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Battle of La Arada
The Battle of La Arada (Batalla de la Arada) was fought on 2 February 1851 near Chiquimula, Guatemala, where General Rafael Carrera's army defeated an invading allied army from El Salvador and Honduras.
Battle of La Concepción
The Battle of La Concepción (Combate de La Concepción) was a battle of the War of the Pacific fought at Concepción, Peru, on 9 and 10 July 1882.
Battle of La Puerta
The Battle of La Puerta refers to engagements at the Venezuelan pass of La Puerta during the War of Independence, where José Tomás Boves defeated patriots in 1814.
Battle of La Trinidad
The Battle of La Trinidad was fought on 11 November 1827 near Sabanagrande, Honduras, where Francisco Morazán defeated Colonel José Justo Milla and freed Honduras from conservative control.
Battle of La Vega
The Battle of La Vega was an engagement of the Dominican Restoration War fought at La Vega, Dominican Republic, in February 1864, where restorationist forces defeated Spanish troops.
Battle of La Victoria
The Battle of La Victoria was a Venezuelan War of Independence engagement won by republican forces under José Félix Ribas at La Victoria on 12 February 1814.
Battle of Lade
The Battle of Lade (معركة لاد) was a naval battle fought in 494 BC off Miletus, where a larger Persian fleet defeated the rebellious Ionian Greek cities.
Battle of Lae
The Battle of Lae (4–16 September 1943) was a Pacific War battle in New Guinea where Australian troops captured the last Japanese stronghold in the Huon Gulf area.
Battle of Laing's Nek
The Battle of Laing's Nek, fought on 28 January 1881, saw Major-General George Colley's British column repulsed by Piet Joubert's entrenched Boers during the First Boer War.
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of Lake Erie (Battle of Put-in-Bay), 10 September 1813 War of 1812 naval action: Oliver Hazard Perry's nine-vessel squadron captured Robert Barclay's six British ships near Put-in-Bay, Ohio, securing US control of the lake, forcing the abandonment of Detroit, and enabling the Battle of the Thames.
Battle of Lake Maracaibo
The Battle of Lake Maracaibo was a naval engagement of 24 July 1823 in which Admiral José Prudencio Padilla's republican squadron defeated the Spanish royalist fleet in Venezuela.
Battle of Lake Okeechobee
The Battle of Lake Okeechobee was a major engagement of the Second Seminole War fought on December 25, 1837, between Colonel Zachary Taylor's troops and Seminole warriors.
Battle of Lake Poyang
The Battle of Lake Poyang (鄱阳湖之战) was a naval campaign fought in 1363 between Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang on Lake Poyang in Jiangxi, ending with Chen's death.
Battle of Lake Trasimene
Battle of Lake Trasimene (Battle of Trasimene, Trasumennus), ambush fought 24 June 217 BC in the Second Punic War, where Hannibal annihilated consul Gaius Flaminius's army of about 15,000 dead on Lake Trasimene's north shore.
Battle of Lake Tunis
Fought in 147 BC, the Battle of Lake Tunis saw a Carthaginian fleet engage the Roman blockade until ships jammed the harbor entrance.
Battle of Landeshut
The Battle of Landeshut (Schlacht bei Landeshut) was a heavy defeat of Prussian troops by the Austrians at Landeshut, Silesia, on 23 June 1760 during the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Lạng Sơn (1979)
Battle of Lạng Sơn (Chiến tranh biên giới 1979), largest engagement of the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War: the PLA 55th Army took the border provincial capital from Vietnamese divisions 3, 327, 337, 338 on March 4, 1979, prompting China's withdrawal announcement the next day.
Battle of Lang Vei
Battle of Lang Vei, 6-7 February 1968: NVA PT-76 tanks and 304th Division infantry overran the US Special Forces Detachment A-101 CIDG camp near Khe Sanh, the first successful enemy armor attack of the Vietnam War.
Battle of Larga
The Battle of Larga was a July 1770 victory of the Russian army under Pyotr Rumyantsev over Ottoman-Tatar forces in the Russo-Turkish War, in what is now Moldova.
Battle of Largs
Battle of Largs, 2 October 1263: indecisive shore skirmish between Scots under Alexander Stewart and Haakon IV of Norway's storm-damaged fleet; led to the 1266 Treaty of Perth.
Battle of Las Guasimas
The Battle of Las Guasimas, occurring in eastern Cuba on June 24, 1898, was an early land conflict of the Spanish-American War in which U.S. cavalry clashed with Spanish forces.
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (16 July 1212, Santa Elena, Jaén): crusading coalition of Castile, Aragon, and Navarre under Alfonso VIII defeated the Almohad caliph Muhammad al-Nasir; battlefield archaeology since 2022 recovered 5,593 objects.
Battle of Las Piedras (1811)
The Battle of Las Piedras, fought on 18 May 1811 near Montevideo, gave José Gervasio Artigas's patriots their first victory in the Río de la Plata.
Battle of Las Queseras del Medio
The Battle of Las Queseras del Medio was a cavalry action of the Venezuelan War of Independence, fought on 2 April 1819 near the Arauca River in Apure, Venezuela.
Battle of Las Salinas
The Battle of Las Salinas (Batalla de Las Salinas) was a battle of the Spanish civil wars in Peru, fought in April 1538 near Cusco.
Battle of Laswari
The Battle of Laswari (लसवारी की लड़ाई) was a decisive British victory in the Second Anglo-Maratha War, fought near Alwar on 1 November 1803 against Daulat Rao Scindia's Maratha army.
Battle of Lechfeld
The Battle of Lechfeld, called the Battle of Augsburg (Augsburgi csata) in Hungary, was a 955 victory in which Otto I destroyed a Hungarian army near Augsburg.
Battle of Legnano
The Battle of Legnano occurred on May 29, 1176, in northern Italy. The Lombard League defeated the German forces of Frederick I Barbarossa, forcing him into diplomacy.
Battle of Legnica
Battle of Legnica (bitwa pod Legnica), 9 April 1241: Mongol victory over Henry II the Pious of Silesia at Legnickie Pole, using feigned retreat and smoke; sources debated; museum opened 1961.
Battle of Leipzig
Battle of Leipzig (Völkerschlacht bei Leipzig), also Battle of the Nations: 16-19 October 1813 defeat of Napoleon by Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Sweden; largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, with over half a million soldiers and over 100,000 casualties.