Battle of Osgiliath

The Battle of Osgiliath in the War of the Ring occurred at the ruined city of Osgiliath on March 12 TA 3019, shortly before the Siege of Gondor.
== History ==
=== Prelude ===
Osgiliath, defended by Boromir and Faramir, had been attacked some nine months earlier, which resulted in Sauron's forces taking control of the city's eastern half. Boromir left Gondor to seek counsel at Rivendell (and would not return).The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Two, Ch. II: "The Council of Elrond"
In the ensuing time, Faramir led several assaults with his Rangers deep within Mordor occupied Ithilien, ambushing enemy armies moving to the Black Gate; Frodo and Sam stumbled into one such attack.The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Part Four, Ch. IV: "Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit"
While there were men defending the west side of Osgiliath, the Steward Denethor ordered Faramir to lead a force to reinforce them. Faramir and Prince Imrahil regarded the order ill advised, pointing out that they could not afford the casualties; nevertheless, Faramir complied.
=== The battle ===
Mordor, however, was prepared. Months beforehand, the Orcs in East Osgiliath had been secretly constructing massive numbers of boats and rafts, and swelled with reinforcements from Harad they swarmed across the River Anduin to Gondor's positions on the other bank. After heavy fighting, the garrison under Faramir and his troops were forced to flee, first to the Rammas Echor, which held out for a day and then to Minas Tirith itself.
One third of Faramir's troops were lost, and he was badly wounded in the retreat, when a poisoned Southron arrow pierced him; more severe damage was done by the Black breath of the Nazgûl. When the retreat was sure to be a disaster, the Knights of Dol Amroth, led by Imrahil, initiated a sortie from Minas Tirith; the pursuing hordes were driven back and the surviving garrison reached the city safely.
=== Aftermath ===
In the meantime, the Orcs made makeshift repairs to several destroyed bridges. The main combined army of Mordor then arrived, formed from those that Frodo had seen leaving Minas Morgul; but this was "but one and not the greatest of the hosts that Mordor now sent forth": for on their way from Morgul Vale, the Morgul-host led by the Witch-king of Angmar had been joined by Haradrim from the south, and a far greater host that had massed at the Black Gate attacked Cair Andros. The two forces would then unite to attack Minas Tirith.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Part Five, Ch. IV: "The Siege of Gondor"
With Osgiliath now completely in the hands of Mordor and the Causeway Forts breached, the vast army of Sauron marched from the city and surrounded Minas Tirith, beginning the Siege of Gondor and leading directly into the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
== In adaptations ==
=== The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ===
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the battle is condensed and Gondor is shown to be weaker and with fewer numbers than in the book, ostensibly to add drama to the film.
