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Battle of Issus (194) The Battle of Issus was the third major battle, following the Battle of Nicaea, in 194 between the forces of Emperor Septimus Severus and his rival, Pescennius Niger, Roman governor of Syria who had been acclaimed Emperor by his troops, like Severus, following the death of Pertinax. Severus won decisively, Niger fled back to Antioch and was later killed while attempting to flee to Parthia.
Battle of Issus (622) Also known as the 'Third Battle of Issus, the battle was fought between the Eastern Roman Emperor (or 'Byzantine Emperor') Heraclius and the Sassanid Empire at the strategic ground near the small riverine town of Issus below the difficult inland mountains in 622, now in the Turkish Province of Hatay. Emperor Heraclius transported his army through the Aegean sea and unexpectedly defeated the Persian army in the decisive battle of Issus.
Battle of ItororĂł On the morning of December 6, 1868, Marshal of the Brazilian Army, LuĂ­s Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquis (later Duke) of Caxias, moved with 13,000 men in two columns to take Villeta, a Paraguayan city, as a plan to make further attacks on the Paraguayan Army rear.
Battle of Ivry The Battle of Ivry was fought on March 14, 1590, during the French Wars of Religion. The battle was a decisive victory for Henry of Navarre, the future Henry IV of France, leading Huguenot forces against the Catholic League forces led by the Duc de Mayenne.
Battle of James Island The Battle of Secessionville (or the Battle of James Island) occurred on June 16, 1862, in the American Civil War. It was the only attempt of the Union forces to capture the city of Charleston, South Carolina, by land.
Battle of Jankov The Battle of Jankov (“Jankau”), one of the bloodiest of the Thirty Years' War, was fought on 23 February 1646 in southern Bohemia, some 50 km SSE of Prague, between Swedish troops (including the Finnish Hakkapeliitta) led by General Lennart Torstensson and Imperial troops led by Generals Melchior Hatzfeld and Goetz.
Battle of Jarnac The Battle of Jarnac was an encounter during the French Wars of Religion that occurred on March 13, 1569 between the Catholic forces of Marshal Gaspard de Saulx, sieur de Tavannes, and the Huguenots led by Louis I de Bourbon, prince de Condé, who was killed in the encounter. The forces met at Jarnac on the right bank of the river Charente between the towns of Angoulême and Cognac.
Battle of Jassin The Battle of Jassin was a World War I battle that took place on 18–January 19 1915 at Jassin on the German East African side of the border with British East Africa between a German Schutztruppe force and British and Indian troops. Jassin had been occupied by the British in order to secure the border between British East Africa and German territory, but was weakly defended by four companies of Indian troops - numbering a little over 300 men.
Battle of Jellalabad The Battle of Jellalabad was an Afghan siege of the isolated British outpost at Jellalabad (now Jalalabad) about 80 miles (130 km) east of Kabul. The siege was lifted after five months when a British counterattack routed the Afghans, driving them back to Kabul.
Battle of Jemappes The Battle of Jemappes (November 6, 1792) took place near the town of Jemappes in Hainaut, Belgium, near Mons. Charles François Dumouriez, in command of the French Revolutionary Army, defeated the greatly outnumbered Austrian army under the command of Duke Albert of Saxe-Teschen and of François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt.
Battle of Jemmingen After the Battle of Heiligerlee Louis of Nassau failed to capture the city Groningen. Louis was driven away by Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva and defeated at the Battle of Jemmingen (also known as Battle of Jemgum, at Jemgum in East Frisia) on 21 July 1568.
Battle of Jena-Auerstedt The twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt (older name: Auerstädt) were fought on October 14, 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia. The decisive defeat suffered by the Prussian army resulted in Prussia's elimination from the anti-French coalition until the liberation war of 1813.
Battle of Jericho The Battle of Jericho also known as the Siege of Jericho is an event concerning Jericho which is described by the Book of Joshua, and which is prominent among cultural references to the Bible. According to the Bible (Joshua 5:13-6:27) it was the first battle of the Israelites during their conquest of Canaan.
