Siege of Ugarit

## Belligerents

**Organization of Free Kingdoms:**
• Kingdom of Egypt
• Kingdom of Alashiya
• Kingdom of Hatti
**Eastern Coalition:**
• Kingdom of the Levant
• Kingdom of Elam (Eparti's renegades)

## Commanders and leaders

**Organization of Free Kingdoms:**
• Ramesses XI
• Nechtarhebi
• Amethu
**Eastern Coalition:**
• Harharran
• Eparti †

## Strength

**Organization of Free Kingdoms:**
~60 000
**Eastern Coalition:**
~17 000

## Casualties and losses

~4 800
**Eastern Coalition:**
~17 000

The Siege of Ugarit was the last major engagement in the Levantine campaign of the OFK-EC War and the war as a whole. After Shilhak-Inshushinak's death and the defeat of the EC at the Battle of Ashkelon, general Eparti moved to Ugarit with his remaining troops, where he set up defenses to put up a last stand against the OFK. He had hoped that the EC would support him, but the new ruler of Elam and the leader of the coalition Lim-Kiririsha, seeing the situation in the Levant, decided that it was not worth saving and ordered the retreat of all troops to east of the Euphrates. This had been the will of Shilhak as well, and general Kindattu obliged and retreated with most of his soldiers to Assyria, setting up defenses there. However, Eparti refused and continued fighting in the Levant, hoping to establish his own realm there. He was denounced by the EC shortly afterwards, both for his refusal to follow orders and for his attempted assassination of Shilhak, and so he stopped receiving any kind of support, for the EC only acting as a temporary distraction to draw away OFK troops and give the EC more time to prepare fortifications on the Euphrates.

After their successful campaign to reconquer lost regions from the Kingdom of the Levant, Egyptians reached Ugarit itself in early 76 AEE. They were joined by some Alashiyan forces, as well as Hittite soldiers now that Hatti was mostly retaken by Muwatalli III and Hakkarpili killed. The OFK armies surrounded Ugarit and put it under siege. Inside remained Eparti with his remaining soldiers, as well as the king of the Levant Harharran, though he had little power by that point as the military had assumed control. Ugarit resisted for over two months, but eventually a group of citizens, who, along with most of the others, had no loyalty towards Eparti, managed to open the gates and let the OFK soldiers in, which brought the fighting to the city itself. It did not last long and soon the remaining soldiers were killed or captured, while Eparti killed himself to not be taken by the Egyptians. The city was secured by the OFK, but Harharran managed to slip past the soldiers during the commotion and escape by sailing out of the port, though his vessel was intercepted by the OFK fleet and returned to Ugarit, where Harharran was also taken captive.

With the fall of Ugarit, the Kingdom of the Levant was disestablished and replaced with the OFK Mandate of Amurru, to be ruled jointly by all OFK members, while territories formerly belonging to Egypt were taken back by Egypt. Phoenicia also returned to Egypt, seeing it as the clear winner in the front. The fighting continued on a small scale around the Euphrates for some months, however, with both sides being exhausted and neither able to break through the other's armies, a ceasefire began. And, in a few more months, the Damascus Peace Conference began and resulted in the Treaty of Euphrates, which put an end to the OFK-EC War.