The Orcs crossed the river at night in boats, and immediately joined battle with Faramir's men, fighting throughout the night. By morning, the Men of Gondor lost almost 350 of their men and then abandon the city and retreat with only a few hundred survivors. The Nazgûl riding on top of their Fellbeasts kill many more soldiers, but Gandalf rescues them. At Minas Tirith, Denethor orders Faramir to retake Osgiliath. Faramir leads the surviving Osgiliath defenders and tries to retake Osgiliath, but runs into a shower of arrows from the Orcs. The whole company is killed except Faramir, who is dragged back to Minas Tirith by his horse, unconscious with two arrows in him.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Slag van Osgiliath
Albanian 	Beteja e Osgiliath
Arabic 	معركة أوسجيلياث
Armenian 	Օսգիլիաթի ճակատամարտը
Azerbaijani 	Osgiliath Döyüşü
Basque 	Osgiliathko Batailaren
Belarusian Cyrillic	бітва Осгилиате
Breton 	Emgann Osgiliath
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	битка на осгилиат
Catalan 	Batalla de Osgiliath
Cebuano 	Gubat sa Osgiliath
Chinese (Hong Kong)	奧斯力亞吉斯之戰
Cornish 	Batel a Osgiliath
Corsican 	Battaglia di Osgiliath
Croatian 	Bitka za Osgiliath
Czech 	Bitva o Osgiliathu
Danish 	Slaget ved Osgiliath
Dutch 	Slag om Osgiliath
Esperanto 	Batalo de Osgiliado
Estonian 	Osgiliathi Lahing
Faroese 	Bardagan við Osgiliath
Filipino 	Labanan ng Osgiliath
Finnish 	Taistelun Osgiliath
French 	Bataille de Osgiliath
Frisian 	Slach om Osgiliath (Western)
Galician 	Batalla de Osgiliath
Georgian 	ოსგილიათის ბრძოლა
German 	Schlacht von Osgiliath
Greek 	Μάχη της Οσγκίλιαθ
Gujarati 	ઓસ્ગિલિઆથનું યુદ્ધ
Haiti Creole 	Batay la Osgiliath
Hebrew 	קרב אוסגיליאת
Hindi 	ओस्गिलियाथ की लड़ाई
Hungarian 	Csata Osgiliathot
Icelandic 	Orrustan um Osgiliath
Indonesian 	Pertempuran Osgiliath
Irish Gaelic 	Cath na Osgiliath
Italian 	Battaglia di Osgiliath
Japanese 	オスギリアスの戦い
Javanese 	Perang Osgiliath
Kannada 	ಓಸ್ಗಿಲಿಯಾತ್ ಕದನ
Kurdish 	شەڕی ئۆسیلیات (Sorani) Şerê Osgiliath (Kurmanji)
Korean 	오스길리아스 전투
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Осгилиатч согушу
Latin 	Pugna Osgiliath
Latvian 	Kauja par Osgiliath
Lithuanian 	Mūšis dėl Osgiliath
Luxembourgish 	Schluecht vun Osgiliath
Macedonian Cyrillic	Битка за Осгилиат
Malayalam 	ഓസ്ഗിലിയത്ത് യുദ്ധം
Malaysian 	Pertempuran Osgiliath
Maltese 	Battalja ta' Osgiliath
Marathi 	ऑस्गिलियाथची लढाई
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Осгилиатын тулаан
Nepalese 	ॐस्गिलिअथको युद्ध
Norwegian 	Slaget om Osgiliath
Occitan 	Batalha de Osgiliath
Pashto 	د اوسګیلیات جګړه
Polish 	Bitwa pod Osgiliath
Portuguese 	Batalha de Osgiliath
Punjabi 	ਓਸਗਿਲਿਅਥ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ
Romanian 	Bătălia de la Osgiliath
Russian 	Битва при Осгилиате
Sanskrit 	ओस्गिलियाथस्य युद्धम्
Scottish Gaelic 	Blàr Osgiliath
Serbian 	Битка за Осгилиат (Cyrillic) Bitka za Osgiliat (Latin)
Sicilian 	Battagghia di Osgiliath
Sinhalese 	ඔස්ගිලියත් සටන
Slovak 	Bitka o Osgiliath
Slovenian 	Bitka z Osgiliath
Somali 	Dagaalkii Osgiliath
Spanish 	Batalla de Osgiliath
Swahili 	Vita ya Osgiliath
Swedish 	Slaget om Osgiliath
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҷанги Осгилиат
Tamil 	ஒஸ்கிலியாத் போர்
Tatar 	Осгилиат сугышы
Telugu 	ఓస్గిలియాత్ యుద్ధం
Thai 	สงครามออสกิเลียต
Turkish 	Osgiliath Savaşı
Turkmen 	Osgiliath Söweş
Urdu 	اوسگیلیتھ کی جنگ
Uzbek 	Осгилиатҳ жанги (Cyrillic) Osgiliath jangi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Trận chiến của Osgiliath
Welsh 	Brwydr Osgiliath
Yiddish 	שלאַכט פֿון אָסגיליאַט
== References ==
de:Angriff auf Osgiliath
fr:Bataille d'Osgiliath
it:Seconda Battaglia di Osgiliath (3019 TE)
ru:Вторая битва при Осгилиате
pl:Trzecia bitwa o Osgiliath
Category:Battles
Category:War of the Ring