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Battle of Cape Bon The naval Battle of Cape Bon took place on December 13 1941 during the Second World War, between two Italian light cruisers and an Allied destroyer flotilla off Cape Bon, Tunisia. The loss of the two cruisers was a serious setback for the Regia Marina.
Battle of Cape Ecnomus The battle of Cape Ecnomus (256 BC) was a naval battle, fought offshore Cape Ecnomus (modern day Poggio di Sant'Angelo, Licata, Sicily), between the fleets of Carthage and the Roman Republic, during the First Punic War. Due to the number of ships and crews involved (about 100 rowers and 150 combat troops per ship), this battle was the largest naval battle of the ancient world, and by some definitions the largest naval battle in history.
Battle of Cape Espartel The Battle of Cape Espartel was a naval battle of the Spanish Civil War that broke the Republican blockade of the Strait of Gibraltar, securing the naval supply route to Spanish Morocco for the Nationalists early in the war. The action erupted September 29, 1936 between two Nationalist cruisers and a squadron of Republican destroyers.
Battle of Cape Esperance The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the Sea Battle of Savo Island (サボ島沖海戦) took place October 11-12, 1942, and was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between Imperial Japanese Navy and the Allied naval forces. The battle was the third major naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands campaign and took place at the entrance to the strait between Savo Island and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.
Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) In the Battle of Cape Finisterre (22 July 1805) the British fleet captured two ships while preventing the Franco-Spanish fleet from entering the English Channel to help Napoleon invade Britain. The British fleet commanded by Vice Admiral Sir Robert Calder and a Franco-Spanish fleet commanded by Admiral Pierre Charles Silvestre de Villeneuve fought near Cape Finisterre off (Galicia in northwest Spain, Spain) during the War of the Third Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars.
Battle of Cape Gloucester The Battle of Cape Gloucester was a battle in the Pacific theater of World War II, which took place between late December 1943 and April 22, 1944, on the island of New Britain, part of the Territory of New Guinea. The battle was a major part of Operation Cartwheel, the main Allied strategy in the South West Pacific Area and Pacific Ocean Areas during 1943-44.
Battle of Cape Henry The Battle of Cape Henry was naval battle in the American War of Independence which took place near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay on 16 March 1781 between a British squadron led by Vice Admiral Marriott Arbuthnot and a squadron fleet under Captain Des Touches.
Battle of Cape Cherchell The Battle of Cape Cherchell was a sea battle between the Nationalist heavy cruiser Baleares and the Republican light cruisers Libertad and Méndez Núñez in the Spanish Civil War. In the early morning hours of September 7, 1937, Baleares unexpectedly met a Republican convoy consisting of several merchant ships escorted by Republican cruisers and destroyers.
Battle of Cape Matapan The Battle of Cape Matapan was a World War II naval battle fought off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece from March 27 to March 29, 1941. A combined force of British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy ships under the command of the British Admiral Andrew Cunningham intercepted and sank or severely damaged those of the Italian Regia Marina, under Admiral Angelo Iachino.
Battle of Cape Orlando The naval Battle of Cape Orlando took place on 4 July 1299 at St Marco di Val Demone, north-western Sicily, when a Aragonese and Angevin galley fleet commanded by Roger of Lauria defeated a Sicilian galley fleet commanded by Conrad d'Oria. Both leaders, James II and Frederick III, were present.
Battle of Cape Ortegal The Battle of Cape Ortegal (3 November 1805) off Cape Ortegal in north-west Spain was the final action of the Trafalgar campaign. British Rear Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, with Caesar, Hero, Courageux, Namur and four frigates, defeated and captured a French squadron (Formidable, Scipion, Duguay-Trouin and Mont Blanc) under Rear Admiral Pierre Dumanoir le Pelley that had escaped from the Battle of Trafalgar two weeks previously.
Battle of Cape Palos The Battle of Cape Palos, also known as the Second Battle of Cape Palos, was the biggest naval battle of the Spanish Civil War, fought on the night of March 5 - 6 1938, 70 miles east of Cape Palos near Cartagena, Spain.
