First Battle of Beleriand

The First Battle of Beleriand was the first major battle of the War of the Great Jewels, fought mainly by the Sindar against the forces of the Dark Lord Morgoth.
==History==
===Background===
While the Ñoldor were still struggling in Aman, Morgoth had already arrived in Middle-earth well ahead of them, and quickly reoccupied his old fortress of Angband, where Sauron and Gothmog had long been breeding Orcs in the darkness. Morgoth desired still to conquer and dominate the peoples of Middle-earth, and so sent forth his armies hoping to seize the territories to his south. Morgoth's forces issued forth in two main hosts, passing west through the vale of Sirion and east between Aros and Gelion, some of them even scaling the Pass of Anach and the Pass of Aglond.
===The battle===
Well-armed, having defended Beleriand from the evil and savage things of the north, King Thingol was prepared for war but faced multiple setbacks. The western Orc host ravaged and plundered much in West Beleriand. Lord Círdan of the Havens of the Falas came out to meet them, but was defeated and forced to retreat into the walled cities of Eglarest and Brithombar, which were then besieged. Thus, the forces of Thingol were cut off from their Elven allies in the west.
Detachments of both Orc hosts entered the domain of Thingol, his forces fought and held them at bay but his main focus was on the bulk of the eastern Orc host fighting his hard-pressed ally, King Denethor of the Laiquendi. Denethor, who answered Thingol's call for aid attacked the Orcs but he and his people were lightly armed and were no match for the arms of their foes. Eventually, he and his forces were pushed back onto Amon Ereb where they were cut-off and surrounded. Here, Denethor and his lightly armed company made their last stand against a sea of foes, and he was slain before Thingol could rescue him. When Thingol's forces arrived, the Orcs stood no chance and were utterly defeated. Those Orcs that did escape death scattered east but were slain by the Dwarves of Mount Dolmed. The battle was over and the armies of Thingol stood victorious over Morgoth's forces in East Beleriand.
This was the only battle against the Dark Lord in which the Sindar took an active role.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter X: "Of the Sindar"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "The Battles of Beleriand"
===Aftermath===
Though battle was held to be over, the cities of the Havens remained under siege by the forces of the Western Orc host. After learning of this, Thingol summoned all the Sindar that wished to live in peace to the lands within the forests of Region and Neldoreth. Melian then set forth her powers and afterwards the lands of Thingol became a closed realm and was put under protection by the magical barrier Girdle of Melian, which were ever after known as Doriath. As no aid came from Thingol, Lord Círdan and his people had to hold out against his attackers alone. The Havens were only freed when the Orcs withdrew northeast to fight the Ñoldor under Fëanor. 
After the death of their king and the heavy losses they took during battle, the Laiquendi returned to the forests of Ossiriand. There they pledged to live in secrecy forsaking war and distrusting outsiders. They never again named a king. Many Laiquendi went north entering the land of Doriath and were forever merged with his people.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter X: "Of the Sindar"The Atlas of Middle-earth, The First Age, The Elder Days, "The Battles of Beleriand"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Eerste Slag van Beleriand
Albanian 	Beteja e parë e Beleriand
Amharic 	የመጀመሪያው ቤልሪየን ውዝግብ
Arabic 	الأولى معركة بيليرياند
Armenian 	Առաջին Բելերիանդ ճակատամարտ
Assamese 	বেলেৰিয়াণ্ডৰ প্ৰথম যুদ্ধ
