Battle of the Barrow Downs

Basic summary The battle of the barrow downs was the battle that broke the back bone of the Army of Cardolan. The battle: The Witch King of Angmar after taking the weather hills would have preferred to launch an attack directly on Fornost but the army of Cardolan had not been present at the battle of Amon sul and was entrenched (near or on) the barrow downs. The Witch King drew the Army of Cardolan and the prince of Cardolan out into a fight by postioning troops on the barrows and slowly goad the men of Cardolan into a full on open battle. The plan worked and the Prince rtushed to retake the royal barrow but the Witch king had only sent a small art of his army already to the battle with the army of Cardolan out in the open he sprang his trap. The army of Cardolan was massacered and the prince was slain reduceing Cardolan to a few band s of refuges and Dunidain survivoirs who took refuge in the old forrest.