Battle of Cape Passaro The naval Battle of Cape Passaro (or Passero) took place on 11 August 1718 near Cape Passero, the south-east point of Sicily, when a British fleet under Admiral George Byng defeated a Spanish fleet of twenty-six men-of-war, two fireships, four bomb vessels, seven galleys and several other ships with stores and provisions under Admiral José Antonio de Gaztañeta. It's to note that at the time, there was no war declared between Spain and Britain; the Spanish fleet was sailing scattered, and the sight of the British ships wasn't perceived as a danger.
Battle of Cape Spartel The Battle of Cape Spartel was an indecisive naval battle between a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Luis de CĂłrdova y CĂłrdova and a British fleet under Admiral Howe. The fleets met on October 20, 1782 during a successful British campaign to maintain supply routes to Gibraltar, then under siege by the Bourbon armies as part of the American Revolutionary War.
Battle of Cape Spartivento The Battle of Cape Spartivento, known as the Battle of Cape Teulada in Italy, was a minor engagement between naval forces of the British Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina on 27 November 1940, during World War II. The battle ended in a draw but served to convince the Italians to continue attacks of this nature, which ended disastrously a few months later during the battle of Cape Matapan.
Battle of Cape St Vincent (1797) The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent took place on 14 February, 1797, near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal, between a British fleet and a Spanish fleet and was an important battle during the Wars of the French Revolution.
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780) The naval Battle of Cape St Vincent, or Battle of Cape Santa Maria, took place on 16 January 1780, during the American Revolutionary War and was a victory of a British fleet under Admiral Sir George Rodney over a Spanish squadron under Don Juan de Lángara. It is also known as the Moonlight Battle, because it was unusual for naval battles in the age of sail to take place at night.
Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1833) The fourth Battle of Cape St Vincent was fought on 5 July 1833 and was a decisive encounter in Portugal's Liberal Wars. A naval squadron commanded by the British officer Charles Napier, RN on behalf of Dom Pedro, regent for the rightful Queen Maria II, defeated the navy of the usurper Dom Miguel.
Battle of Caporetto The Battle of Caporetto (or Battle of Karfreit as it was known by the Central Powers), took place from 24 October to 9 November 1917, near Kobarid, in what is now Slovenia, on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. Austro-Hungarian forces, reinforced by German units, were able to break into the Italian front line and rout the Italian army, which had practically no mobile reserves.
Battle of Carabobo The Battle of Carabobo was fought between South American independence fighters, led by SimĂłn BolĂ­var, and royalist forces seeking to preserve the Spanish American empire. BolĂ­var's decisive victory led to the independence of Venezuela.
Battle of Caravaggio The Battle of Caravaggio was fought near Caravaggio, in Lombardy (northern Italy), between the armies of the Repubblica Ambrosiana (Milan's short lived republic]]) and the Republic of Venice, on september 15, 1448.
Battle of Carbisdale The Battle of Carbisdale took place close to the Village of Culrain on 27 April 1650 and was part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It was fought by the Royalist Marquess of Montrose, against the Scottish Government of the time, dominated by the Marquess of Argyll and a grouping of radical Covenanters, known as the Kirk Party.
Battle of Cardassia In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Battle of Cardassia, fought two months after the Second Battle of Chin'toka, was the final battle of the Dominion War, ending in the surrender of all Dominion forces in the Alpha Quadrant. It is depicted in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's series finale, "What You Leave Behind".
Battle of Carham The Battle of Carham was a battle between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Danes at Carham on Tweed in 1018. The battle was a victory for the Scottish king Máel Coluim II and the battle is thought to have strengthened Scotland's hold on Lothian, in 1029 Canute, King of England, Denmark, and Norway, travelled to Scotland and seems to have recognised Malcolm's possession of Lothian.
Battle of Carillon The Battle of Carillon was fought at Fort Carillon (later known as Fort Ticonderoga), on the shore of Lake Champlain in what was then the British colony of New York, July 7-July 8, 1758 during the French and Indian War, and resulted in a victory of the French garrison under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm and the Chevalier de Levis, against the overwhelmingly superior numbers of the British attackers under General James Abercrombie.
Battle of Carlisle The Battle of Carlisle was a relatively small, but strategically important skirmish during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War, taking place on July 1, 1863, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It coincided with the opening of the Battle of Gettysburg, and was part of the reason why Confederate cavalry under Maj.
