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Battle of Wof Washa

The Battle of Wof Washa, or battle of Assam, was a battle fought near Adwa, Ethiopia, on 11 July 1871, won by Kassa Mercha, the future Emperor Yohannes IV.

Battle of Wofla

The Battle of Wofla was fought in 1542 near Lake Ashenge in Ethiopia, where Imam Ahmad of Adal, reinforced by Ottomans, defeated a Portuguese force under Cristóvão da Gama.

Battle of Wolf Mountain

The Battle of Wolf Mountain, also called the Battle of the Butte, was a winter engagement of the Great Sioux War fought on January 8, 1877, near the Tongue River in Montana.

Battle of Wolgast

The Battle of Wolgast was a battle of the Thirty Years' War fought near Wolgast, Pomerania, in 1628, where Albrecht von Wallenstein defeated the Danish army of King Christian IV.

Battle of Wonju

The Battle of Wonju (원주 전투, Wonju area battle) was a Korean War engagement in which the US 2nd Infantry Division retook Wonju, South Korea, in January 1951.

Battle of Wuhan (武汉会战)

The Battle of Wuhan (武汉会战), January–October 1938, saw over a million Chinese troops under Chiang Kai-shek defend the wartime capital against Shunroku Hata's Central China Area Army before a planned withdrawal.

Battle of Wuzhang Plains

The Battle of Wuzhang Plains (五丈原之战) was Zhuge Liang's 234 northern expedition against Wei, a hundred-day standoff with Sima Yi that ended when Zhuge Liang died in camp.

Battle of Wyoming

The Battle of Wyoming, also known as the Wyoming Massacre, was a 1778 Revolutionary War engagement in Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley, where Loyalists and Seneca routed Patriot militia.

Battle of Xianren Pass

The Battle of Xianren Pass (仙人关之战) was a defensive battle of the Song–Jin wars in which the Song commanders Wu Jie and Wu Lin repelled a Jin invasion aimed at Sichuan.

Battle of Xianyou

The Battle of Xianyou (仙游之战) was a Ming victory won by Qi Jiguang's troops on the Fujian coast during the Jiajing reign, following the victory at Pinghaiwei.

Battle of Xiao

The Battle of Xiao (崤之战) was a 627 BC ambush in which Jin and the Jiangrong tribes annihilated a Qin army returning from a failed attack on Zheng.

Battle of Xiaoguan

The Battle of Xiaoguan (小关之战) was the first major battle between the Eastern Wei and Western Wei dynasties, where Yuwen Tai destroyed Dou Tai's central army and secured Western Wei's survival.

Battle of Xiaoyao Ford

The Battle of Xiaoyao Ford (逍遥津之战) was a 215 battle at Hefei where Zhang Liao's small Wei garrison repelled Sun Quan's large Wu army and nearly captured him.

Battle of Xingluocang

The Battle of Xingluocang (兴洛仓之战) was the surprise capture of the great Sui government granary Xingluocang by the rebel army of Li Mi and Zhai Rang.

Battle of Xingyang

The Battle of Xingyang (荥阳之战) was a long campaign of the Chu–Han Contention in which Xiang Yu and Liu Bang fought for Xingyang, ending in 203 BC.

Battle of Xoài Mút

The Battle of Xoài Mút (Trận Rạch Gầm–Xoài Mút) was a 1785 riverine ambush in which Nguyễn Huệ's Tây Sơn army destroyed a 50,000-strong Siamese fleet on the Tiền River in southern Vietnam.

Battle of Xuân Lộc

The Battle of Xuân Lộc (Trận Xuân Lộc) was fought from 9 to 21 April 1975 and was the last major battle of the Vietnam War.

Battle of Xuge

The Battle of Xuge (繻葛之戰) was a 707 BC battle in which Zheng defeated a Zhou royal coalition led by King Huan, who was wounded.

Battle of Xuzhou

The Battle of Xuzhou (徐州会战), also called the Xuzhou Campaign, was a defensive battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War fought at Xuzhou, China, from January to May 1938.

Battle of Yaguachi

The Battle of Yaguachi, also called the Battle of Cone, was fought on 19 August 1821 near Yaguachi, Ecuador, where Antonio José de Sucre defeated a royalist division.

Battle of Yahuarcocha

The Battle of Yahuarcocha was an Inca victory under Huayna Capac over the Caranqui confederation at a lagoon near Ibarra, Ecuador, followed by a massacre.

Battle of Yalu River (1904)

The Battle of the Yalu River (鴨緑江の戦い) was the first major land battle of the Russo-Japanese War, fought April 30 to May 1, 1904, and won by Japan.

Battle of Yamama

The Battle of Yamama (معركة اليمامة) was fought in December 632 between Khalid ibn al-Walid and Musaylima of Banu Hanifa in central Arabia, ending in Musaylima's death.

Battle of Yamazaki

The Battle of Yamazaki (山崎の戦い) was fought at Yamazaki near Kyoto on July 2, 1582, where Hashiba Hideyoshi defeated Akechi Mitsuhide, who had killed Oda Nobunaga eleven days earlier.

Battle of Yamen (崖山海战)

Battle of Yamen (崖山海战, also Battle of Yashan), 19 March 1279 naval battle at Xinhui, Guangdong, where Yuan admirals Zhang Hongfan and Li Heng destroyed the last Southern Song fleet under Zhang Shijie, ending the Song dynasty.

Battle of Yanacocha

The Battle of Yanacocha, fought on 13 August 1835 in the Cusco region of Peru, saw Bolivian president Andrés de Santa Cruz defeat the Peruvian forces of Agustín Gamarra.

Battle of Yangxia

The Battle of Yangxia (阳夏保卫战) was the largest military campaign of the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, a 41-day fight for Hankou and Hanyang that ended in a ceasefire.

Battle of Yanling

The Battle of Yanling (鄢陵之战) was the third great hegemonic contest between Jin and Chu, after Chengpu and Bi, where Jin defeated Chu and restored its lost hegemony.

Battle of Yanzhou

The Battle of Yanzhou (兖州之战) was the 194 CE rising in which Zhang Miao and Chen Gong turned against Cao Cao and welcomed Lü Bu as Governor of Yanzhou.

Battle of Yaroslavl (1245)

The Battle of Yaroslavl (Битва під Ярославом) was fought on 17 August 1245 near the Galician town of Yaroslav, where Danylo and Vasylko Romanovychi defeated Rostislav Mikhailovich's Hungarian-backed coalition.