Battle of Jersey The Battle of Jersey was a battle during the American War of Independence and was technically the last battle fought on British soil (coming after the Battle of Culloden in 1745). It was the last attempt by France to invade Jersey militarily.
Battle of Jerusalem (1917) The Battle of Jerusalem resulted in the city of Jerusalem falling to British forces in December 1917. On December 11, Edmund Allenby entered the city on foot out of respect for the Holy City, becoming the first Christian to control the city in centuries.
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, also known as the First Battle of the Weldon Railroad, was fought June 21 – 24, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia. It was the first of a series of battles during the Siege of Petersburg aimed at extending the Union siege lines to the west and cutting the rail lines supplying Petersburg.
Battle of Jieqiao The Battle of Jieqiao or Battle of Jie Bridge (Chinese: 界橋之戰, pinyin: Jièqiáo zhi zhàn) was a military engagement fought between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in 191, at the beginning of the civil wars in China leading up to the fall of the Han Dynasty. It was the first significant clash of arms between the rival warlords in the contest for dominion of the northern provinces of Jizhou and Qingzhou.
Battle of Jinzhou Battle of Jinzhou () was a battle between the People's Liberation Army and the National Revolutionary Army during the Chinese Civil War. Being one of the most decisive battle during the war in Northeast, it was literally an epitome of the Liaoshen Campaign.
Battle of Jiuliangcheng The Battle of Jiuliangcheng (Japanese: 鴨緑江作戦) was a minor land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China. It is sometimes referred to as the “Battle of the Yalu River”，this creating confusion with the previous naval conflict of the same name, and the subsequent naval and ground battles of the Russo-Japanese War, with the same name and occurring at much the same location.
Battle of Jodoigne The Battle of Jodoigne was fought October 20th 1568 between Spanish and Dutch forces. The Spanish destroyed the rear guard of William the Silent invading army, forcing him to abandon his invasion of the Netherlands and to retreat into Germany.
Battle of Jonesborough The Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) was fought August 31 – September 1, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. It was the final battle that caused the besieged city of Atlanta, Georgia, to fall into Union hands.
Battle of Jowhar The Battle of Jowhar was a battle in the 2006 Somali War fought between the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and affiliated militias against Ethiopian and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces for control of the town of Jowhar (located at ). It began on December 27, 2006, when retreating ICU forces regrouped near their stronghold of Jowhar.
Battle of Julu The Battle of Julu (巨鹿之戰 or 鉅鹿之戰) was fought in Julu (now in Xingtai, Hebei, China) in 207 BC primarily between Qin forces led by Zhang Han, and Chu rebels led by Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu emerged victorious, defeating a large Qin army with a small number of soldiers.
Battle of Jumonville Glen The Battle of Jumonville Glen was a battle of the French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) fought on May 28, 1754 near what is present-day Uniontown in Western Pennsylvania. Along with the Battle of the Great Meadows (or Battle of Fort Necessity), it is considered the opening shots of the French and Indian War which would spread to the old world and become the Seven Years' War.
Battle of Junín The Battle of Junín was a military engagement of the Peruvian War of Independence, fought in the highlands of the Junín Region on August 6 1824. The preceding February the royalists had regained control of Lima, and having regrouped in Trujillo, Simón Bolívar in June led his rebel forces south to confront the Spanish under Field Marshal José de Canterac.
Battle of Juncal The naval Battle of Juncal took place on 9 February 1827 between the newly independent fleets of Argentina, under William Brown, and Brazil, under Pereira. It was a decisive Argentinian victory, 12 Brazilian vessels being captured, including their flagship with the admiral on board and 3 burnt out of 17.
Battle of Jutas The Battle of Jutas (Fi: Juuttaan taistelu, Sv: Slaget vid Jutas) was fought on September 13 1808 between Swedish and Russian troops south of Nykarleby in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Before the battle the Swedish army was in retreat after the campaign the previous summer.
