March 1945: US and Filipino forces recaptured the Philippine capital from the Japanese garrison; about 100,000 civilians died and the city was near-totally destroyed.
Battle of Manila Bay
Naval battle of 1 May 1898 in the Spanish-American War: Commodore George Dewey's U.S. Asiatic Squadron destroyed Admiral Montojo's Spanish Pacific Squadron at Manila, Philippines, without American losses.