Battle of Carrhae The Battle of Carrhae was a decisive battle fought in the year 53 BC near the town of Carrhae (now the present-day ruins of Harran, Turkey) between the Roman Republic under the Roman general Crassus and the Parthian Empire under the Parthian Spahbod Surena. The result of the battle was an overwhelming victory for the Parthian Empire.
Battle of Carrickfergus The Battle of Carrickfergus took place in November 1597, in the province of Ulster in what is now County Antrim, Northern Ireland, during the Nine Years War. It was fought between the crown forces of Queen Elizabeth I and the Scots clan of MacDonnell, and resulted in a defeat for the English.
Battle of Carthage (c.149 BC) The Battle of Carthage was the major act of the Third Punic War between the Phoenician city of Carthage in Africa (near present-day Tunis) and the Roman Republic. It was a siege operation, starting sometime between 149 and 148 BC, and ending in the spring of 146 BC with the sack and complete destruction of the city of Carthage.
Battle of Casalecchio The Battle of Casalecchio took place on June 26, 1402 near the town of Casalecchio di Reno, near Bologna. At this battle, a Bolognese army under Giovanni I Bentivoglio opposed Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan, and his allies, the Malatesta of Rimini and the Gonzaga of Mantua.
Battle of Caseros The Battle of Caseros (also known as Monte Caseros) was fought in Caseros , today Estación El Palomar, in the , on 3 February 1852, between the Army of Buenos Aires commanded by Juan Manuel de Rosas and the Grand Army (Ejército Grande) led by Justo José de Urquiza. The forces of Urquiza, caudillo and governor of Entre Ríos, defeated Rosas, who fled to United Kingdom.
Battle of Cassano (1799) The battle of Cassano d'Adda was a battle in the French Revolutionary Wars that was fought on April 27, 1799 near Cassano d'Adda. It resulted in a victory for the Austrians and Russians (Second Coalition forces) under Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov over the French troops, left by Napoleon during his Egyptian campaign.
Battle of Cassel (1328) The Battle of Cassel was fought in August 1328 by Philip VI, the King of France, and first ruler of House of Valois (reigned 1328-1350), against the peasant revolt in Flanders. The battle took place near the city of Cassel, 30 km south of Dunkirk in present France.
Battle of Cassel (1677) The Battle of Cassel was fought on April 11, 1677, as a part of the Franco-Dutch War. It resulted in a French victory under Philippe I of Orléans, assisted by the Duke of Humières and Marshal Luxembourg, against the Dutch under Willem III of Orange, stadholder of the Netherlands (after 1689 also king of Great Britain).
Battle of Cassinga The Battle of Cassinga (4 May 1978) was a South African airborne attack on a South-West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) base in the town of Cassinga, Angola. Conducted as one of the three major actions of Operation Reindeer, it was the South African Army’s first major airborne operation.
Battle of Castillon The Battle of Castillon was the last battle fought between the French, the Bretons and the English, during the Hundred Years' War. This was the first battle in European history where cannons were the deciding factor.
Battle of Castlebar The Battle of Castlebar occurred on 27th August during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 when a combined force of 2,000 French troops and Irish rebels routed a force of 6,000 British troops in what would later became known as the Races of Castlebar.
Battle of Castricum The Battle of Castricum took place on October 6, 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition against revolutionary France. The battle was fought near Castricum in The Netherlands between French and Dutch forces under the command of General Guillaume Brune en Herman Willem Daendels and British and Russian forces under the command of the Duke of York, Sir Ralph Abercromby and the Prince of Orange.
Battle of Caulk's Field The Battle of Caulk’s Field occurred during the War of 1812. Similar to the Battle of Craney Island a year earlier, American militia units were able to repulse a British landing attempt along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.
Battle of Câmpia Pâinii The Battle of Câmpia Pâinii (Kenyérmezei csata in Hungarian) was fought in October of 1479 between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. The Hungarian forces were led by a Báthory Voivod of Transylvania, and were victorious over the Ottomans.
Battle of Călugăreni The Battle of Călugăreni was one of the most important battles in the history of mediaeval Romania. It took place on 13 August 1595 between the Wallachian army led by Michael the Brave and the Ottoman army led by Sinan Pasha.
Battle of Cedar Creek (1876) The Battle of Cedar Creek (also called Big Dry Creek or Big Dry River) occurred on October 21, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Sioux Native Americans during the Black Hills War.