Battle of Jutland The Battle of Jutland (German: Skagerrakschlacht (Battle of the Skagerrak); Danish: Søslaget ved Jylland / Søslaget om Skagerrak), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was fought on May 31–June 1, 1916, in the North Sea near Jutland, the mainland of Denmark.
Battle of Kadesh The Battle of Kadesh (also spelled "Qa'desh") took place between Egypt and the Hittite forces of Muwatalli II, on the Orontes River of modern Syria. The battle is generally dated to 1274 BC, during the reign of Egypt's Ramesses II (1279 – 1213 BC).
Battle of Kagul The Battle of Kagul was the most important land battle of the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 and one of the largest battles of the 18th century. It was fought on 21 July, 1770, just a fortnight after the Russian victory at Larga.
Battle of Kampot The Battle of Kampot was a major battle of the Vietnam War, also apart of the Cambodian Civil War. From February 26 to April 2, 1974, Cambodian government troops battled Khmer Rouge guerillas for the control of Kampot city.
Battle of Kandahar The Battle of Kandahar, 1 September 1880, was the last major conflict of the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The battle in southern Afghanistan was fought between the British forces under command of General Roberts and the Afghan forces led by Ayub Khan, inflicting nearly 3,000 casualties in total.
Battle of Karnal Battle of Karnal (February 24, 1739), was a battle and great victory of Nadir Shah Afshari emperor of Persia (Iran), over Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. It took place during Nadir Shah's invasion in India.
Battle of Kashii The battle of Kashii was the first battle of the Summer Campaign of the 1615 Siege of Osaka. As the Shogun's Eastern Army prepared to renew the siege begun the previous winter, the ĹŚsaka garrison sallied forth, ambushing Tokugawa forces in a number of skirmishes and sieges.
Battle of Kashyyyk The Battle of Kashyyyk is a fictional battle in the Star Wars saga, set during the last few days of the Clone Wars. It is featured in the film Revenge of the Sith, as well as the game Star Wars: Republic Commando.
Battle of Katzbach The Battle of Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was an accidental engagement of the Napoleonic Wars between the forces of the First French Empire under Marshal MacDonald and a Russo-Prussian army of the Sixth Coalition under Prussian Marshal Graf (Count) von BlĂĽcher. It occurred during a heavy thunderstorm at the Katzbach river between Wahlstatt and Liegnitz in the Prussian province of Silesia.
Battle of Kauhajoki The Battle of Kauhajoki was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on August 10 1808. After the important Swedish victory at the Battle of Lapua the force under the command of Georg Carl von Döbeln defeated a Russian force near Kauhajoki, Finland.
Battle of Kawagoe The 1545 was part of a failed attempt by Ogigayatsu Tomosada to regain Edo Castle from the HĹŤjĹŤ clan. Ogigayatsu, a member of a branch of the Uesugi family, was joined by his relative Uesugi Norimasa, and by Ashikaga Haruuji.
Battle of Kawasaki The battle of Kawasaki was the first major battle of the Early Nine Years' War (Zenkunen War) (1051-1063). It was fought between the forces of the Abe clan, led by Abe no Sadato, and those of the Minamoto clan, acting as agents of the Imperial Court, and led by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi and his son Yoshiie.
Battle of Kápolna The Battle of Kápolna (Romanian: Căpâlna) was fought on February 26 and February 27 of 1849 between Austria and Hungary. The Austrians were led by Prince Windischgrätz, while the Hungarians were led by Henry Dembinski.
Battle of Königgrätz In the Battle of Königgrätz (or Hradec Králové) or Battle of Sadowa (or Sadová) of July 3, 1866, the Austro-Prussian War was decided in favour of Prussia. It was an excellent example of the battlefield concentration, a convergence of multiple units at the same location to trap and/or destroy an enemy force between them.
Battle of Köse Dag The Battle of Köse Dag was fought between the Seljuk Turks of Rum and the Mongols on June 26 1243 at the field of Köse Dag, a location near cities of Sivas and Erzincan (Northeast of Turkey), and ended in a decisive Mongol victory.
