Battle of the Camp

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.Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
=== 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.
=== 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.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"
=== 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.
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 ==
de:Schlacht des Lagers
it:Battaglia dell'Accampamento
pl:Bitwa o Obóz
ru:Битва в Лагере
Category:Battles
Category:Wainrider War