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Battle of Ruse (1811)
The Battle of Ruse (Осада Рущука), or Battle of Rushchuk, was a Russian victory under Kutuzov over a larger Ottoman army near Ruse, Bulgaria, in 1811.
Battle of Ruxu
The Battle of Ruxu (濡须之战) was a series of battles between Cao Cao and Sun Quan at Ruxu in the late Eastern Han and early Three Kingdoms period.
Battle of Rymnik
The Battle of Rymnik (Сражение при Рымнике), fought on 11 September 1789 near the Rymnik river in Wallachia, saw Suvorov's 25,000 Russo-Austrian troops rout 100,000 Ottomans.
Battle of Sabana Larga
The Battle of Sabana Larga, fought in 1856 in Dajabón, was a decisive Dominican victory over Haitian forces under Emperor Faustin I, ending the Dominican War of Independence.
Battle of Sabilla
The Battle of Sabilla (معركة السبلة) was fought on 29 March 1929 between Ibn Saud's forces and the rebellious Ikhwan, led by Faisal al-Dawish and Sultan bin Bajad.
Battle of Sablat
The Battle of Sablat (Czech: Bitva u Záblatí) was fought on 10 June 1619 in South Bohemia during the Bohemian Revolt, when Buquoy's imperial army routed Mansfeld's Estates force.
Battle of Sacheon (1598)
The Battle of Sacheon (泗川之敗, Sacheonjipae) was a failed siege by about 29,000 Chosŏn-Ming troops against Shimazu Yoshihiro's Japanese fortress at Sacheon, Korea, in autumn 1598.
Battle of Sacsayhuamán
The Battle of Sacsayhuamán was the May 1536 fight for the hilltop Inca fortress above Cusco: Inca forces under Manco Inca seized it, and Hernando Pizarro's Spanish recaptured it.
Battle of Sadhaura
The Battle of Sadhaura was a 1710 Sikh victory in which Banda Singh Bahadur captured the Mughal stronghold of Sadhaura and defeated its ruler, Usman Khan.
Battle of Sagrajas
The Battle of Sagrajas, in Arabic Maʿrakat az-Zallāqa, was a battle fought near Badajoz in 1086, where the Almoravids defeated Alfonso VI of León and Castile.
Battle of Sahart
The Battle of Sahart was a defeat of the Ethiopian emperor Gelawdewos by forces of Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi in April 1541, during the Ethiopian–Adal war.
Battle of Saigon (1955)
The Battle of Saigon was an April–May 1955 fight in Saigon, South Vietnam, where Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem's army defeated the Binh Xuyen and took control of the capital's police.
Battle of Saint Gotthard
The Battle of Saint Gotthard, fought on 1 August 1664 near Szentgotthárd on the Rába river, saw Raimondo Montecuccoli's Christian army defeat the Ottomans under Grand Vizier Köprülü Ahmed.
Battle of Saint Kitts
The Battle of Saint Kitts, also called the Battle of Frigate Bay, was a 1782 naval action where Admiral Hood's British fleet repulsed French attacks but lost the island.
Battle of Saint Lucia (1778)
The Battle of Saint Lucia was a land and naval campaign of December 1778 in which British forces seized Saint Lucia from France, repulsing Admiral d'Estaing's relief fleet.
Battle of Saint-Lô
Battle of Saint-Lô (7–19 July 1944): American First Army's XIX Corps hedgerow offensive capturing the Vire road-junction town from German Seventh Army, preliminary to Operation Cobra.
Battle of Saint-Mihiel
Battle of Saint-Mihiel, 12–16 September 1918: first independent offensive of the U.S. First Army under Pershing, eliminating the German salient held since 1914, with 1,481 aircraft under Mitchell, 15,000 prisoners taken, and Patton's first tank attack.
Battle of Saipan
Battle of Saipan (June 15-July 9, 1944), part of Operation Forager in the Marianas campaign: US Marines and Army defeated a 32,000-strong Japanese garrison, enabling B-29 bombing of Japan from the island.
Battle of Salamis
Battle of Salamis: naval victory of the allied Greek fleet under Themistocles over Xerxes I's Persians, September 480 BCE, in the straits between Salamis and Attica near Athens; first Greek victory of the invasion, forcing Xerxes' withdrawal before Plataea.
Battle of Salher
The Battle of Salher (साल्हेर की लड़ाई) was an open-field battle of early 1672 in which the Marathas broke the Mughal siege of Salher fort.
Battle of Salsu
The Battle of Salsu (薩水之戰) was fought in July 612, when a Goguryeo army destroyed a Sui expeditionary force at the Sashui river, decisively ending the 612 war.
Battle of Salta
The Battle of Salta, or Batalla de Salta, was fought on 20 February 1813 near Salta, Argentina, where Manuel Belgrano's patriot army defeated and captured Juan Pío Tristán's royalists.
Battle of Samana
The Battle of Samana (ਸਮਾਣਾ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ) was fought in November 1709, when Banda Singh Bahadur's Khalsa forces stormed and captured the Mughal-held town of Samana.
Battle of Samara Bend
The Battle of Samara Bend was fought in autumn 1223 at the southern border of Volga Bulgaria, where Bulgar forces under Ghabdula Chelbir defeated an invading Mongol army.
Battle of Samugarh
The Battle of Samugarh (समूगढ़ का युद्ध), fought on 29 May 1658 near Agra, was a decisive victory for Aurangzeb over his brother Dara Shikoh in the Mughal war of succession.
Battle of San Carlos (1982)
The Battle of San Carlos was the British amphibious landing at San Carlos Water on 21 May 1982 during the Falklands War, followed by five days of Argentine air attacks.
Battle of San Félix
The Battle of San Félix was an 1817 battle of the Venezuelan War of Independence in which Manuel Piar's patriots destroyed Miguel de la Torre's royalist division.
Battle of San Francisco
The Battle of San Francisco, also called the Battle of Dolores, was a battle of the War of the Pacific fought on 19 November 1879, ending in a Chilean victory.
Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto was the final battle of the Texas Revolution, fought on April 21, 1836 near Houston, Texas, where Sam Houston's army routed Santa Anna's forces.
Battle of San Juan (1598)
The Battle of San Juan (1598) saw English forces under George Clifford capture San Juan, Puerto Rico, holding it for two months before disease forced withdrawal.