Battle of Køge Bay After losing control of the Baltic Sea in the Battle of Öland the year before, the Swedish army wanted it back. The Danish fleet, commanded by Niels Juel, had 1,354 cannons and 6,700 men, while the Swedish fleet, commanded by Henrik Horn, had 1,792 cannons and 8,260 men.
Battle of Kępa Oksywska The Battle of Kępa Oksywska took place in the Oksywie Heights outside of the city of Gdynia between September 10 and September 19, 1939. The battle, fought by the Polish Army and the German Wehrmacht, was part of the Polish September Campaign during World War II.
Battle of Kelbajar The Battle of Kelbajar was the capture of the western region of Kelbajar, Azerbaijan during the 1993 spring-summer campaign by Armenian military forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Kelbajar was outside the boundaries of the contested enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh that Armenian and Azeri forces had been fighting over for five years.
Battle of Kelly's Ford The Battle of Kelly's Ford, also known as the Battle of Kellysville, took place on March 17, 1863, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the cavalry operations along the Rappahannock River during the American Civil War. It was one of the early cavalry fights in Virginia that set the stage for Brandy Station and other cavalry actions of the Gettysburg Campaign that summer.
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Despite its name, much of the battle was fought to the southwest of Kennesaw Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia.
Battle of Kepaniwai The Battle of Kepaniwai (also called the "Battle of the Dammed Waters of ʻIao" or "Battle of the Clawed Cliffs") was fought in 1790 between Hawaiʻi and Maui. The forces of Hawai'i were led by Kamehameha I, while the forces of Maui were led by Kalanikupule.
Battle of Keresztes The Battle of Keresztes or Battle of Mezokeresztes (Mezökeresztes) took place on October 24-26, 1596, between a combined Habsburg-Transylvanian force and the Ottoman Empire, near the village of Mezokeresztes in northern Hungary. The battle ended in an unexpected Ottoman victory.
Battle of Kernstown I The First Battle of Kernstown was fought on March 23, 1862, in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, the opening battle of Confederate Army Major General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War.
Battle of Kesselsdorf The Battle of Kesselsdorf was fought on December 14, 1745, between Prussia and the combined forces of Austria and Saxony. The Prussians were led by Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, while the Austrians and Saxons were led by Field Marshal Rutowsky.
Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes The Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes, also known as the Battle of Cross Lanes, took place on August 26, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.
Battle of Kettle Creek The Battle of Kettle Creek is one of the most important battles of the American Revolutionary War to be fought in Georgia. The battle was fought on February 14, 1779, in Wilkes County about eight miles (13 km) from present day Washington, Georgia.
Battle of Khanwa The Battle of Khanua (1527) was the second of the series of three major battles, victories in which gave Mughal warlord Zaheer-ud-din Babur overlordship over north India. The First battle of Panipat was the first of the series, the battle of Ghaghra was the last.
Battle of Khartoum The Battle of Khartoum or Siege of Khartoum lasted from March 12, 1884 to January 26, 1885. It was fought in and around Khartoum between Egyptian forces led by British General Charles George Gordon and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by the Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad.
Battle of Khaybar The Battle of Khaybar was fought in the year 629 between Muhammad and his followers against the Jews living in Khaybar, an oasis located 150 kilometers (95 miles) from Medina in the area of Hejaz of the western part of the Arabian peninsula in what is nowadays Saudi Arabia. Contemporary scholars believe that Muhammad moved to attack Khaybar in order to raise his prestige among his followers, as well as to capture booty to sustain subsequent conquests.
Battle of Khe Sanh The Battle of Khe Sanh was conducted in northwestern Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam, between 21 January and 8 April 1968 during the Vietnam Conflict. The combatants were elements of the United States (U.
Battle of Kiev (1941) The Battle of Kiev was a huge encirclement battle in Ukraine during World War II; today it is mentioned as the biggest encirclement battle in history. It lasted from mid-August to September 26, 1941 as part of Operation Barbarossa.
