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Battle of El Carmen
The Battle of El Carmen was a battle of the Chaco War won by Paraguay in November 1934, destroying two Bolivian reserve divisions north of fortín Ballivián.
Battle of El Guettar
Battle of El Guettar, Tunisia, March-April 1943: US II Corps under Patton defeated the German 10th Panzer Division's counterattack, an early American victory after Kasserine Pass in the Tunisian campaign.
Battle of El Herri
The Battle of El Herri was a 1914 battle near Khenifra, Morocco, in which Zaian forces under Mouha ou Hammou Zayani routed a French colonial column, killing over 600 men.
Battle of El Obeid
The Battle of El Obeid, or Battle of Shaykan, was fought on 3–5 November 1883 in Kordofan, Sudan, where Mahdist forces annihilated William Hicks's Egyptian army.
Battle of El Teb
The Battle of El Teb was fought in eastern Sudan in February 1884 during the Mahdist War, where a Mahdist victory over an Egyptian column was followed by a British victory.
Battle of Elandslaagte
The Battle of Elandslaagte was a British victory over the Boers on 21 October 1899 near Elandslaagte station in Natal, during the early South African War.
Battle of Elisabethpol
The Battle of Elisabethpol, also called the Battle of Ganja, was a battle on 25 September 1826 where Russian forces under Paskevich defeated a Persian army near Ganja, Azerbaijan.
Battle of Elli
The Battle of Elli (Ναυμαχία της Έλλης) was a 1912 naval battle of the First Balkan War off the Dardanelles, won by the Greek fleet under Pavlos Kountouriotis.
Battle of Eltekeh
The Battle of Eltekeh (Akkadian Altaqu) was an open-field battle fought in 701 BC at Eltekeh in Philistia between Sennacherib of Assyria and an Egyptian-Kushite relief force.
Battle of Embabo
The Battle of Embabo was fought on 6 June 1882 in western Ethiopia between rival vassals of Emperor Yohannes IV; Menilek's victory secured Shewan dominance over the south.
Battle of Emesa
The Battle of Emesa (معركة حمص) was a battle fought in 272 CE near Emesa, modern Homs in Syria, where Emperor Aurelian defeated Queen Zenobia's Palmyrene forces.
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
The Battle of Empress Augusta Bay was a night naval battle off Bougainville on 1–2 November 1943, won by an American task force under Admiral Merrill.
Battle of Enannatum I against Urlumma
The battle of Enannatum I against Urlumma was an Early Dynastic IIIb clash between Enannatum of Lagash and Urlumma of Umma, fought around 2450 BC in the Ugiga field.
Battle of Enfidaville
The Battle of Enfidaville, or Operation Oration, was a British Eighth Army assault in Tunisia on 19–21 April 1943 that captured the town but failed to break through.
Battle of Eniwetok
The Battle of Eniwetok, Operation Catchpole, was an American amphibious operation of the Pacific War that captured Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands in February 1944.
Battle of Ephesus (c. 258 BC)
The Battle of Ephesus (c. 258 BC) was a naval defeat of a Ptolemaic Egyptian fleet by a Rhodian fleet off Ephesus during the Second Syrian War.
Battle of Espíritu Santo
The Battle of Espíritu Santo (Batalla del Espíritu Santo) was a battle fought on 6 April 1839, where Francisco Morazán's Salvadoran forces defeated an allied Honduran and Nicaraguan army.
Battle of Estelí
The Battle of Estelí refers to three 1978 and 1979 insurrections by Sandinista guerrillas against Somoza's National Guard in Estelí, Nicaragua, known as the "Thrice Heroic City".
Battle of Estrelleta
The Battle of Estrelleta (Batalla de La Estrelleta) was a Dominican victory over an invading Haitian army on 17 September 1845, ending Haiti's southern offensive.
Battle of Eylau
Battle of Eylau (Preussisch-Eylau, now Bagrationovsk), 7–8 February 1807, War of the Fourth Coalition: Napoleon's Grande Armée vs Bennigsen's Russians and L'Estocq's Prussians; a bloody, inconclusive draw and Napoleon's first serious setback, famous for Murat's massed cavalry charge.
Battle of Ezhou
The Battle of Ezhou (鄂州之战) was the Mongol siege of the Song city of Ezhou on the Yangtze in 1259, defended by Jia Shidao until the Mongols withdrew.
Battle of Fada
The Battle of Fada was fought on 2 January 1987, when Chadian forces recaptured the oasis town of Fada in northeastern Chad from a Libyan garrison.
Battle of Fahl
The Battle of Fahl (معركة فحل) was a 635 CE victory of Rashidun Muslim forces over a Byzantine army at Pella in the Jordan Valley.
Battle of Fakhkh
The Battle of Fakhkh (وقعة فخ) was a battle near Mecca in 786, in which Abbasid forces killed the Alid rebel al-Husayn ibn Ali and over a hundred followers.
Battle of Falkirk
Battle of Falkirk (22 July 1298): Edward I's English longbowmen defeated William Wallace's Scottish schiltrons near Falkirk, ending Wallace's guardianship after Stirling Bridge; distinct from the 1746 Jacobite Battle of Falkirk Muir.
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794, Maumee River near Toledo, Ohio; Anthony Wayne's Legion of the United States defeated Little Turtle's, Blue Jacket's, and Buckongahelas' Native confederacy, ending the Northwest Indian War and leading to the 1795 Treaty of Greenville ceding Ohio.
Battle of Fandane-Thiuthioune
The Battle of Fandane-Thiuthioune, also called the Battle of Somb, was an 1867 Serer victory over Muslim marabout forces in the Kingdom of Sine, Senegal.
Battle of Fangtou
The Battle of Fangtou (枋头之战) was the decisive defeat of Eastern Jin regent Huan Wen's third northern expedition against Former Yan, whose forces under Murong Chui destroyed his retreating army near Xiangyi.
Battle of Fanwu
The Battle of Fanwu (番吾之戰) was a 232 BC battle of the Warring States period in which the Zhao commander Li Mu repelled a two-pronged Qin invasion of Zhao.
Battle of Fariskur
The Battle of Fariskur (أسر لويس التاسع) was a 1250 battle in Egypt where the Seventh Crusade was defeated and King Louis IX of France was captured.