First Battle of Beleriand

First Battle of Beleriand
Middle-earth battle
Location	East and West Beleriand
Date	Y.T. 1497
Result	Weak Elven victory in the East, undecided in the West
Books	The Silmarillion
Participants	Thingol, Denethor†, Círdan, Morgoth
Combatant	Angband
Combatant	Sindar, Green-elves

In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, the First Battle of Beleriand is the first battle of the Wars of Beleriand, fought by the Sindarin Elves, led by Elu Thingol, King of Doriath and Lord of Beleriand, against the armies of Morgoth, the Great Enemy, the Dark Lord.

Morgoth, escaping Valinor, arrives in Middle-earth, and occupies his old fortress of Angband under the mountains of Thangorodrim while the Noldor pursuing him still toil through Araman. His servants, Sauron and Gothmog have long been breeding Orcs as warriors for his armies.

Morgoth decides to move quickly to conquer Beleriand and he sends out his armies. Two Orc-hosts advance south from Angband. One moves west through the vale of the River Sirion and the second east between the rivers Celon and Gelion. The Orcs make camps on the Estolad plain in the east and the Talath plain in the west and they harry the lands about. In this first battle the Sindar, their allies the Green Elves, the Falathrim, and the Dwarves meet the forces of the Dark Lord in the open field.

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