Azerbaijani 	Birinci Beleriand döyüşü
Basque 	Beleriandeko lehen bataila
Belarusian Cyrillic	Першая бітва Белерианда
Bengali 	বেলেরিয়েন্ডের প্রথম যুদ্ধ
Bhojpuri 	बेलेरियांड के पहिला लड़ाई
Bosnian 	Prva bitka od Belerianda
Breton 	Kentañ emgann Beleriand
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Първа битка при Белерианд
Catalan 	Primera Batalla de Beleriand
Cebuano 	Unang Gubat sa Beleriand
Chinese 	第一次贝尔兰会战
Corsican 	Prima Battaglia di Beleriand
Croatian 	Prva bitka od Belerianda
Czech 	První bitva o Beleriand
Danish 	Det Første Slag i Beleriand
Dutch 	Eerste Slag van Beleriand
Esperanto 	Unua Batalo de Beleriand
Estonian 	Beleriandi esimene lahing
Filipino 	Unang Labanan ng Beleriand
Finnish 	Beleriandin ensimmäinen taistelu
French 	Première bataille de Beleriand
Frisian 	Earste Slach fan Beleriand (Western)
Galician 	Primeira Batalla de Beleriand
Georgian 	ბელერიანდის პირველი ბრძოლა
German 	Erste Schlacht von Beleriand
Greek 	Πρώτη Μάχη του Βελεριανδ
Gujarati 	બેલેરીઆન્ડની પ્રથમ યુદ્ધ
Haitian Creole 	Premye batay nan Beleriand
Hebrew 	ה קרב הראשון של בלריאנד
Hindi 	बेलेरिअन्द की पहली लड़ाई
Hmong 	Thawj Tsov Rog ntawm Beleriand
Hungarian 	Első Beleriand-i csata
Icelandic 	Fyrsta orrustan af Beleriand
Indonesian 	Pertempuran pertama Beleriand
Irish Gaelic 	An Chéad Cath Beleriand
Italian 	Prima Battaglia del Beleriand
Japanese 	原書の最初の戦い
Javanese 	Peperangan pisanan saka Beleriand
Kannada 	ಬೆಲೆರಿಯಂಡ್ನ ಮೊದಲ ಕದನ
Kazakh 	Белеріандин Бірінші шайқас (Cyrillic) Beleriandïn Birinşi şayqas (Latin)
Konkani 	बेलेरियांडाचें पयलें झूज
Korean 	벨레리안드의 첫 전쟁 / 제1차 벨레리안드의 전쟁
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Алгачкы бэлэрианд боюнча согуш
Latin 	Primo Proel ex Beleriandi
Latvian 	Pirmais Beleriandas kauja
Lithuanian 	Pirmasis mūšis Beleriando
Luxembourgish 	ֹÉischten Schluecht vu Beleriand
Macedonian Cyrillic	Прва битка кај Белерианд
Maithili 	बेलेरियांड की पहली लड़ाई
Malagasy 	Ny ady voalohany nataon'i Beleriand
Malayalam 	ബെലേരിയാൻഡിന്റെ ആദ്യ യുദ്ധം
Malaysian 	Pertempuran Pertama Beleriand
Maltese 	Ewwel Battalja ta 'Beleriand
Marathi 	बेलेरिअँडची पहिली लढाई
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Бэлэрианд-ийн анхны тулаан
Nepalese 	बेलेरियाको पहिलो युद्ध
Norwegian 	Det Første slaget i Beleriand
Occitan 	Premiera batalha d'Beleriand
Pashto 	لومړی جګړه بېلېریاند
Persian 	نبرد اول بلریاند
Polish 	Pierwsza bitwa o Beleriand
Portuguese 	Primeira batalha de Beleriand
Punjabi 	ਬੈਲੇਰੀਂਡ ਦੀ ਪਹਿਲੀ ਲੜਾਈ
Romanian 	Prima bătălie de la Beleriand
Russian 	Первая битва за Белерианд
Samoan 	Muamua Taua o Beleriand
Scottish Gaelic 	Ciad Blàr de Beleriand
Serbian 	ֿПрва битка за Белерианд (Cyrillic) Prva bitka za Beleriand (Latin)
Sesotho 	Ntoa ea pele ea Beleriand
Sindhi 	بيلرينڊ جي پهرين جنگ
Sinhalese 	පළමු බෙලෙරියන්ඩ් සටන
Slovak 	Prvá bitka z Beleriande
Slovenian 	Prva bitka pri Beleriandu
Somali 	Dagaalkii ugu horreeyay ee Beleriand
Spanish 	Primera batalla de Beleriand
Swahili 	Kwanza vita ya Beleriand
Swedish 	Första slaget om Beleriand
Tajik Cyrillic 	Аввалин ҷанги Белерианд
Tamil 	முதலாம் பெலேரியாண்ட சண்டை
Tatar 	Беренче сугыш Белерианд
Telugu 	బేలేరియాను మొదటి యుద్ధం
Thai 	การรบครั้งแรกของเบเลริอันด์
Tigrinya 	ቀዳማይ ውግእ ቤለርያንድ
Turkish 	Beleriand'in İlk Savaşı
Turkmen 	Beleriandyň ilkinji söweşi
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Перша битва за Белеріанд
Uzbek 	Белерианднинг Биринчи уруши (Cyrillic) Beleriandning Birinchi urushi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Trận thứ nhất Beleriand
Welsh 	Brwydr gyntaf Beleriand
Xhosa 	Imfazwe yokuqala yaseBeleriand
Yiddish 	ערשטער שלאַכט פון בעלעריאַנד
Yoruba 	Ogun akọkọ ti Beleriand
==References==
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ru:Первая битва за Белерианд
uk:Перша Битва
Category:Battles
Category:War of the Great Jewels
Category:Years of the Trees