Battle of Celaya The Battle of Celaya, which occurred on 13 April 1915, was the single bloodiest battle of the Mexican Revolution. The Conventionist forces under Pancho Villa were badly defeated by forces under the command of Álvaro Obregón, who supported the presidency of Venustiano Carranza.
Battle of Ceresole The Battle of Ceresole (or Cérisoles) was fought outside the village of Ceresole d'Alba in the Piedmont on April 11, 1544, during the Italian War of 1542. In a lengthy engagement that historian Bert Hall characterized as "marvelously confused", a French army under François de Vendôme, Count of Enghien, defeated the Spanish-Imperial army of Alfonso d'Avalos d'Aquino, Marquis del Vasto.
Battle of Ceuta The Battle of Ceuta (August 14, 1415) and the subsequent conquest of the North African city of Ceuta by the Portuguese had its roots in the earliest years of the House of Aviz dynasty of Portugal. Both the Battle of Ceuta and, in a larger sense, the era of European expansion were influenced by the Infant Dom Henrique of Portugal; he is better known to history as Prince Henry the Navigator.
Battle of Civitate The Battle of Civitate (also known as Battle of Civitella del Fortore) was fought on 18 June 1053 in Southern Italy, between the Normans, led by the Count of Apulia Humphrey of Hauteville, and a Swabian-Italian-Lombard army, coalized by Pope Leo IX and led on the battlefield by Gerard, Duke of Lorraine, and Rudolf, Prince of Benevento. The Norman victory over the coalized army marked the start of a conflict that ended with the recognition of the Norman conquest in South Italy.
Battle of Cixi The Battle of Cixi (no relation to the reigning Empress at the time) or Battle of Tzeki (慈溪之戰) was a decisive victory for Qing imperial forces led by the American soldier of fortune, Frederick Townsend Ward against Taiping Rebels in late Qing Dynasty China. Ward, who had recently scored several victories for the imperial forces, raised an army for the defense of Shanghai.
Battle of Claremore Mound The Battle of Claremore Mound, also known as the Battle of the Strawberry Moon, was one of the chief battles of the war between the Osage and Cherokee Indians. It occurred in the spring of 1817 when a band of Cherokees and their allies under Chief Spring Frog (Too-an-tuh) attacked Pasuga, an Osage village at the foot of Claremore Mound (in present-day Oaklahoma).
Battle of Clastidium The Battle of Clastidium was fought in 222 BC between a Roman Republic army led by Marcus Claudius Marcellus and the Gauls led by Viridomarus. The Romans won the battle, and in the process, Marcellus earned the spolia opima by killing Viridomarus in single combat.
Battle of Clontarf The Battle of Clontarf took place on Good Friday in 1014 (April 23) between the forces of Brian Boru and the forces led by the King of Leinster, Máelmorda mac Murchada: composed mainly of his own men, Viking mercenaries from Dublin and the Orkney Islands led by his cousin Sigtrygg, as well as the one rebellious king from the province of Ulster. It ended in a rout of the Máelmorda's forces, along with the death of Brian; who was killed by a few Norsemen who were fleeing the battle and stumbled upon his tent.
Battle of Clontibret The Battle of Clontibret (1595) was fought in modern County Monaghan in Ulster in northern Ireland during the Nine Years War, between the crown forces of Queen Elizabeth and the rebel army of Hugh O'Neill, 3rd Earl of Tyrone. It ended in victory for Tyrone, and was the first severe set-back suffered by the English during the war.
Battle of Cnidus The Battle of Cnidus (394 BC), was a joint Persian and Athenian operation against the Spartan naval fleet in the Corinthian War. The Persian fleet, led by the former Athenian admiral Conon, utterly destroyed the Spartan fleet led by the inexperienced Peisander, ending Sparta's brief bid for naval supremacy.
Battle of Cockpit Point The Battle of Cockpit Point, also known as Batteries at Evansport, the Battle of Freestone Point, or the Battle of Shipping Point, took place on January 3, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the blockade of the Potomac River during the American Civil War.
Battle of Cocherel The Battle of Cocherel was fought on May 16, 1364 between the French and the forces of Charles II of Navarre, over the succession to the dukedom of Burgundy. The French were led by Bertrand du Guesclin, though Jean, Count of Auxerre was the highest-ranking noble present.
