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Battle of Bywater

Conflict
War of the Ring
Date
November 3, 3019
Place
Bywater (just south of Hobbiton), The Shire
Outcome
Hobbit victory, death of Saruman and Wormtongue, end of the War of the Ring
Combatants
Shire
Ruffians
Commanders
Meriadoc Brandybuck
Peregrin Took
Frodo Baggins
Samwise Gamgee
Saruman
Grma Wormtongue
Ruffian Leader
Commanders
200 Bucklanders
100 Tooks
Unknown number of Hobbiton residents
100 Ruffians
Causaulties
19 Hobbits killed
30 wounded
70 Ruffians killed
12 captured
War of the Ring
Attack on the Woodland Realm Weathertop Balin's Tomb Durin's Tower Amon Hen
Fords of Isen Near Fangorn Cair Andros Hornburg Isengard Ithilien
Battle of Osgiliath Dale Lrien Mirkwood Pelennor Fields Cirith Ungol
Black Gate Dol Guldur Bywater

The Battle of Bywater was a battle for control of the Shire and the final battle of
the War of the Ring.

Contents[show]
HistoryEdit
BackgroundEdit
The Battle was precipitated by Saruman's or Sharkey's take over of The Shire
supported by Lotho Sackville-Baggins, and a band of Ruffians who acted as their
enforcers. These events led to major changes in the shire which were resented by
many Hobbits as industrious and destructive. When the Hobbits Frodo, Merry, Pippin,
Sam returned to the Shire after their adventures, they did not like what they saw
going on there either. Using the courage and skill they discovered in themselves
while abroad, they were able to take-up leadership of the Hobbits who wanted to
resist the tyranny of Sharkey and the Ruffians. Soon, the Shire-folk were rallied
against the invaders and managed to assemble a force.

Gathering Hobbits for BattleEdit

Upon arriving in Bywater, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin were questioned by the
Ruffian Leader as to their intentions. After he had insulted Frodo, the Leaders
challenge of authority was met by Pippin, who declared himself as a messenger of
the King, and drew his sword against him, Sam and Merry followed suit. The Leader
and his men fled, leaving the four hobbits to raise the Shire, and to rally their
troops. Merry used the Horn of Rohan to great effect, his call was met by many
hobbits throughout that part of the Shire.

The BattleEdit
After returning, then being surrounded by a ring of hobbits, the Leader, now with
more men, was pierced by four hobbit arrows as he attempted to break away and maim
Merry. He died instantly. His gang was then rounded up and locked away. More
Ruffians had been sent by Sharkey to suppress the Hobbit revolt breaking out in
Bywater. However, the Hobbits scouts gave them advanced warning. The Hobbits then
devised a plan to surround and trap the Ruffians when they arrived. Makeshift
mobile roadblocks were made out of carts and wagons, and after the Ruffians reached
the center of the town the road was blocked in front and behind them. The Ruffians
then tried to fight their way out through the Hobbits, some breaking through. These
were then encircled and engaged until the battle was won.

The Hobbits were informally commanded by Merry and Pippin. Technically, Pippin was
still a Knight of Gondor, as King Elessar had not released him from service but
granted him indefinite leave, and when he departed Aragorn reminded Pippin that his
restored kingship now extended to the old northern lands which included the Shire.
Therefore, Pippin loosely saw himself as fighting off the Ruffians with the
authority of the King supporting him. Sam Gamgee also fought in the battle. Frodo
was also present at the battle, though he did not fight: he spent the battle making
sure that no Ruffians who threw down their weapons were killed as well as making
sure that none of the hobbits who had joined the Ruffians were killed stating that
no hobbit had killed another hobbit and that it was not going to start there.

AftermathEdit
The next day, Frodo and his three companions, leading the Hobbits of the Shire,
marched to Hobbiton. There Frodo confronted Saruman and exiled him from the Shire.
Then Wormtongue killed Saruman by slitting his throat, on the very doorstep of Bag
End. Before Frodo could react, the Hobbits of the Shire shot Wormtongue dead with
three arrows. The Battle of Bywater occurred on November 3, 3019 or SR 1419 by
Shire-reckoning in the Shire Calendar and was the last major military engagement of
the War of the Ring.[1][2]

Translations around the WorldEdit

Foreign Language Translated name
Chinese (Hong Kong) ????
Croatian Bitka Po vodom
Czech Bitva o Povod
Danish Slaget ved Bywater
Dutch Slag van Bijwater
French Bataille de Bywater
German Schlacht von Wasserau
Greek ???? t?? ???ate? ?
Italian Battaglia di Lungacque
Polish Bitwa nad Woda
Romanian Batalia de la Bywater
Russian ????? ??? ?????????
Spanish Batalla de Delagua
ReferencesEdit
? The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter VIII: "The
Scouring of the Shire"
? The Complete Guide to Middle-earth
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