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Battle of Szack

The Battle of Szack was a September 1939 battle of the Soviet invasion of Poland, won by a Polish Border Protection Corps grouping under General Wilhelm Orlik-Rückemann.

The Battle of Szczekociny (Bitwa pod Szczekocinami), fought on 6 June 1794 near Kraków, was a battle of the Kościuszko Uprising in which about 15,000 Poles under Tadeusz Kościuszko were defeated by 27,000 Russians and Prussians.

Battle of Szeben

The Battle of Szeben, fought on 22 May 1660 near Kolozsvár, saw George II Rákóczi's 8,000 Transylvanians defeated by an Ottoman army; he died of his wound in June.

Battle of Tabaruzaka

The Battle of Tabaruzaka (田原坂の戦い), fought March 4 to 20, 1877, was the largest and fiercest battle of the Satsuma rebellion, ending in victory for the government army.

Sep 24, 2026

Battle of Tabkin Kwotto

The Battle of Tabkin Kwotto was a decisive June 1804 victory in which Sokoto jihad forces under Abdullahi dan Fodio routed the far larger army of Gobir.

Battle of Tacna

A battle of the War of the Pacific on 26 May 1880 near Tacna, in which Chile under Manuel Baquedano defeated the allied Peruvian and Bolivian army.

Battle of Tacuarembó

The Battle of Tacuarembó was a defeat of José Gervasio Artigas's patriot army by Portuguese forces at Tacuarembó Chico, in modern Uruguay, on January 22, 1820.

Battle of Tacuarí

The Battle of Tacuarí, fought on 9 March 1811 on the Río Tacuarí in southern Paraguay, ended Buenos Aires' attempt to attach Paraguay to its revolutionary government.

Battle of Taejon

The Battle of Taejon was a 1950 Korean War battle in which the US 24th Infantry Division delayed North Korean forces before losing the city on July 20.

Battle of Taguanes

The Battle of Taguanes was a military engagement fought on 31 July 1813 near Tinaquillo, Venezuela, in which Simón Bolívar's republican army destroyed a royalist force under Colonel Julián Izquierdo.

Battle of Taierzhuang

The Battle of Taierzhuang (台儿庄战役) was a battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought at Taierzhuang, Shandong, in March and April 1938, China's first campaign-scale victory of the war.

Sep 25, 2026

Battle of Taiyuan

The Battle of Taiyuan (太原之战) was a 757 siege of the Tang Northern Capital Taiyuan, where Li Guangbi's defense held against 100,000 rebels led by Shi Siming.

Battle of Takkolam

The Battle of Takkolam (தக்கோலம் போர்) was fought in 949 CE in Tamil Nadu between the Cholas and the Rashtrakutas under Krishna III, who won decisively.

Battle of Takur Ghar

Battle of Takur Ghar, also called Roberts Ridge: 17-hour US special operations firefight on March 4, 2002, atop a 10,452-foot Afghan peak during Operation Anaconda; seven Americans killed, Neil Roberts first casualty, Chapman and Slabinski later awarded the Medal of Honor.

Battle of Talaiyalanganam

The Battle of Talaiyalanganam (தலையாலங்கானத்துச் செரு) was a Sangam-age battle in which the young Pandya king Nedunjeliyan defeated a coalition of the Chera, the Chola, and five chieftains.

Battle of Talakad

The Battle of Talakad was the Hoysala king Vishnuvardhana's victory over the Cholas around 1116 at Talakad on the Cauvery, transferring Gangavadi to Hoysala control and marking the Hoysalas' rise to an independent kingdom.

Battle of Talana Hill

The Battle of Talana Hill was fought on 20 October 1899 near Dundee, Natal, the opening major engagement of the Anglo-Boer War, in which British troops stormed a Boer-held hill.

Battle of Talas

Battle of Talas, July 751 clash on the Talas River between a Tang army under Gao Xianzhi and Abbasid-aligned forces under Ziyad b. Salih; a decisive Tang defeat, likely a coincidental encounter during an expedition toward Suiye, later famed for a disputed papermaking legend.

Battle of Talavera

Battle of Talavera, 27-28 July 1809 Peninsular War battle where Wellesley and Cuesta repelled Victor, Sebastiani, and King Joseph near Talavera de la Reina; a hard-won victory followed by retreat to Portugal.

Battle of Taleh

The Battle of Taleh was the January 1920 British assault on Taleh, the fortified capital of Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan's Dervish State, ending 21 years of resistance.

Battle of Talikota

Battle of Talikota, also Battle of Rakshasi-Tangadi (23 or 26 January 1565): Deccan sultanate coalition defeated Vijayanagara's Rama Raya on the Krishna river; the sack and abandonment of Hampi followed.

Battle of Tamai

The Battle of Tamai, also called Tamanieh, was a battle fought in eastern Sudan on 13 March 1884, in which a British force under Sir Gerald Graham defeated Osman Digna's Mahdist army.

Battle of Tampico (1829)

The Battle of Tampico, also called the Barradas Expedition, was Spain's final attempt to reconquer Mexico in 1829, ending when Isidro Barradas surrendered to Santa Anna on 11 September.

Battle of Tanga

Battle of Tanga (2–5 November 1914), also the Battle of the Bees: failed British-Indian amphibious assault under General Aitken on the German East African port of Tanga, defeated by Lettow-Vorbeck's colonial forces in the opening clash of the East African campaign.