Battle of Colachel The Battle of Colachel (or Battle of Kulachal) was a battle that took place on 10 August 1741 (31 July OS) the Travancore-Dutch War], when forces of [[Marthanda Varma, the king or Raja of the Indian state of Travancore (also known as Tiruvitamkur) defeated forces of the Dutch East India Company (also known as the VOC), and the allied Rani of Eleyadathu Swarupam at Kulachal (anglicised to Colachel or Kolachel) in India. This is considered the first example of an organised Asian power defeating a European naval power.
Battle of Colberger Heide The naval Battle of Colberger Heide (or Colberg Heath) took place on 1 July 1644 during the Danish-Swedish War (part of the Thirty Years War), off northern Germany. It was a slight victory for a Danish fleet commanded by Vind, assisted by Grabow and King Christian IV, over a Swedish fleet commanded by Fleming, assisted by Ulfsparre and Bjelkenstjerna.
Battle of Coleto The Battle of Coleto, also known as The Battle of Coleto Creek, was a 19th century battle of the Goliad Campaign of the Texas Revolution fought between rebelling Texian colonists and Mexico on March 19–March 20, 1836. The Texians, commanded by Colonel James Fannin, were defeated by federal troops under General José Urrea.
Battle of Consuegra The battle of Consuegra was fought on August 15 1097 between the Castilian and Leonese army of Alfonso VI and the Almoravids under Yusuf ibn Tashfin. The battle soon turned into Almoravid victory and the son of El Cid, Diego RodrĂ­guez, perished.
Battle of Contreras The Battle of Contreras, also known (particularly in Mexico) as the Battle of Padierna, took place during the night of August 19–20, 1847, in the final encounters of the Mexican-American War. In the Battle of Churubusco, fighting continued the following day.
Battle of Copenhagen (1801) The naval Battle of Copenhagen (Danish: Slaget pĂĄ Reden) was fought on April 2, 1801 by a British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, Jr., against a Dano-Norwegian fleet anchored just off Copenhagen.
Battle of Coronea (394 BC) The Battle of Coronea in 394 BC was a battle in the Corinthian War, in which the Spartans and their allies under King Agesilaus II defeated a force of Thebans and Argives that was attempting to block their march back into the Peloponnese.
Battle of Coronel The World War I naval Battle of Coronel took place on 1 November 1914 off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel. German Kaiserliche Marine forces led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee met and defeated a Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock.
Battle of Corregidor (1945) The Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor, from 16 February to 26 February 1945, by American liberation forces against the defending Japanese garrison on the island fortress used by the USAFFE, which was the last bastion to surrender to invading Japanese forces in 1942.
Battle of Corrin In the fictional Dune universe, the Battle of Corrin was the climactic battle of the Butlerian Jihad, ending in human victory and the destruction of the Omnius Evermind. The battle was led by Supreme Bashar (formerly Primero) Vorian Atreides, and his subordinate Bashar Abulurd Harkonnen - the grandson of Xavier Harkonnen, who perished killing the traitorous Grand Patriarch Iblis Ginjo.
Battle of Corunna The Battle of Corunna (or of La Corunna, A Coruña, La Coruña, or Elviña) was a battle of the Peninsular War which took place on January 16 1809, between 16,000 British under Sir John Moore, and 16,000 French under Marshal Soult.
Battle of Corupedium The Battle of Corupedium (also called Corupedion) is the name of the last battle of the Diadochi, the rival successors to Alexander the Great. It was fought, in 281 BC between the armies of Lysimachus and Seleucus I.
Battle of Coruscant The Battle of Coruscant is a fictional conflict in the Star Wars saga, taking place during the end of the Cartoon Network microseries Star Wars: Clone Wars and the novel Labyrinth of Evil and during the opening scene of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. In the timeline of battles, it took place immediately before the Battle of Kashyyyk and the Battle of Utapau, and after the The Battle of Nelvaan.
Battle of Corydon The Battle of Corydon took place July 9, 1863, in Harrison County, Indiana, during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War. It was the only Civil War battle in Indiana and resulted in a Confederate victory, which enabled Brig.
Battle of Coulmiers The Battle of Coulmiers was fought on November 9, 1870 between French and Bavarian forces. The French Army of the Loire under General D'Aurelle de Paladines surprised a bavarian army under Count von Mecklenburg at the village of Coulmiers west of Orleans.