Battle of Kiev (1943) In the wake of the failed German offensive at Kursk, the Soviets launched their first summer offensive of the war, pushing Manstein's battered Army Group South back towards the Dniepr River. There Manstein intended to rest and refit his troops, but that was not to be: STAVKA ordered the First and Second Ukrainian Fronts to force crossings of the Dniepr before the Germans could catch their breaths.
Battle of Kilcullen The battle of Kilcullen took place on 24th May 1798 and was one of the first engagements in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 consisting of two separate clashes between a force of United Irish rebels and British military.
Battle of Killiecrankie The Battle of Killiecrankie was fought chiefly between highland Scottish clans supporting James II and VII and government troops (mostly lowland Scots, often incorrectly labeled "English") supporting William of Orange on July 27, 1689, during the Glorious Revolution. Although it was a stunning victory for the Jacobites, it had little overall effect on the outcome of the war and with their leader dead, their forces were scattered at the Battle of Dunkeld the next month.
Battle of Kilrush The Battle of Kilrush was a minor engagement at the start of the Irish Confederate Wars. It was fought in June 1642 between an English army under the Earl of Ormonde, and Richard Butler, 3rd Viscount Mountgarret, who led an untrained horde of Irish troops raised during the Irish Rebellion of 1641.
Battle of Kilsyth The Battle of Kilsyth was an engagement of the Scottish Civil War which took place on August 15, 1645 at Kilsyth. Despite the numerical disadvantage, the battle was another victory for Royalist forces over the Covenanters, and marked the end of William Baillie's pursuit of the Royalists.
Battle of Kings Mountain The Battle of Kings Mountain, October 7, 1780, was an important Patriot victory in the Southern campaign of the American Revolutionary War. Frontier militia overwhelmed the loyalist militia led by Major Patrick Ferguson.
Battle of Kircholm The Battle of Kircholm (September 27, 1605, or September 17 in the Old Style calendar then in use in Protestant countries) was one of the major battles in the Polish-Swedish War of 1600-1611. The battle was decided in 20 minutes by the devastating charge of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth cavalry, the Winged Hussars.
Battle of Kirksville The Battle of Kirksville was a battle in the American Civil War, fought near the town of Kirksville, Missouri, on August 6, 1862. The Union victory helped consolidate Federal control over northeastern Missouri.
Battle of Klendathu The Battle of Klendathu, also known as The First Battle of Klendathu, Operation Bughouse, or Operation Madhouse, was a military engagement in the novel and movie Starship Troopers. It was the first battle of the Bug War between the Terran Federation (the United Citizen Federation in the film) and the Arachnids of Klendathu.
Battle of Klokotnitsa The Battle of Klokotnitsa (, Bitka pri Klokotnitsa) occurred on 9 March 1230 near the village of Klokotnitsa (today in Haskovo Province, Bulgaria). As a result, the Second Bulgarian Empire emerged once again as the most powerful state in Eastern Europe and the power of the Despotate of Epirus faded.
Battle of Klushino The Battle of Klushino (Kłuszyn) was fought on July 4, 1610, between forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia during Russia's Time of Troubles. In the battle the outnumbered Polish force secured a decisive victory over the Muscovites, due to the tactical competence of hetman Stanisław Żółkiewski and the military prowess of the elite Polish 'winged' hussars.
Battle of Klyastitsy The Battle of Klyastitsy is a relatively minor engagement which took place near the village of Klyastitsy (Russian: Клястицы) (Drissa uyezd, Vitebsk guberniya) on the road between Polotsk and Sebezh. In this battle the Russian corps under the command of Peter Wittgenstein, ordered to defend St.
Battle of KĹŤan The , also known as the Second Battle of Hakata Bay, was the second attempt by the Mongols to invade Japan. They had failed seven years earlier, in the battle of Bun'ei, and would spend the summer of 1281 gathering a pair of invasion forces of incredible size, only to see it destroyed by a storm, called by the Japanese "divine wind", or kamikaze.
