Retreat from Osgiliath

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Retreat from Osgiliath is a harrowing military withdrawal in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, during which Gondor’s forces are driven back from the ruined city of Osgiliath by overwhelming Mordor armies.

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Label Occurrences
Retreat from Osgiliath canonical 1
sack and burning of Osgiliath 1

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Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Middle-earth ⓘ
fictional military engagement ⓘ
appearsIn The Lord of the Rings ⓘ
The Return of the King ⓘ
author J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
commanderForcesOf Faramir ⓘ
conflictType defensive action ⓘ
withdrawal ⓘ
createdBy J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
featuresCharacter Boromir ⓘ
Denethor II ⓘ
Faramir ⓘ
Sauron ⓘ
featuresLocation Anduin ⓘ
ruins of Osgiliath ⓘ
linked to: Osgiliath
follows Mordor assault on Osgiliath ⓘ
genre high fantasy ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
leadsTo Siege of Minas Tirith ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
notableAspect Gondor forces driven back by overwhelming Mordor armies ⓘ
marks loss of Osgiliath’s last defenses ⓘ
opens road to Minas Tirith for Mordor ⓘ
opposingForce Gondor ⓘ
Mordor ⓘ
partOf War of the Ring ⓘ
precedes Siege of Minas Tirith ⓘ
relatedConcept Gondor ⓘ
Mordor ⓘ
Osgiliath ⓘ
War of the Ring ⓘ
relatedWork The Two Towers ⓘ
result Gondor retreat ⓘ
Mordor tactical victory ⓘ
setIn Third Age ⓘ
side Gondor ⓘ
Mordor ⓘ
sideCommandedBy Faramir ⓘ
takesPlaceIn Gondor ⓘ
Osgiliath ⓘ
universe Middle-earth ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Faramir → injuredIn → Retreat from Osgiliath ⓘ
Kin-strife in Gondor → notableEvent → sack and burning of Osgiliath ⓘ
linked to: Retreat from Osgiliath