Battle of Coutras The Battle of Coutras, fought on October 20, 1587, was a major engagement in the French Religious Wars between an army under the current Henry of Navarre (future Henry IV) and a royal army led by Anne, Duke of Joyeuse. Henry of Navarre was victorious.
Battle of Covadonga The Battle of Covadonga was the first major victory by a Christian military force in Iberia following the Muslim Moors' conquest of that region in 711. Taking place about a decade later, most likely in the summer of 722, the victory at Covadonga assured the survival of a Christian stronghold in northern Iberia, and today is regarded as the beginning of the Reconquista.
Battle of Cowpens The Battle of Cowpens was fought on January 17, 1781, during the American Revolutionary War and was an overwhelming victory by American revolutionary forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan. It was an important turning point in the reconquest of South Carolina from the British, and went down in history as the great American tactical masterpiece of the war.
Battle of Crannon The Battle of Crannon (322 BC), fought between the Macedonian forces of Antipater and Craterus and rebellious Greek forces led by the Athenians, was the decisive battle of the Lamian war. A complete Macedonian victory, it marked the end of city-state freedom from Macedonian hegemony in Greece.
Battle of Cravant The Battle of Cravant was an encounter fought on July 31, 1423, during the Hundred Years' War between English and French forces, a victory for the English and their Burgundian allies. After the Treaty of Troyes in 1420, the English king was permitted to occupy all the country north of the Loire.
Battle of Crécy The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August, 1346 near Crécy in northern France, and was one of the most important battles of the Hundred Years' War. The combination of new weapons and tactics have caused many historians to consider this battle the beginning of the end of chivalry.
Battle of Cresson The Battle of Cresson was a small battle fought on May 1, 1187, at the springs of Cresson, or 'Ain Gozeh, near Nazareth. It was a prelude to the defeat of the Kingdom of Jerusalem at the Battle of Hattin two months later.
Battle of Crimea (1941) Crimea was the scene of some of the most bloody battles in World War II. The Germans suffered heavy casualties as they tried to advance through the isthmus linking Crimea to the mainland at Perekop in the summer of 1941.
Battle of Crocus Field In 354 BC, Philip II of Macedon invaded south heading for Phokis, only to be defeated by Onomarchos' brilliant artillery ambush, and Philip was expelled from Thessaly. Philip said that he had withdrawn, 'like a ram, to butt the harder'.
Battle of Crooked River The Battle of Crooked River was a skirmish between Latter Day Saint (Mormon) forces and Missouri state militia unit from Ray County under the command of Samuel Bogart. One of the principle points of conflict in the 1838 Missouri Mormon War, the battle resulted in the "Extermination Order" and ultimately the expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri.
Battle of Cropredy Bridge The Battle of Cropredy Bridge was the last battle won on English soil under the command of an English King. It was a battle of the English Civil Wars fought on 29 June 1644 by a detachment of the Parliamentarian army under Sir William Waller and the Royalist army of King Charles.
Battle of Cross Keys The Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
Battle of Ctesiphon (363) The Battle of Ctesiphon took place in May 29, 363 between the Roman Emperor Julian and the Sassanid Emperor Shapur II outside the walls of Ctesiphon, the Persian capital. The battle was an inconclusive Roman victory, as Julian was killed after battle and the Roman forces were far from their supply lines.
Battle of Cuddalore (1758) The naval Battle of Cuddalore took place on 29 April 1758 during the Seven Years' War near Cuddalore off the Carnatic coast of India and was an indecisive battle between a British squadron under Vice-Admiral George Pocock and French squadron under Comte d'Aché. British casualties were 29 killed and 89 wounded, while France lost perhaps 600 killed.
Battle of Cuddalore (1783) The Battle of Cuddalore was an indecisive battle between a British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes and a slightly smaller French fleet under the Bailli de Suffren off the coast of India near Cuddalore during the American Revolutionary War. The battle took place on 20 June 1783, after peace had been signed in Europe but before the news had reached India.
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale The battle of Cuito Cuanavale was one of the most important episodes of both the Civil War in Angola (which started in 1975 and ended in 2002) and the South African Border War. The armies of Cuba, Angola and South Africa met at Cuito Cuanavale in 1987, and the battle has been called "Africa's largest land battle since World War II".
