Battle of the Field of Celebrant

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Battle of the Field of Celebrant
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Conflict: Wainrider/Balchoth War
Date: 15 April T.A. 2510
Place: Field of Celebrant
Outcome: Victory for Gondor, Éothéod
Combatants

Gondor, Éothéod

Balchoth

Commanders

File:ME-Gondor.png Cirion
File:ME-Rohan.png Eorl

Unknown

Strength

At least 20,000 Gondorian Soldiers and 7000 Eotheod[source?]

Considering the fact that they were able to drive the Gondorian force back, probably between 25-30,000, possibly 10,000 Orcs from the Misty Mountains[source?]

Casualties

At least between 5000-8000, considering the fact that they were fighting a two front battle and had been already defeated once, probably 500-2000 Eotheod[source?]

Possibly 15,000 Balchoth, and most likely nearly all of the Orcs.[source?]

The Battle of the Field of Celebrant was a battle in the late Third Age.

Prelude

In the year 2510 of the Third Age, the fierce Easterlings known as the Balchoth waged open war against a weakened Gondor, and had already overrun most of Wilderland. Gondor had no allies left east of Anduin, and against hope had sent the Red Arrow north to the Éothéod, ancient allies of Gondor, but they had received no reply.


The Battle

In 2510 the Balchoth crossed Anduin on numerous fords, passing into the Wold in the north of the Gondorian province of Calenardhon. They met little resistance as Calenardhon had been mostly abandoned long before, and by the time the North Army of Gondor appeared from the fortresses of Isengard, Aglarond and other fortresses in the White Mountains the bulk of the Balchoth army had crossed. The North Army counter-attacked, and was driven into the Wold, cut off from the later reinforcements by the Balchoth host. By the time the South Army appeared, the North Army had come under attack by an Orc band which by chance or design had descended from the mountains, and the Dúnedain were backed against the river in a hopeless situation.

At this time the Éothéod under their leader Eorl the Young suddenly appeared, unexpected by friend or foe. The Éothéod crossed the Anduin at the Undeeps of the river, and broke on the rearguard of the Balchoth. The Balchoth were completely defeated and the Gondorian armies saved. The Éothéod continued their foray into northern Gondor, scattering and destroying all the Balchoth in Calenardhon.


Aftermath

Three months after the Battle the Steward of Gondor Cirion gave the Éothéod the entire land of Calenardhon in which to dwell, in return for their service. The Éothéod founded the Kingdom of Rohan there.