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Battle of Tuyutí

Battle of Tuyutí (Batalha de Tuiuti), 24 May 1866: the largest field battle in South American history, fought in the War of the Triple Alliance when Paraguay's frontal assault on the allied camp at Tuyutí was repulsed.

Battle of Tyndaris

The Battle of Tyndaris was a naval battle of the First Punic War fought in 257 BC off Tyndaris on Sicily's north coast, where Rome's consul Gaius Atilius Regulus defeated a Carthaginian fleet.

Battle of Uedahara

The Battle of Uedahara (上田原の戦い) was a 1548 battle at Uedahara in Shinano Province, now Ueda, Nagano, where Murakami Yoshikiyo defeated Takeda Harunobu, killing two of his senior retainers.

Battle of Ueno

The Battle of Ueno (Ueno sensō) was a one-day battle of the Boshin War in 1868, in which the new Meiji government's army destroyed the Shōgitai at Kan'ei-ji in Edo.

Battle of Ugeumchi

The Battle of Ugeumchi (우금치 전투) was the decisive battle of the Second Donghak Peasant War, fought in November 1894 at a pass near Gongju, Korea.

Battle of Uhud (غزوة أُحُد)

Battle of Uhud (غزوة أُحُد), Ghazwat Uhud: battle of 23 March 625 AD (7 Shawwal 3 AH) near Mount Uhud north of Medina, where Quraysh forces under Abu Sufyan defeated Muhammad's army after Muslim archers abandoned Jabal al-Rumah.

Battle of Uji (1180)

The Battle of Uji (宇治川の戦い), fought in 1180, was the first battle of the Genpei War, ending in a Taira victory and the deaths of Minamoto no Yorimasa and Prince Mochihito.

Battle of Ula

The Battle of Ula, also called the Battle of Chashniki, was a 1564 Livonian War battle in present-day Belarus where a much smaller Lithuanian army destroyed a Muscovite corps.

Battle of Ulai River

The Battle of Ulai River, also called the Battle of Til-Tuba, was fought in 653 BC, when Ashurbanipal of Assyria defeated and beheaded the Elamite king Teumman.

Battle of Ulan Butung

The Battle of Ulan Butung (乌兰布通之战) was fought on 3 September 1690 between the Qing empire and Galdan Boshugtu Khan's Dzungar forces in Inner Mongolia, where the Qing broke his position but he escaped.

Battle of Ulm

Battle of Ulm: October 1805 capitulation of General Karl Mack's Austrian army, encircled by Napoleon's Grande Armée during the Ulm Campaign, War of the Third Coalition; victory without a pitched battle, opening the road to Vienna and Austerlitz.

Battle of Ulundi

The Battle of Ulundi (oNdini) of 4 July 1879 was the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War, where a Zulu army of about 20,000 was totally defeated.

Battle of Umachiri

The Battle of Umachiri was a battle fought on 11 March 1815 near Umachiri in present-day Puno, Peru, where royalists under Juan Ramírez Orozco defeated Mateo Pumacahua's rebel forces.

Battle of Uman

The Battle of Uman was a 1941 encirclement battle near Uman, Ukraine, where Axis forces destroyed the Soviet 6th and 12th Armies during the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

Battle of Umm Diwaykarat

The Battle of Umm Diwaykarat was the final battle of the Mahdist War, fought in Kordofan, Sudan, in November 1899, where the Khalifa was killed.

Battle of Unsan

The Battle of Unsan was a Korean War battle fought near Unsan, North Korea, from October 25 to November 4, 1950, when China's People's Volunteer Army surprised United Nations forces.

Battle of Urga

Battle of Urga: capture of Urga (Ulaanbaatar), Mongolia's capital, by Baron Ungern-Sternberg's Asiatic Cavalry Division from the Chinese garrison, 1-4 February 1921, restoring the Bogd Khan and leading to the Soviet occupation of July 1921.

Battle of Urica

The Battle of Urica (Batalla de Urica), fought on 5 December 1814 in what is now Anzoátegui state, was a royalist victory in the Venezuelan War of Independence.

Battle of Utica (203 BC)

The Battle of Utica in 203 BC was a night attack in which Scipio Africanus destroyed the fortified camps of Hasdrubal Gisco and Syphax near Utica.

Battle of Utica (Mercenary War)

The Battle of Utica, fought in early 240 BC during the Mercenary War, saw Hanno the Great's Carthaginian army drive rebels from their camp, then lose to their counterattack.

Battle of Vác

The Battle of Vác (Hungarian: váci csata) was fought on 27 June 1684 near Vác, Hungary, where Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, routed an Ottoman army marching against him.

Battle of Valea Albă

The Battle of Valea Albă, or Battle of Războieni, saw Stephen the Great's Moldavians defeated by Mehmed II's Ottomans on 26 July 1476 in Neamț County, Romania.

Battle of Valladolid (1813)

The Battle of Valladolid (1813) was the defeat of José María Morelos' insurgent army by royalists under Ciriaco de Llano and Agustín de Iturbide outside Valladolid, Mexico, in December 1813.

Battle of Valmy

Battle of Valmy (20 September 1792): French Revolutionary army under Dumouriez and Kellermann halted the Prussian invasion by Duke of Brunswick in an artillery duel, saving the Revolution and enabling the First French Republic.

Battle of Van Kiep

The Battle of Van Kiep (Trận Vạn Kiếp) was a 1285 battle in northern Vietnam where Tran Hung Dao's Dai Viet army repelled Kublai Khan's invading Yuan forces.

Battle of Varna

Battle of Varna (10 November 1444): decisive Ottoman victory of Murad II over the crusader army of Władysław III of Poland-Hungary and John Hunyadi near Varna, Bulgaria; the king's death ended the Crusade of Varna and the last major land crusade before 1453.

Battle of Vasai

The Battle of Vasai (वसई की लड़ाई) was the Maratha capture of the Portuguese fort town of Vasai (Bassein) in May 1739, led by Chimaji Appa, ending Portuguese rule there.

Battle of Vaslui

The Battle of Vaslui, also called the Battle of Podul Înalt, was a 1475 victory by Moldavia under Stephen the Great over an invading Ottoman army.

Battle of Vedrosha

The Battle of Vedrosha was a 1500 victory of Muscovy over Lithuania near Dorogobuzh, the first major battle of the Russo-Lithuanian war of 1500 to 1503.

Battle of Vegkop

The Battle of Vegkop, also spelled Vechtkop, was an October 1836 battle near Heilbron in which Voortrekkers held their wagon laager against an Ndebele attack.