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Battle of Molodi
The Battle of Molodi (Битва при Молодях) was a 1572 battle south of Moscow in which Prince Mikhail Vorotynsky's Russian army repelled Crimean khan Devlet I Giray.
Battle of Momemphis
The Battle of Momemphis was a battle in late 570 BC in the western Nile Delta where Amasis defeated Pharaoh Apries and his Greek mercenaries.
Battle of Monastir
The Battle of Monastir (Битољска битка, Bitoljska bitka) was fought from 16 to 19 November 1912 near Bitola between Serbian and Ottoman armies, ending Ottoman rule in Macedonia.
Battle of Monguno
The Battle of Monguno was a Boko Haram attack that captured the garrison town of Monguno, Nigeria, on 25 January 2015; the army retook it in February.
Battle of Monmouth
Battle of Monmouth (Battle of Monmouth Court House), June 28, 1778 Revolutionary War battle near Freehold, New Jersey, where Washington's Continental Army attacked Clinton's retreating British army; inconclusive fight ending Lee's career.
Battle of Mons
Battle of Mons, 23 August 1914: first BEF-German clash of World War I on the Mons-Condé canal, where Haig's and Smith-Dorrien's corps faced Kluck's 1st Army before the Great Retreat; site of the Angels of Mons legend and St Symphorien cemetery.
Battle of Mons Graupius
Battle of Mons Graupius: set-piece battle of AD 83 or 84 in Scotland where Agricola's Romans defeated a Caledonian confederacy under Calgacus, known only from Tacitus' Agricola; site unidentified, casualties reported as 10,000 to 360.
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Monte Cassino (Battle for Cassino): four Allied assaults, January to May 1944, against Kesselring's Gustav Line in Italy to open the road to Rome; the 15 February 1944 bombing destroyed the unoccupied Benedictine abbey, and Polish II Corps captured the ruins on 18 May 1944.
Battle of Monte Castello
The Battle of Monte Castello (Batalha de Monte Castelo) was a WWII battle in northern Italy where the Brazilian Expeditionary Force dislodged German troops in February 1945.
Battle of Monte das Tabocas
The Battle of Monte das Tabocas was fought on 3 August 1645 near Vitória de Santo Antão, Pernambuco, where luso-Brazilian insurgents repelled a Dutch West India Company force.
Battle of Monte de las Cruces
The Battle of Monte de las Cruces was fought on 30 October 1810 near Toluca, where Miguel Hidalgo's insurgents defeated a royalist force in the Mexican War of Independence.
Battle of Monterrey
The Battle of Monterrey was a Mexican-American War battle fought in September 1846, in which General Zachary Taylor's U.S. army captured the fortified city from General Pedro de Ampudia.
Battle of Montgisard
Battle of Montgisard, also called Mont Gisard (Mons Gisardi): 25 November 1177 victory in which the 16-year-old leper king Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, with Raynald of Chatillon and the Templars, routed Saladin's invading Egyptian army before it could deploy.
Battle of Morotai
The Battle of Morotai, code-named Operation Tradewind, was a 1944 Pacific War operation in which US and Australian forces seized lightly defended Morotai Island for an airbase.
Battle of Moscow (1612)
Battle of Moscow (1612): the Second Militia of Minin and Pozharsky defeated Chodkiewicz's relief force and forced the Polish Kremlin garrison to capitulate on 26 October (6 November) 1612, ending the Polish occupation of Moscow during the Time of Troubles.
Battle of Moscow (Битва за Москву)
Battle of Moscow (Битва за Москву), Soviet-German battle 30 September 1941 to 20 April 1942: Operation Typhoon's failed drive on Moscow, the 5 December 1941 counteroffensive, and the first major Wehrmacht defeat of the war.
Battle of Mosega
The Battle of Mosega was a surprise dawn attack on 17 January 1837 in which Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter and Gert Maritz destroyed the Ndebele stronghold of Mosega.
Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)
Nine-month 2016–2017 operation in which Iraqi Security Forces with US-led CJTF-OIR coalition support recaptured Mosul from ISIS, which had held the city since June 2014. East Mosul fell January 2017, the city in July 2017; AP estimated 9,000–11,000 civilian deaths.
Battle of Mount Bishri
The Battle of Mount Bishri is the modern name for a 681 BC confrontation in Hanigalbat where Esarhaddon's forces defeated his brothers' troops, securing the Assyrian throne.
Battle of Mount Dingjun
The Battle of Mount Dingjun (定军山之战) was a 219 battle of the Hanzhong campaign in which Liu Bei's forces, led by Huang Zhong, killed the Cao commander Xiahou Yuan.
Battle of Mount Gilboa
The Battle of Mount Gilboa, or Battle of Gilboa, was a Philistine victory over Israel on Mount Gilboa, in which King Saul and three of his sons died.
Battle of Mount Kashiari
The Battle of Mount Kashiari (Battle of Mt. Kashiyari) was fought early in the reign of Ashurnasirpal II of Assyria, who defeated Nur-Adad the Temannite at Pauza and pursued him to Nasibina.
Battle of Mount Longdon
The Battle of Mount Longdon was fought near Stanley in the Falklands War on 11–12 June 1982, where 3 Para took the ridge at a cost of 23 dead.
Battle of Mount Song
The Battle of Mount Song (松山战役) was a 1944 siege in which the Chinese Expeditionary Force annihilated the Japanese garrison blocking the Burma Road in Yunnan.
Battle of Mount Zemaraim
The Battle of Mount Zemaraim was a battle reported in 2 Chronicles 13 in which Abijah, king of Judah, defeated Jeroboam I of Israel, capturing Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron.
Battle of Mu'tah
Battle of Mu'tah (غزوة مؤتة), 629 CE, southern Jordan: first armed clash between Muslims and the Byzantine Empire. Known from Islamic sīra accounts and, in Greek, from Theophanes the Confessor's later chronicle.
Battle of Muar
The Battle of Muar was a January 1942 engagement in Johore, Malaya, where Australian and Indian troops fought a delaying action against advancing Japanese forces.
Battle of Mubi
The Battle of Mubi was the capture of Mubi, in Adamawa State, Nigeria, by Boko Haram on October 28-29, 2014, and its recapture by the Nigerian army weeks later.
Battle of Mudki
The Battle of Mudki (ਮੁਦਕੀ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ) was the first battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War, fought at Mudki in the Punjab on 18 December 1845.
Battle of Mühldorf
The Battle of Mühldorf, also called the Battle of Ampfing, was fought on 28 September 1322 in Bavaria, where Louis the Bavarian defeated his Habsburg rival Frederick the Fair.