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Battle of Suakin
The Battle of Suakin was fighting outside the Red Sea port of Suakin in eastern Sudan in March 1885, during the second Suakin expedition after the fall of Khartoum.
Battle of Sufetula
The Battle of Sufetula (Ma'rakat Sbeitla), fought in 647 near Sbeitla, Tunisia, ended in a decisive Arab victory and the death of the rebel exarch Gregory.
Battle of Sugar Loaf Hill
A week-long engagement of the Battle of Okinawa, fought May 12 to 18, 1945, in which the U.S. 6th Marine Division stormed a fortified hill anchoring the Japanese Shuri Defense Line near Naha.
Battle of Sugar Point
The Battle of Sugar Point, also called the Battle of Leech Lake, was an 1898 conflict between the Pillager Ojibwe and the U.S. Army in Minnesota.
Battle of Suipacha
The Battle of Suipacha, fought on 7 November 1810 near Suipacha, Upper Peru (present-day Bolivia), was the first patriot victory of the May Revolution's war for independence.
Battle of Summit Springs
The Battle of Summit Springs was a fight on July 11, 1869, in which the U.S. Army's 5th Cavalry destroyed a Cheyenne Dog Soldier village in Colorado Territory.
Battle of Sumy
Battle of Sumy (2022): Russian assault on Sumy Oblast, Ukraine, February 24 to early April 2022 during the Northeastern Ukraine offensive; Ukrainian territorial defense and roving light infantry held the city and forced Russian withdrawal.
Battle of Sunda Strait
Night naval battle of 28 February to 1 March 1942 in which HMAS Perth and USS Houston, escaping Java after the Battle of the Java Sea, met the Japanese Banten Bay invasion convoy and both were sunk; also called the Battle of Banten Bay.
Battle of Surabaya
The Battle of Surabaya was the fiercest battle of the Indonesian National Revolution, fought in Surabaya between Indonesian republican fighters and British-led Allied troops from late October 1945.
Battle of Suriagehara
The Battle of Suriagehara (摺上原の戦い) was a 1589 battle at Mount Bandai in Fukushima where Date Masamune defeated Ashina Yoshihiro and destroyed the Ashina clan.
Battle of Surigao Strait
The Battle of Surigao Strait was a night naval battle fought on 24–25 October 1944 at the southern entrance to Leyte Gulf, the last battleship-versus-battleship action in naval history.
Battle of Sutjeska
The Battle of Sutjeska (Bitka na Sutjesci) was a 1943 World War II battle in southeastern Bosnia where Yugoslav Partisans broke out of an Axis encirclement at heavy cost.
Battle of Suzhou (1873)
The Battle of Suzhou (1873) was the final campaign of the Dungan Revolt, in which Qing forces under Zuo Zongtang recaptured Suzhou, modern Jiuquan, Gansu, from Ma Wenlu in October 1873.
Battle of Svay Rieng
The Battle of Svay Rieng was the capture of the Cambodian provincial capital of Svay Rieng by South Vietnamese forces on 1 May 1970, after two days of fighting.
Battle of Svensksund
Battle of Svensksund (Second Battle, Ruotsinsalmi/Rochensalm), 9–10 July 1790: Gustav III's Swedish archipelago fleet destroyed Prince Nassau-Siegen's Russian fleet off Kotka, Sweden's greatest naval victory, leading to the Peace of Värälä.
Battle of Svishtov
The Battle of Svishtov, also called the crossing of the Danube at Svishtov, was the Russian army's contested Danube crossing near Svishtov, Bulgaria, in June 1877.
Battle of Świecino
The Battle of Świecino, fought on 17 September 1462 near Lake Żarnowieckie, saw Piotr Dunin's Polish mercenaries defeat the Teutonic Order during the Thirteen Years' War.
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.
Battle of Szczekociny
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.
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 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 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.