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The Uruk-hai attack on Osgiliath in {{TA|2475}}<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> was the first large-scale attack against [[Gondor]] after the end of the [[Watchful Peace]]. The race of uruks, described as black [[Orcs|orcs]] of great strength, first appeared in this battle and were able to sweep across [[Ithilien]] and take [[Osgiliath]]. [[Boromir (Steward of Gondor)|Boromir]] son of [[Denethor I]] was able to defeat this force and clear them from Ithilien, but the city was finally ruined, its great stone-bridge was broken, and no one lived in the city thereafter. During this brief war Boromir received a Morgul-would that shrunk him with pain and caused his premature death but twelve years after his father.<ref>{{App|Stewards}}</ref> | '''The Uruk-hai attack on Osgiliath''' in {{TA|2475}}<ref>{{App|TA}}</ref> was the first large-scale attack against [[Gondor]] after the end of the [[Watchful Peace]]. The race of uruks, described as black [[Orcs|orcs]] of great strength, first appeared in this battle and were able to sweep across [[Ithilien]] and take [[Osgiliath]]. [[Boromir (Steward of Gondor)|Boromir]] son of [[Denethor I]] was able to defeat this force and clear them from Ithilien, but the city was finally ruined, its great stone-bridge was broken, and no one lived in the city thereafter. During this brief war Boromir received a Morgul-would that shrunk him with pain and caused his premature death but twelve years after his father.<ref>{{App|Stewards}}</ref> | ||
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| Uruk-hai attack on Osgiliath | |
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| Date: T.A. 2475 | |
| Place: Osgiliath | |
| Outcome: Victory for Sauron, final ruin of the city | |
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The Uruk-hai attack on Osgiliath in T.A. 2475[1] was the first large-scale attack against Gondor after the end of the Watchful Peace. The race of uruks, described as black orcs of great strength, first appeared in this battle and were able to sweep across Ithilien and take Osgiliath. Boromir son of Denethor I was able to defeat this force and clear them from Ithilien, but the city was finally ruined, its great stone-bridge was broken, and no one lived in the city thereafter. During this brief war Boromir received a Morgul-would that shrunk him with pain and caused his premature death but twelve years after his father.[2]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", "The Stewards"
