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.[1][2][3]
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[]
- ↑ 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"