The Battle of the Camp was a battle between Gondor and the Wainriders.
History[]
Background[]
The Wainriders were beginning to recover from their defeat at Dagorlad and were apparently not completely driven out by the rebellion in Rhovanion, and now in TA 1944 they made an alliance with Khand and Harad to attack Gondor from both north and south. The new Lord of the Éothéod, Forthwini discovered that a new attack was being planned and warned King Ondoher of it. Meanwhile, Eärnil, commanding the southern army based at Pelargir received news of the impending invasion on the ninth day of Cermië and prepared a force that crossed the river Anduin, leaving the Fords of the Poros purposely undefended.[1]
Prelude[]
The northern assault of the Wainriders was met by the King of Gondor himself, Ondoher, with his two sons Artamir and Faramir, the latter in secret and against the law. The Easterlings swept through Gondor's defence, cutting down the King and his heirs and routing his army. Thanks to a last stand by the rear-guard commanded by Minohtar, the left wing led by Adrahil was able to escape southwards. While the Wainriders attacked Ithilien from the north, the armies of the Haradrim crossed the Poros and invaded Southern Ithilien. Gondor's Captain Eärnil had led the smaller Southern Army to victory over the Haradrim. After his victory, Eärnil turned north.[1]
The Battle[]
Believing their victory complete, and Gondor defenceless before them and apparently unaware of the defeat of their allies in the south, the Wainriders paused in North Ithilien to celebrate their conquest. The feasting Wainriders suddenly found their success reversed, as Eärnil appeared with his Southern Army, reinforced by fleeing soldiers of Ondoher's defeated northern army. Eärnil's army descended on the unprepared Wainriders, driving many of them into the swamplands of the Dead Marshes. That eastern people, for so long a dreaded enemy of Gondor, were utterly destroyed. The battle was named after where it had taken place: the Battle of the Camp.[1][2][3]
Aftermath[]
Because there was no heir apparent to the throne, Ondoher and his sons having been killed in the battle, Eärnil was made King a year later. He was a distant relative of Ondoher, and was a member of a junior branch of the House of Anárion.[1]
Eärnil's victory is counted as one of the biggest military successes in the history of Gondor. With a numerically inferior army than the one that went north, Eärnil was able to totally rout the entire allied armies of Harad and Khand, a feat that would not be duplicated until the end of the Third Age at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Slag van die Kamp |
| Arabic | معركة المخيم |
| Armenian | Ճամբար ճակատամարտ |
| Assamese | শিবিৰৰ যুদ্ধ |
| Azerbaijani | Düşərgə döyüşü |
| Basque | Kanpamentuko gudua |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Бітва на лагер |
| Bosnian | Bitka kod Kamp |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Битката при лагера |
| Catalan | Batalla del Campament |
| Cebuano | Gubat sa Kampo |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 營地之戰 |
| Corsican | Battaglia di u Campu |
| Croatian | Bitka na Kampa |
| Czech | Bitva na Tábora |
| Danish | Slaget ved Lejr |
| Dogri | कैंप दी लड़ाई |
| Dutch | Slag aan de Legerplaats |
| Esperanto | Batalo ĉe la Kampo |
| Estonian | Laagri'i lahing |
| Filipino | Labanan ng Kampo |
| Finnish | Leirin taistelu |
| French | Bataille de la Campement |
| Frisian | Slach oan de Kamp |
| Galician | Batalla do Campamento |
| Georgian | ბრძოლა ბანაკთან |
| German | Schlacht des Lagers |
| Greek | Μάχη του Κατασκήνωση |
| Gujarati | કેમ્પનું યુદ્ધ |
| Hebrew | הקרב על המחנה |
| Hindi | शिविर की लड़ाई |
| Hungarian | A tábor csata |
| Icelandic | Orrustan við Tjaldbúðir |
| Indonesian | Pertempuran Perkemahan |
| Irish Gaelic | Cath an Campa |
| Italian | Battaglia della Campo |
| Japanese | キャンプの戦い |
| Kannada | ಕ್ಯಾಂಪ್ ಕದನ |
| Kazakh | Лагерьдегі шайқас (Cyrillic) Lagerdegi şayqas (Latin) |
| Konkani | शिबिराचें झूज |
| Korean | 캠프 전투 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Талаадагы согуш |
| Laotian | ສະຫນາມການຕໍ່ສູ້ ? |
| Latin | Proelium apud Castra |
| Latvian | Kauja pie Nometne |
| Lithuanian | Mūšio iš stovykla |
| Luxembourgish | Schluecht vun der Lager |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Битка кај логор |
| Malayalam | പാളയത്തിലെ യുദ്ധം |
| Malaysian | Pertempuran Kem |
| Marathi | छावणी लढाई |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Кемпийн тулалдаан |
| Nepalese | क्याम्प युद्ध |
| Norwegian | Slaget ved Leir |
| Pashto | د جګړې جګړه کمپ |
| Persian | نبرد از اردوگاه |
| Polish | Bitwa o Obóz |
| Portuguese | Batalha do Acampamento |
| Punjabi | ਡੇਰੇ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ |
| Romanian | Bătălia de pe Tabără |
| Russian | Битва в Лагере |
| Scottish Gaelic | Blàr an Campa |
| Serbian | Битка на Табор (Cyrillic) Bitka na Tabor (Latin) |
| Sindhi | ڪئمپ جي جنگ |
| Sinhalese | කඳවුරේ සටන |
| Slovak | Bitka na Tábor |
| Slovenian | Bitka na Taborišče |
| Somali | Dagaalkii ee Xerada |
| Spanish | Batalla del Campamento |
| Swahili | Vita ya Kambi |
| Swedish | Slaget vid Läger |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Лагер мубориза |
| Tamil | முகாம் சண்டை |
| Telugu | క్యాంప్ యుద్ధం |
| Thai | การรบที่ค่าย |
| Turkish | Kampı Muharebesi |
| Turkmen | Meýdan söweşi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Битва на Табір |
| Urdu | جنگ کی کیمپ |
| Uzbek | Лагердаги жанг (Cyrillic) Lagerdagi jang (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Trận trại |
| Welsh | Brwydr y Gwersyll |
| Xhosa | Imfazwe ye Inkampu |
| Yiddish | שלאַכט פון דעם לאַגער |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Wainriders and Angmar"