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Battle of Bushy Run
The Battle of Bushy Run was a two-day battle fought on August 5 and 6, 1763, in western Pennsylvania during Pontiac's War, where Colonel Henry Bouquet defeated Native American warriors.
Battle of Bussaco
Battle of Bussaco (Batalha do Buçaco), 27 September 1810: Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese army repelled Masséna's French attacks on the Bussaco ridge during the third invasion of Portugal, then withdrew to the Lines of Torres Vedras.
Battle of Buxar (बक्सर का युद्ध)
Battle of Buxar (Baksar), 22-23 October 1764: East India Company victory under Hector Munro over the alliance of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh, and Shah Alam II, leading to the 1765 Treaty of Allahabad and the Company's diwani over Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa.
Battle of Cagayan de Misamis
The Battle of Cagayan de Misamis was a failed Filipino dawn attack on the American garrison in Mindanao on April 7, 1900, during the Philippine-American War.
Battle of Calabozo
The Battle of Calabozo was fought on 12 February 1818 on a savanna beside Calabozo, Venezuela, where Simón Bolívar defeated Pablo Morillo in the first battle between the two commanders.
Battle of Calabria
Battle of Calabria, Italian Battaglia di Punta Stilo, 9 July 1940 naval battle off Calabria between the Regia Marina and the British Mediterranean Fleet; Warspite hit Giulio Cesare at 26,000 yards, one of the longest-range naval gunfire hits; inconclusive, both convoys delivered.
Battle of Caldera Bay
The Battle of Caldera Bay was a naval action of the Chilean Civil War on 23 April 1891, in which Balmacedist torpedo boats sank the congressionalist ironclad Blanco Encalada.
Battle of Callao
Battle of Callao (Combate del 2 de Mayo de 1866): Spanish Pacific squadron under Méndez Núñez bombarded the Peruvian port's forts on 2 May 1866; the defenders repulsed the fleet, which withdrew to San Lorenzo and then left Peruvian waters.
Battle of Caloocan
The Battle of Caloocan was an 1899 engagement of the Philippine–American War in which American forces under Arthur MacArthur Jr. captured Caloocan from Antonio Luna.
Battle of Călugăreni
The Battle of Călugăreni was fought on 13/23 August 1595 between Mihai Viteazul, prince of Wallachia, and a larger Ottoman army under grand vizier Sinan Pasha.
Battle of Calumpit
The Battle of Calumpit (Filipino: Labanan sa Calumpit), also called the Battles of Bagbag and Pampanga Rivers, was fought April 25–27, 1899, during the Philippine–American War.
Battle of Camarón
Battle of Camarón (Bataille de Camerone), fought 30 April 1863 at Hacienda Camarón, Veracruz, Mexico, during the Second French Intervention: 65 French Foreign Legion men under Captain Jean Danjou resisted about 2,000 Mexicans under Colonel Milán, becoming the Legion's defining commemoration.
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Battle of Cambrai (1917): British First World War offensive, 20 November–7 December 1917, first massed tank battle; 476 Mark IV tanks under Byng breached the Hindenburg Line, then von der Marwitz's 30 November counterattack reclaimed the ground.
Battle of Camden
Battle of Camden (August 16, 1780): Revolutionary War battle near Camden, South Carolina, where Cornwallis routed Horatio Gates's army; militia fled without firing, de Kalb died, and DNA later identified soldier Camden 9B as Pvt. John Pumphrey.
Battle of Camperdown
Naval battle of 11 October 1797 off the Dutch coast near Camperdown (Kamperduin), where Admiral Adam Duncan's British fleet defeated Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter's Batavian fleet, capturing over half the Dutch ships in the bloodiest British engagement since 1666.
Battle of Campo Vía
The Battle of Campo Vía was a decisive encirclement of the Chaco War in which Paraguayan forces under General Estigarribia captured about 8,000 Bolivian soldiers in December 1933.
Battle of Cañada Strongest
The Battle of Cañada Strongest, also called Cañada Esperanza, was a Chaco War battle fought in May 1934 in the Gran Chaco, ending in a Bolivian victory over Paraguay.
Battle of Cancha Rayada (1818)
The Battle of Cancha Rayada, or Surprise of Cancha Rayada, was a royalist night victory over José de San Martín's patriot army near Talca, Chile, on 19 March 1818.
Battle of Cangamba
The Battle of Cangamba, also written Kangamba, was an 11-day siege in eastern Angola in August 1983, in which UNITA attacked a FAPLA garrison with Cuban advisors.
Battle of Cannae
Battle of Cannae, 2 August 216 BC, Apulia: Hannibal's Carthaginian army destroyed a larger Roman consular army under Varro and Paullus by double envelopment; Livy reports 45,500 infantry dead, yet Rome refused to negotiate and won the war.
Battle of Cape Esperance
The Battle of Cape Esperance (サボ島沖海戦) was a night naval battle off Guadalcanal on 11–12 October 1942, where Norman Scott's Americans surprised and defeated a Japanese cruiser force.
Battle of Cape Gloucester
The Battle of Cape Gloucester, or Operation Backhander, was a December 1943 amphibious landing by the U.S. 1st Marine Division on New Britain that captured two Japanese airfields.
Battle of Cape Matapan (Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου)
Battle of Cape Matapan (Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου), 27–29 March 1941: WWII naval battle off Greece where Cunningham's radar-equipped British fleet, aided by Ultra intelligence, sank the Italian cruisers Zara, Fiume, and Pola and two destroyers, killing over 2,300 sailors for the loss of one aircraft.
Battle of Cape Rachado
The Battle of Cape Rachado was a 1606 naval battle off Malaysia between 11 Dutch East India Company ships and a Portuguese fleet under the Viceroy of Goa.
Battle of Cape Spartivento
Battle of Cape Spartivento (Battle of Cape Teulada in Italy), an inconclusive 27 November 1940 naval action off Sardinia between Somerville's Force H and Admiral Campioni's Italian fleet during Operation Collar.
Battle of Cape St. George
The Battle of Cape St. George was a naval battle fought on 25 November 1943 in St. George's Channel, where Captain Arleigh Burke's destroyers sank three Japanese destroyers without loss.
Battle of Caporetto
Battle of Caporetto, the Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo: the Austro-German breakthrough on the Italian front, 24 October to 12 November 1917, using gas and infiltration tactics to drive Italy back to the Piave.
Battle of Carentan
Battle of Carentan, 9-13 June 1944: US 101st Airborne under Maxwell Taylor captured Carentan from German 6th Parachute Regiment, linking Omaha and Utah beachheads; 17th SS counterattack defeated 14 June.
Battle of Carillon
The Battle of Carillon, also called the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, was a French victory in the French and Indian War at Fort Carillon in New York.
Battle of Carrizal
The Battle of Carrizal was a 1916 engagement at El Carrizal, Chihuahua, where Mexican troops repulsed a US 10th Cavalry detachment during the Punitive Expedition.