Battle of Tumhalad

The Battle of Tumhalad was the last battle of the Elves of Nargothrond and the last of the pitched battles against the forces of Morgoth until the War of Wrath. It was fought on the plain of Tumhalad between the river Narog and its tributary, the river Ginglith, in FA 495.
==History ==
The battle was fought as a result of a massive Orc build-up beneath the Ered Wethrin and in the Pass of Sirion. Messengers from Círdan the Shipwright brought these tidings, along with a warning given to Círdan by the Vala Ulmo. Ulmo had told him that the Elves of Nargothrond shouldn't fight abroad, and instead should stay hidden in their fortress.
Túrin Turambar, who had by this time become an influential commander of Nargothrond's army, urged its king, Orodreth to venture out and fight the forces of Morgoth in the open. The Elves of Nargothrond, however, weren't used to battle in the open field for they had always waged a secret war, ambushing but never assaulting the forces of Morgoth. Also, the evil hosts were larger than anticipated and led by the dragon, Glaurung.
Ultimately, the forces of Nargothrond could not withstand the assault of the enemy host and were driven towards the plain of Tumhalad, where most of them, including King Orodreth and his kinsman Gwindor, were slain. Only Túrin withstood the fiery attack of Glaurung for he wore the Dragon-helm of Dor-lómin. The defeat suffered by the Elves paved the road for the Sack of Nargothrond by Glaurung, and the death and enslavement of many captives, including Finduilas.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"Unfinished Tales, Part One: The First Age, II: "Narn i Chîn Húrin" (The Tale of the Children of Húrin)The Children of Húrin, Narn i Chîn Húrin, The Tale of the Children of Húrin, XI: "The Fall of Nargothrond"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Veldslag van Tumhalad
Albanian 	Beteja e Tumhalad
Alemannic German 	Schlacht am Tumhalad
Arabic 	معركة تر طومها لاد
Aragonese 	Batalla de Tumhalad
Armenian 	Տումհալադ ճակատամարտ
Asturian 	Batalla de Tumhalad
Azerbaijani 	Tumhalad Vuruşması
Basque 	Tumhalad Gudua
Belarusian Cyrillic	Тумhалад бітва
Bengali 	টুম্হালাদ যুদ্ধ
Bosnian 	Bitka kod Tumhalad
Breton 	Emgann Tumhalad
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Битка при Тумхалад
Catalan 	Batalla de les Tumhalad
Cebuano 	Gubat sa Tumhalad
Chinese (Hong Kong)	淌哈拉德谷戰役
Cornish 	Batel Tumhalad
Corsican 	Battagghia di Tumhalad
Croatian 	Bitka kod Tumhalad
Czech 	Bitva u Tumhalad
Danish 	Slaget på Tumhalad
Dutch 	Slag bij Tumhalad
Esperanto 	Batalo de la Tumhalad
Estonian 	Lahing Tumhalad
Filipino 	Labanan ng Tumhalad
Finnish 	Tumhalad Taistelu
French 	Bataille de Tumhalad
Frisian 	Slach fan Tumhalad (Western)
Galician 	Batalla das Tumhalad
Georgian 	ბრძოლა ტუმჰალადთან
German 	Schlacht von Tumhalad
Greek 	Μάχη των Τυμχαλαδ
Gujarati 	બત્ત્લે ઓફ ટુમ્હલદ
Hausa 	Yakin Tumhalad
Hawaiian 	Ke Kaua o Tumhalad
Hebrew 	קרב טומהאלאד
Hindi 	बैटल ऑफ़ तुमहलाद
Hungarian 	Tumhalad Csata
Icelandic 	Bardaga á Tumhalad
Igbo 	Agha nke Tumhalad
Indonesian 	Pertempuran Tumhalad
Irish Gaelic 	Cath Tumhalad
Italian 	Battaglia di Tumhalad
Japanese 	トゥムハラド の戦い
Kazakh 	Тұмһалад шайқас (Cyrillic) Tumhalad şayqas (Latin)
Korean 	툼할라드 전투
Kurdish 	Şerê Tumhalad (Kurmanji)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Тумhалад согуш
Latin 	Pugna ad Tumhalad
Latvian 	Tumhalad Kauja
Lithuanian 	Tumhalad Mūšis
Luxembourgish 	Schluecht vun Tumhalad
Macedonian Cyrillic	битка на Тумхалад
Malaysian 	Pertempuran Tumhalad
Maltese 	Battalja ta 'Tumhalad
Maori 	Pakanga o Tumhalad
Marathi 	टुम्हलद युद्ध
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Тумhалад тулаан
Nepalese 	टुम्हलद को लडाई
Norwegian 	Slaget ved Tumhalad
Occitan 	Batalha dei Tumhalad
Pashto 	د جګړې طومهالاد
Persian 	نبرد طومهالاد
Polish 	Bitwa pod Tumhalad
Portuguese 	Batalha das Tumhalad
Punjabi 	ਲੜਾਈ ਦੀ ਟੁਮ੍ਹਲਦ
Romanian 	Bătălia de la Tumhalad
Romansh 	Tumhalad Bataglia
Russian 	Битва при Тумхаладе
Scottish Gaelic 	Blàr Tumhalad
Serbian 	Тумхалад битка (Cyrillic) Bitka kod Tumhalad (Latin)
Shona 	Hondo Tumhalad
Sicilian 	Battagghia di li Tumhalad
Sinhalese 	ටුම්හලද් සටන
Slovak 	Bitka o Tumhalad
Slovenian 	Bitka pri Tumhalad
Somali 	Dagaalka ee Tumhalad
Sundanese 	Perangna Tumhalad
Swahili 	Vita ya Tumhalad
Swedish 	Slaget vid Tumhalad
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҷанг оф Тумҳалад
Tamil 	டும்ஹலத் போர்
Telugu 	టుమ్హలద యుద్ధం
Thai 	การต่อสู้ของ ฏุมฮะละด ?
Turkish 	Tumhalad Muharebesi
Turkmen 	Tumhalad Söweş
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Битва при Тумгалад
Urdu 	ٹومہلاد کی جنگ
Uzbek 	Тумҳалад Жанги (Cyrillic) Tumhalad Jangi (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Trận Tumhalad
Welsh 	Brwydr Tumhalad
Yiddish 	שלאַכט פון טומהאַלאַד
Yoruba 	Ogun ti Tumhalad
Zulu 	Impi yase-Tumhalad
==References==
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it:Battaglia di Tumhalad
pl:Bitwa na polach Tumhalad
ru:Битва при Тумхаладе
Category:Battles
Category:War of the Great Jewels