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Battle of Galich

The Battle of Galich (Взятие Галича 1450) was fought in 1450, when Grand Prince Vasily II of Moscow defeated his rival Dmitry Shemyaka at Galich Mersky.

Battle of Galicia

Battle of Galicia (Galician operation, Галицийская операция, August–September 1914): WWI campaign in which four Russian armies defeated three Austro-Hungarian armies in Galicia, destroying Austria-Hungary's prewar army after Lemberg and Rawa Ruska.

Battle of Gamboru

The Battle of Gamboru was the fighting over Gamboru Ngala, a Nigerian border town seized by Boko Haram in August 2014 and recaptured by Chad in February 2015.

Battle of Gamboru Ngala

The Battle of Gamboru Ngala was a Boko Haram assault on 5 May 2014 on twin border towns in Borno State, Nigeria, killing several hundred people.

Battle of Gammelsdorf

The Battle of Gammelsdorf was a 1313 victory of Duke Ludwig the Bavarian over an Austrian army of Frederick the Fair near Moosburg in Upper Bavaria.

Battle of Ganale Doria

The Battle of Ganale Doria was an engagement of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War in January 1936, in which General Graziani's forces defeated Ras Desta Damtù.

Battle of Gangut

The Battle of Gangut (Гангутское сражение) was the first major naval victory of the Russian fleet, won against Sweden off Cape Gangut, Finland, in 1714.

Battle of Ganter

The Battle of Ganter (Pertempuran Ganter) was fought in 1222 near present-day Malang in eastern Java, where Ken Arok of Tumapel defeated King Kertajaya of Kediri.

Battle of Ganuvara

The Battle of Ganuvara, also spelled Kannuwara, was a battle fought around the early 1310s BC, where a Hittite army under Nuvanza defeated an invading Hayasa-Azzi army.

Battle of Gao

The Battle of Gao was the fighting for control of Gao, the largest town in northern Mali, during the Mali War, from its 2012 capture to its January 2013 recapture.

Battle of Gaoliang River

The Battle of Gaoliang River (高梁河之戰) was a battle of the Song–Liao wars fought in 979, in which the Northern Song army under Emperor Taizong attacked the Liao dynasty and was defeated.

Battle of Gaolouzhai

The Battle of Gaolouzhai (高楼寨之战) was an 1865 ambush battle in which Nian rebels lured a Qing army under Sengge Rinchen on a four-month chase into Shandong and destroyed it.

Battle of Gaoping

The Battle of Gaoping (高平之战) was a 954 battle near Gaoping in which Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of Later Zhou, personally led his army to a decisive victory over Northern Han and Khitan invaders.

Battle of Gasr Bu Hadi

The Battle of Gasr Bu Hadi, also called the Battle of Qardabiya, was a 1915 defeat of an Italian colonial column by Libyan resistance forces near Surt, Libya.

Battle of Gatazo

The Battle of Gatazo was a battle of the Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution, fought on 14 and 15 August 1895 near Riobamba and won by Eloy Alfaro.

Battle of Gaugamela

Battle of Gaugamela, also called Battle of Arbela: decisive victory of Alexander the Great over Darius III on 1 October 331 BCE in northern Iraq, won by an oblique cavalry charge that broke the Persian center.

Battle of Gawakuke

The Battle of Gawakuke was fought in March 1836, when Sultan Muhammad Bello's Sokoto forces defeated Gobirawa, Katsina, and Tuareg allies, killing both enemy kings.

Battle of Gaza (2007)

Battle of Gaza (2007): June 7–14, 2007 Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip from Fatah-led Palestinian Authority forces after collapse of the Mecca Agreement unity government; 161 killed, split of Gaza and West Bank, Israeli blockade.

Battle of Gaza (312 BC)

The Battle of Gaza (312 BC) was a victory near Gaza in late autumn 312 BC by Ptolemy I of Egypt and Seleucus over Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I.

Battle of Gazala

Battle of Gazala (26 May-21 June 1942, Libya): Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika outflanked and broke the British Eighth Army's Gazala Line, took Tobruk with 33,000 prisoners, and drove the Allies back to El Alamein.

Battle of Gela (405 BC)

The Battle of Gela, also called the Siege of Gela, was a 405 BC battle in which Dionysius I of Syracuse failed to relieve Gela from Himilco's Carthaginian army.

Battle of Geok Tepe (1879)

The Battle of Geok Tepe (1879) was the failed Russian assault on the Dengil-Tepe fortress in the Akhal oasis, held by the Teke Turkmen, under General Nikolai Lomakin.

Battle of Germantown

Battle of Germantown (October 4, 1777): failed surprise attack by George Washington's ~11,000 Continental troops on William Howe's 9,000 British soldiers near Philadelphia during the Philadelphia Campaign; fog, friendly fire, and the Chew House (Cliveden) defense caused defeat.

Battle of Geronium

The Battle of Geronium was an autumn 217 BC engagement in Apulia where Hannibal repulsed a Roman force under Minucius Rufus, rescued by Fabius Maximus.

Battle of Gettysburg

Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3, 1863, Pennsylvania: Civil War battle where Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated Lee's invading Army of Northern Virginia; about 51,112 casualties, Pickett's Charge repulsed, site of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

Battle of Geumsan

The Battle of Geumsan (금산전투) was two 1592 assaults by righteous armies under Go Gyeong-myeong and Jo Heon on Japanese-held Geumsan during the Japanese invasions of Korea.

Battle of Ghaghra

The Battle of Ghaghra, also called the Battle of the Gogra, was Babur's 1529 victory over an Afghan confederacy led by Mahmud Lodi near the Ghaghra River in Bihar.

Battle of Ghazni (998)

The Battle of Ghazni (جنگ محمود با اسماعیل) was fought in 998 between the brothers Mahmud and Ismail, ending in Mahmud's victory and accession to the Ghaznavid throne.

Battle of Ghijduvan

The Battle of Ghijduvan, also spelled Ghujduwan (Persian: نبرد غجدوان), was fought in 1512 near Bukhara, where Uzbeks under ʿUbayd Allah crushed a Safavid army.

Battle of Gingindlovu

The Battle of Gingindlovu was a battle of the Anglo-Zulu War fought on 2 April 1879, in which Lord Chelmsford's British column defeated some 10,000 Zulu warriors.