Battle of KĹŤnodai (1564) In the second battle of KĹŤnodai, fought in 1564, HĹŤjĹŤ Ujiyasu led his men to victory against Satomi Yoshihiro. Interestingly, both Ujiyasu and Yoshihiro were the sons of the commanders at the first battle of KĹŤnodai, in which HĹŤjĹŤ Ujitsuna defeated the combined forces of Satomi Yoshitaka and Ashikaga Yoshiaki.
Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma The Battle of Kōshū-Katsunuma (Japanese:甲州勝沼の戦い) occurred between pro-Imperial and Shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. The battle followed the Battle of Toba-Fushimi and started on March 29, 1868 (Gregorian calendar), as the forces of Chōshū, Satsuma and Tosa (the clans nominally favourable to the Imperial restoration) progressed northeast towards Edo.
Battle of Knocknaclashy The battle of Knocknaclashy, took place in county Cork in southern Ireland in 1651. In it, an Irish Confederate force led by Donagh MacCarthy, Viscount Muskerry was defeated by an English Parliamentarian force under Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery.
Battle of Knocknanauss The Battle of Knocknanauss was fought in 1647, during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, between Confederate Ireland’s Munster army and an English Parliamentarian army under Inchiquinn. The battle resulted in a crushing defeat for the Irish Confederates.
Battle of Kobryń Battle of Kobryń was one of the battles of the Invasion of Poland. It was fought between September 14 and September 17, 1939, between the German XIX Panzer Corps of General Heinz Guderian and the improvised Polish "Kobryń" Infantry Division of Colonel Adam Epler.
Battle of Koh Chang The Battle of Koh Chang took place on January 17, 1941 during the French-Thai War and resulted in a decisive victory by the French over the Thai Navy. Despite the fall of France in 1940 the Vichy government still held sway over France's colonial territories abroad.
Battle of Kohima The Battle of Kohima was a critical battle of the Burma Campaign in World War II, fought around the town of Kohima in northeast India from April 4 to June 22 1944. It marked the limit of the Japanese offensive into India in 1944 and was described as the "Stalingrad of the East".
Battle of Kolding (1658) The Battle of Kolding was fought on December 25, 1658, between Sweden and the forces of Poland and Denmark. The Swedes were led by King Charles X while the Polish and Danish forces were led by Stefan Czarniecki.
Battle of Kolhapur Battle of Kolhapur was a land battle that took place on December 28, 1659 near the city of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India between the Maratha Chhatrapati Shivaji and the Rustemjaman of Adilshah. The Marathas defeated the Adilshahi forces.
Battle of Koljonvirta The Battle of Virta bro (Finnish Koljonvirran taistelu) was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on October 27 1808. After the main Swedish army had been defeated at the Battle of Oravais the army under Johan August Sandels in Savonia had to retreat in order not to be outflanked by the Russians.
Battle of Kolombangara The Battle of Kolombangara (Japanese: コロンバンガラ島沖海戦) was a naval battle] of the [[Pacific War|Pacific campaign of World War II, fought on the night of 12 July, 1943 – 13 July, 1943 off Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
Battle of Komaki The battle of Komaki, along with the battle of Nagakute which followed, was the climax of the conflict between the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu, two warlords who sought to conquer Japan at the end of the Sengoku period.
Battle of Kompong Speu The Battle of Kompong Speu began on June 12, 1970 when the combined forces of the South Vietnamese and Cambodian Armies fought to recapture the provincial capital of Kompong Speu. The town was captured by Communist forces on June 13 but was retaken by allied forces on June 16.
Battle of Konary Konary is a small village in the region of Sandomierz Uplands, near the town of Klimontów. During the Great War, in May and June of 1915 it was a site of a major battle between the Russian Army and the forces of Józef Piłsudski's Polish Legions.
