The Battle of the Camp was a battle between Gondor and the Wainriders.
History
Background
The Wainriders were beginning to recover from their defeat at Dagorlad and were apparently not completely driven out by the rebellion in Rhovanion, and now in TA 1944 made an alliance with Khand and Harad. The new Éothéod lord, Forthwini found out about this and warned King Ondoher of it. Meanwhile, Eärnil, based at Pelargir received this news on the ninth day of Cermië and prepared a force that crossed the river Anduin in part, leaving the Fords of the Poros purposely undefended.[1]
Prelude
The northern assault of the Wainriders was met by the King of Gondor himself, Ondoher, with his two sons Artamir and Faramir. The Easterlings swept through Gondor's defence, cutting down the King and his heirs and routing his army. While the Wainriders attacked Ithilien from the north, the armies of the Haradrim crossed the Poros and invaded Southern Ithilien. The Gondor Captain Eärnil had led Gondor's inferior Southern Army to victory over the Haradrim, destroying their army in South Ithilien, to the north of the Poros. After his victory, Eärnil turned north.[1]
The Battle
Believing their victory complete, and Gondor defenceless before them and apparently unaware of the defeat of their allies in the south, the Wainriders paused in North Ithilien to celebrate their conquest. The feasting Wainriders suddenly found their success reversed, as Eärnil appeared with his Southern Army, reinforced by fleeing members of Ondoher's defeated northern troops. Eärnil's army descended on the unprepared Wainriders, driving many of them into the swamplands of the Dead Marshes. That eastern people, for so long a dreaded enemy of Gondor, never marched against Gondor again. The battle was named after where it had taken place: the Battle of the Camp.[1][2][3]
Aftermath
Because there was no heir apparent to the throne, Ondoher and his sons having been killed in the battle, Eärnil was made King. He was a distant relative of Ondoher, and could trace his lineage back to Elendil and Anárion of old.[1]
Eärnil's victory is counted as one of the biggest military successes in the history of middle earth. With a numerically inferior army than the one that went north, Eärnil was able to totally rout the entire allied armies of Harad and Khand a feat that would not be duplicated until the end of the Third Age at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. The subsequent promotion of Eärnil to the throne of Gondor gave the southern Dúnedain a boost to moral that had been needed since their many losses during the plague and the invasions that followed. It also helped improve relations with the northern kingdom of Arnor. Eärnil's promise of support to Arnor reforged ties that had been hanging by a thread for several centuries. The stunning success north of the Poros had positive repercussions throughout the Free Peoples of Middle-earth.
Translations around the world
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Slag van die Kamp |
| Arabic | معركة المخيم |
| Armenian | Ճամբար ճակատամարտ |
| Azerbaijani | Düşərgə döyüşü |
| Basque | Kanpamentuko gudua |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Бітва на лагер |
| Bosnian | Bitka kod Kamp |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Битката при лагера |
| Catalan | Batalla del Campament |
| Cebuano | Gubat sa Kampo |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 營地之戰 |
| Corsican | Battaglia di u Campu |
| Croatian | Bitka na Kampa |
| Czech | Bitva na Tábora |
| Danish | Slaget ved Lejr |
| Dutch | Slag aan de Legerplaats |
| Esperanto | Batalo ĉe la Kampo |
| Estonian | Laagri'i lahing |
| Filipino | Labanan ng Kampo |
| Finnish | Leirin taistelu |
| French | Bataille de la Campement |
| Frisian | Slach oan de Kamp |
| Galician | Batalla do Campamento |
| Georgian | ბრძოლა ბანაკთან |
| German | Schlacht des Lagers |
| Greek | Μάχη του Κατασκήνωση |
| Gujarati | કેમ્પનું યુદ્ધ |
| Hebrew | הקרב על המחנה |
| Hindi | शिविर की लड़ाई |
| Hungarian | A tábor csata |
| Icelandic | Orrustan við Tjaldbúðir |
| Indonesian | Pertempuran Perkemahan |
| Irish Gaelic | Cath an Campa |
| Italian | Battaglia della Campo |
| Japanese | キャンプの戦い |
| Kannada | ಕ್ಯಾಂಪ್ ಕದನ |
| Kazakh | Лагерьдегі шайқас (Cyrillic) Lagerdegi şayqas (Latin) |
| Korean | 캠프 전투 |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | согуш лагерь ? |
| Laotian | ສະຫນາມການຕໍ່ສູ້ ? |
| Latin | Proelium apud Castra |
| Latvian | Kauja pie Nometne |
| Lithuanian | Mūšio iš stovykla |
| Luxembourgish | Schluecht vun der Lager |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Битка кај логор |
| Malaysian | Pertempuran Kem |
| Marathi | छावणी लढाई |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Кемпийн тулалдаан |
| Nepalese | क्याम्प युद्ध |
| Norwegian | Slaget ved Leir |
| Pashto | د جګړې جګړه کمپ |
| Persian | نبرد از اردوگاه |
| Polish | Bitwa o Obóz |
| Portuguese | Batalha do Acampamento |
| Punjabi | ਕੈਂਪ ਲੜਾਈ |
| Romanian | Bătălia de pe Tabără |
| Russian | Битва в Лагере |
| Scottish Gaelic | Blàr an Campa |
| Serbian | Битка на Табор (Cyrillic) Bitka na Tabor (Latin) |
| Sinhalese | කඳවුරේ සටන |
| Slovak | Bitka na Tábor |
| Slovenian | Bitka na Taborišče |
| Somalian | Dagaalkii ee Xerada |
| Spanish | Batalla del Campamento |
| Swahili | Vita ya Kambi |
| Swedish | Slaget vid Läger |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Лагер мубориза |
| Tamil | முகாம் சண்டை |
| Telugu | క్యాంప్ యుద్ధం |
| Thai | การรบที่ค่าย |
| Turkish | Kampı Muharebesi |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Битва на Табір |
| Urdu | جنگ کی کیمپ |
| Uzbek | Лагердаги жанг (Cyrillic) Lagerdagi jang (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Trận trại |
| Welsh | Brwydr y Gwersyll |
| Xhosa | Imfazwe ye Inkampu |
| Yiddish | שלאַכט פון דעם לאַגער |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Unfinished Tales, Introduction, Part Three, II: "Cirion and Eorl and the Friendship of Gondor and Rohan"
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B: The Tale of Years (Chronology of the Westlands), "The Third Age"
- ↑ The Atlas of Middle-earth, The Third Age, "Wainriders and Angmar"