The Battle of Pelargir was the battle in which Aragorn and the Grey Company, with the aid of the Army of the Dead, drove away the Corsairs from Gondor's coastal city of Pelargir.
History[]
Prelude[]
After Aragorn had summoned the Army of the Dead at the Stone of Erech with Gimli, Legolas, the sons of Elrond, and the Grey Company, they planned their next move. Aragorn had discovered when using the palantír that a fleet of Haradrim Corsairs of Umbar was making its way up the Anduin to reinforce the Enemy, who had overrun the Pelennor and besieged Minas Tirith. Thus, Aragorn and company decided to intercept this fleet before it reached Minas Tirith, and then hopefully use the enemy vessels to swiftly move up the Anduin and break the siege. As they made their way through Gondor's southern provinces, they gradually gathered more and more reinforcements.
The battle[]
On March 13, 3019, Aragorn along with the Grey Company, and their new reinforcements including archers from the Blackroot Vale near Erech and infantry from Lebennin and Lamedon, finally intercepted the enemy fleet at Pelargir, a famous port city on the lower Anduin known for its skilled mariners. The Corsairs had foolishly delayed their arrival at the Pelennor by stopping at port towns along their way to loot and pillage them. While they were just about to do the same at Pelargir, Aragorn's forces arrived just in time to give them battle in the streets and harbour of the city. The moderately sized force of Aragorn was able to triumph over the much greater Corsair force by systematically defeating small units of men who were spread throughout the city. The Army of the Dead's chief weapon was fear, which drove the Corsairs manning the ships to flee their vessels and jump overboard, without giving battle. In just a short time, Aragorn's forces had freed Pelargir from the Corsair threat and had wrested control of their vessels, opening the way to a speedy relief of the Siege of Minas Tirith.
Afterward[]
Aragorn's army, now reinforced with mariners from Pelargir, could now sail up the Anduin unopposed, but first Aragorn had to disband the very useful Army of the Dead. Instead of taking them to fight at the Pelennor Fields, Aragorn decided to hold their oath fulfilled and thus freed them of their living death, much to their King's satisfaction. With the Corsair force defeated, Aragorn's army quickly loaded the vessels at Pelargir and set off up the Anduin to relieve the siege of Minas Tirith.[1]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Afrikaans | Slag van Pelargir |
| Alemannisch | Schlacht am Pelargir |
| Albanian | Beteja e Pelargir |
| Amharic | ጰላርጊር የጦርነት |
| Arabic | معركة پيلارعير |
| Aragonese | Batalla de Pelargir |
| Armenian | Պելարգիր Ճակատամարտ |
| Asturian | Batalla de Pelargir |
| Azerbaijani | Pelargir Döyüşü |
| Basque | Pelargir Gudua |
| Belarusian Cyrillic | Пеларгір бітва |
| Bengali | পেলার্গির যুদ্ধ |
| Bosnian | Bitka kod Pelargir |
| Breton | Emgann Pelargir |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Битка при Пеларгир |
| Catalan | Batalla de Pelargir |
| Cebuano | Sangka sa Pelargir |
| Chichewa | Nkhondo ya Pelargir |
| Chinese | 佩拉格 之役 |
| Cornish | Batel Pelargir |
| Corsican | Battaglia di e Pelargir |
| Croatian | Bitka za Pelargir |
| Czech | Bitva o Pelargir |
| Danish | Slaget om Pelargir |
| Dutch | Slag om Pelargir |
| Esperanto | Batalo ĉe Pelargir |
| Estonian | Pelargir lahing |
| Faroese | Bardagi av Pelargir |
| Filipino | Labanan ng Pelargir |
| Finnish | Pelargirin taistelu |
| French | Bataille de Pelargir |
| Frisian | Slach om Pelargir (Western) |
| Galician | Batalla de Pelargir |
| Georgian | ფელარგირ ბრძოლა |
| German | Schlacht von Pelargir |
| Greek | Μάχη της Πελαργιρ |
| Gujarati | પેલર્ગિર યુદ્ધ |
| Hebrew | קרב פּילארגיר |
| Hindi | पेलर्गिर का युद्ध |
| Hungarian | Pelargir csata |
| Icelandic | Orrustan um Pelargir |
| Indonesian | Pertempuran Pelargir |
| Irish Gaelic | Cath na Pelargir |
| Italian | Battaglia di Pelargir |
| Japanese | ? 戦い |
| Javanese | Perang Pelargir |
| Kannada | ಪೆಲರ್ಗಿರ್ ಸಮರ |
| Kazakh | Пеларгір шайқасы (Cyrillic) Pelargir şayqası (Latin) |
| Korean | ? 전투 |
| Kurdish | Şerê Pelargir (Kurmanji) |
| Kyrgyz Cyrillic | Пэларгир салгылашы |
| Latin | Pugna ad Pelargir |
| Latvian | Pelargir Kauja |
| Lithuanian | Pelargir Mūšis |
| Lombard | Batàia de Pelargir |
| Luxembourgish | Schluecht vu Pelargir |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Битка кај Пеларгир |
| Malagasy | Ady amin' ny Pelargir |
| Malaysian | Peperangan Pelargir |
| Maltese | Battalja ta' Pelargir |
| Manx | Cah Pelargir |
| Maori | Pakanga o Pelargir |
| Marathi | पेल्अर्गिर युद्ध |
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Пеларгир тулалдаан |
| Nepalese | पेलर्गिर युद्ध |
| Norwegian | Slaget om Pelargir |
| Occitan | Batalha de Pelargir |
| Old English | Beadu Pelargir |
| Pashto | د جګړې پېلارګیر |
| Persian | نبرد پهلارگیر |
| Polish | Bitwa o Pelargir |
| Portuguese | Batalha de Pelargir |
| Punjabi | ਪੇਲਰ੍ਗਿਰ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ |
| Romanian | Bătălia de la Pelargir |
| Romansh | Pelargir Battaglia |
| Russian | Битва при Пеларгире |
| Sardinian | Batalla de Pelargir |
| Scots | Battle o Pelargir |
| Scottish Gaelic | Blàr Pelargir |
| Serbian | Битка код Пеларгир (Cyrillic) Bitka kod Pelargir (Latin) |
| Sicilian | Battagghia di li Pelargir |
| Sinhalese | පෙලර්ගිර් සටන |
| Slovak | Bitka o Pelargir |
| Slovenian | Bitka za Pelargir |
| Somalian | Dagaalka ee Pelargir |
| Sundanese | Patempuran Pelargir |
| Spanish | Batalla de Pelargir |
| Swahili | Mapigano ya Pelargir |
| Swedish | Slaget om Pelargir |
| Tagalog | Labanan ng Pelargir |
| Tahitian | Aroraa o te Pelargir |
| Tajik Cyrillic | Ҷанг Пеларгир |
| Tamil | பெலர்கிர் சமர் |
| Telugu | పెలర్గిర యుద్ధము |
| Thai | ยุทธการที่ ปเละริร ? |
| Tongan | Tau 'o e Pelargir |
| Turkish | Pelargir Muharebesi |
| Turkmen | Pelargir Söwe |
| Ukrainian Cyrillic | Битва за Пеларґір |
| Urdu | جنگ پےلارگیر |
| Uzbek | Пеларгир Жанги (Cyrillic) Pelargir Jangi (Latin) |
| Vietnamese | Trận Pelargir |
| Welsh | Brwydr Pelargir |
| Yiddish | שלאַכט פון פּעלאַרגיר |
| Yoruba | Ogun ti Pelargir |
| Zulu | Impi yase-Pelargir |
References[]
- ↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. II: "The Passing of the Grey Company"