Battle of Culblean The Battle of Culblean was fought on 30 November, 1335, during the Second War of Scottish Independence. It was a victory for the Scots led by the Guardian, Sir Andrew Murray over an Anglo-Scots force commanded by David de Strathbogie, titular Earl of Atholl, and a leading supporter of Edward Balliol.
Battle of Culloden The Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746), was the final clash between the Jacobites and the Hanoverians in the 1745 Jacobite Rising. It was the last battle to be fought on mainland Britain, and brought the Jacobite cause—to restore the House of Stuart to the throne of Great Britain—to a decisive defeat from which it never recovered.
Battle of Cunaxa The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in 401 BC between Cyrus the Younger and his elder brother Arsaces, who had seized the Persian throne as Artaxerxes II in 404 BC. Cyrus gathered an army of Greek mercenaries, consisting of 10,400 hoplites and 2,500 peltasts, under the Spartan general Clearchus, and met Artaxerxes at Cunaxa on the left bank of the Euphrates River, 70 kilometres North of Babylon.
Battle of Curlew Pass The Battle of Curlew Pass was fought on the 15th of August 1599, during the campaign of the Earl of Essex in the Nine Years war, between an English force under Sir Conyers Clifford and a rebel Irish force led by Red Hugh O'Donnell. The English were ambushed while marching through a pass in the Curlew Mountains, near the town of Boyle, in north western Ireland, and routed with heavy casualties.
Battle of Curzola The naval Battle of Curzola was fought on September 9, 1298 between the fleets of Genoa and Venice. It was one of many battles fought in the 13th and 14th centuries between Pisa, Genoa and Venice in a long series of wars for the control of Mediterranean and Levant trade.
Battle of Custoza Battle of Custoza is the name of two battles fought in Custoza, near Verona, Northern Italy. Both battles were fought within the Italian unification process, and were two defeats for the Kingdom of Sardinia and later Kingdom of Italy:
Battle of Custoza (1848) The Battle of Custoza (1848) was fought (23-25 July 1848) during the first Austro-Sardinian War (also known as First Independence War within the Italian unification process) between the armies of the Austrian Empire, led by Field Marshal Radetzky, and of the Kingdom of Sardinia, led by king Charles Albert of Savoy.
Battle of Cut Knife The Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars. The warriors defeated the Canadian forces, with losses on both sides.
Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC) At the Battle of Cynoscephalae (364 BC), the Theban forces of Pelopidas fought against the Thessalian troops of Alexander of Pherae in a drawn battle in which Pelopidas was killed. The next year, the Theban general Epaminondas avenged the defeat by a victory over Alexander.
Battle of Cynossema The naval Battle of Cynossema took place in 411 BC during the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by Thrasybulus and Thrasyllus, although initially thrown on the defensive by a numerically superior Spartan fleet, won a narrow victory.
Battle of Cyzicus The naval Battle of Cyzicus took place in 410 BC during the Peloponnesian War. In the battle, an Athenian fleet commanded by Alcibiades, Thrasybulus, and Theramenes routed and completely destroyed a Spartan fleet commanded by Mindarus.
Battle of Czasniki The Battle of Czasniki () was fought during Napoleon's invasion of Russia, on 31 October, 1812, between Russian forces under General Wittgenstein, and the French army, commanded by Marshal Victor. This battle was a failed effort by the French to reestablish their northern “Dwina Line”, which had crumbled as a result of Wittgestein’s victory at the Second battle of Polotsk just two weeks earlier.
Battle of Dair al-'Aqul The Battle of Dair al-'Aqul was fought on April 8, 876 was fought between forces of the Saffarid amir Ya'qub bin Laith and the Abbasid Caliphate. Taking place only fifty miles from Baghdad, the battle ended in a decisive victory for the Abbasids, forcing Ya'qub to halt his advance into Iraq.
Battle of Dak To The Battle of Dak To was a major battle of the Vietnam Conflict that took place between 3 and 22 November 1967 in Kontum Province, in the Central Highlands of the Republic of Vietnam. The action at Dak To was one of a series of People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) initiatives that began during the second half of the year.
Battle of Dakar The Battle of Dakar, also known as Operation Menace was an unsuccessful attempt by the Allies to capture the strategic port of Dakar in French West Africa (modern-day Senegal), which was under Vichy French control, and to install the Free French under General Charles de Gaulle there.

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