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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.

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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, 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.

Battle of Tangdao

The Battle of Tangdao (唐岛之战) was a naval battle of 1161 in which Li Bao's small Song fleet destroyed a much larger Jin fleet off the Shandong peninsula.

Battle of Tannenberg

Battle of Tannenberg, 26–30 August 1914, East Prussia: German Eighth Army under Hindenburg and Ludendorff encircled Samsonov's Russian Second Army, taking about 90,000 prisoners; named for the 1410 Teutonic defeat and central to the Hindenburg myth.

Battle of Tarain

The Battles of Tarain (ترائین کی لڑائیاں) were two battles fought in 1191 and 1192 at Tarain, near Thanesar in present-day Haryana, between Muhammad of Ghur and Prithviraj Chauhan.

Battle of Tarakan (1945)

The Battle of Tarakan (1945) was an amphibious assault by Australian forces on 1 May 1945 that recaptured the Japanese-held oil island of Tarakan off Borneo.

Battle of Taranto

The Battle of Taranto, also called the Taranto raid, was a British naval air attack that sank or heavily damaged three Italian battleships at Taranto on 11 November 1940.

Battle of Tarapacá

The Battle of Tarapacá was a War of the Pacific battle fought on 27 November 1879, where a Peruvian force under General Juan Buendía defeated a Chilean division.

Battle of Tarawa

Battle of Tarawa: November 20-23, 1943 WWII battle in which the U.S. 2nd Marine Division took fortified Betio Island, Gilbert Islands, in Operation Galvanic's 76-hour, high-casualty first Central Pacific assault.

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Battle of Tarentum (209 BC)

The Battle of Tarentum in 209 BC was the recapture of Tarentum from Carthage by the Roman consul Quintus Fabius Maximus in the Second Punic War.

Battle of Tarqui

The Battle of Tarqui, also called Batalla del Portete de Tarqui, was a battle fought on 27 February 1829 near Cuenca, Ecuador, during the Gran Colombia–Peru War.

Battle of Tassafaronga (ルンガ沖夜戦)

Battle of Tassafaronga (ルンガ沖夜戦), 30 November 1942: night action off Guadalcanal where Raizo Tanaka's eight destroyers with Long Lance torpedoes sank USS Northampton and crippled three cruisers under Carleton Wright, though no supplies reached shore.

Battle of Tatarahama

The Battle of Tatarahama (多々良浜の戦い) was fought in 1336 near Hakata in Fukuoka, where Ashikaga Takauji defeated Kikuchi Taketoshi and then marched east to establish the Ashikaga shogunate.

Battle of Tawergha

The Battle of Tawergha (تاورغاء) was the August 2011 capture of the Libyan town of Tawergha by Misrata fighters, after which its entire population was displaced.

Battle of Taximaroa

The Battle of Taximaroa was a 1478 battle at Taximaroa, today Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, where a Purépecha army defeated an invading Aztec force under Axayácatl.