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<p>137.159.37.64: </p> <hr /> <div>{{sources}}<br /> {{battle<br /> | image=<br /> | name=Battle of Sarn Athrad<br /> | conflict=[[War of the Elves and Dwarves]]<br /> | date={{FA|503}}<br /> | place=The crossing at [[Sarn Athrad]], and the slopes of the [[Blue Mountains]]<br /> | result=Complete destruction of the Dwarven host<br /> | side1=Elves, Ents<br /> | side2=Dwarves<br /> | commanders1=*[[Beren|Beren Erchamion]]<br /> | commanders2=King [[Naugladur]]<br /> | forces1=Unknown, Est. several thousand [[Green-elves]], and several hundred [[Ents]]<br /> | forces2=Unknown, Est. 10-20,000 Dwarves from [[Nogrod]]<br /> | casual1= light, several hundred<br /> | casual2= obliterated, none survived<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''Battle of Sarn Athrad''' took place at [[Sarn Athrad]], the ford of the river [[Gelion]]. <br /> ==History==<br /> The [[Dwarves]] were returning from the [[Battle of the Thousand Caves]], and were weighted down with the spoils of [[Menegroth]]. At this ford [[Beren|Beren Erchamion]] ambushed them with his son [[Dior]] and the [[Green-elves|Laiquendi]] of [[Ossiriand]]. Beren slew the Lord of the Naugrim <br /> <br /> Many of the Dwarves were killed, and those who were not fled right into the hands of the [[Ents]], who drove them in turn into the forest, from which none escaped. <br /> <br /> This was Beren's last battle and took the [[Nauglamír]] that was among the booty back to [[Tol Galen]] for his wife, [[Lúthien]].<br /> {{references}}<br /> *{{S|22}}<br /> [[Category:Conflicts of the First Age]]<br /> [[fr:encyclo:evenements:1a:guerres:bataille_de_sarn_athrad]]</div>

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