Battle of Kondoa Irangi Following successes at the battles of Latema Nek and Kahe, Entente forces under the overall command of General Jan Smuts continued their advance southwards into German East Africa. By April 17, 1916, General Van Deventer's 2nd Division had reached the vicinity of the town of Kondoa Irangi - where they made contact with a unit of German Schutztruppe.
Battle of Konotop The Battle of Konotop (also known as Battle of Sosnivka) was a battle fought between the hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky and his allies, and the armies of Muscovy, led by prince Aleksey Trubetskoy, on June 29 1659 near the town of Konotop (now Sumska Oblast, Ukraine).
Battle of Konya Maher Elmasri 15:53, 17 January 2007 (UTC)The Battle of Konya was fought in December 21, 1832, between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. The Egyptians were led by Ibrahim Pasha, while the Ottomans were led by Reshid Pasha.
Battle of Korsuń Battle of Korsun (, ), (May 26, 1648) was the second significant battle of the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Near the site of the present-day city of Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi in present-day central Ukraine, a numerically superior force of Cossack and Crimean Tatar forces under the command of Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky and Tuhaj-Bej attacked and defeated Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Hetmans Mikołaj Potocki and Marcin Kalinowski.
Battle of Kousséri The battle of Kousséri originated in French plans to occupy the Chari-Baguirmi region. In 1899–1900, the French organized three armed columns, one proceeding north from Congo, one east from Niger and another south from Algeria.
Battle of Krakovski gozd Battle of Krakovski gozd (Slovene Bitka v Krakovskem gozdu) was a battle between Territorial Defense of Republic Slovenia (TORS) and Yugoslav National Army (JLA) in Krakovski gozd on 1 July 1991 during Ten-Day War.
Battle of Krasnik The Battle of Krasnik started on August 23, 1914 in the province of Galicia, in northern Austria (now in present day Poland), and ended two days later. The Austro-Hungarian First Army defeated the Russian Fourth Army.
Battle of Krasnoi The Battle of Krasnoi (Krasny) (November 15 to 18, 1812) was fought in the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, in which the Russians, under General Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of the dilapi
Battle of Krbava field The Battle of Krbava field (Krbavsko polje, the field of blood), was fought between the Kingdom of Croatia and Ottoman forces on September 9, 1493 in southern Croatia. It resulted in the total defeat of the Croatian army led by Ban Mirko DerenÄŤin.
Battle of Kringen The Battle of Kringen was an ambush perpetrated by a Norwegian peasant militia against Scottish soldiers who were on their way to enlist in the Swedish army for the Kalmar War. By all accounts, the battle took on a character of a massacre, as the Scottish soldiers were lightly armed and many were summarily executed on the battlefield or shortly thereafter.
Battle of Kruty The Battle of Kruty () was a battle which took place on January 29, 1918, near Kruty, a small railway connection about 130 kilometres northeast of Kiev, Ukraine (in the Nizhyn Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate of the Russian Empire.).
Battle of Kula Gulf The naval Battle of Kula Gulf (Japanese: クラ湾夜戦) took place in the early hours of 6 July] [[1943 during World War II and was between United States and Japanese ships off the coast of Kolombangara in the Solomon Islands.
Battle of Kulikovo The Battle of Kulikovo (), also called Battle on the Snipes' Field (Кулик means "snipe"), was fought by the Tartaro-Mongols (the Golden Horde) against the Russians. The battle took place on September 8, 1380 at the Kulikovo Field (Snipes' Field) near the Don River (now Tula Oblast) and resulted in a Russian victory.
Battle of Kumanovo The Battle of Kumanovo was a major battle of the First Balkan War of 1912, during which Serbian forces under the command of General (later Field Marshal) Radomir Putnik defeated the Ottoman army of General Zekki.
Battle of Kunersdorf The battle of Kunersdorf was fought on August 12, 1759 during the Seven Years' War near Kunersdorf (today Kunowice in Poland), east of Frankfurt (Oder). It was the most devastating defeat Prussia saw under the reign of Frederick the Great.

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