Fought B.C. 492, between Hippocrates, Tyrant of Gela, and the Syracusans.[Syracusans.] The Syracusans were totally routed, and were so weakened by this defeat, that Syracuse fell an easy prey to Gelon, Hippocrates' successor, in the following year.
Helsingborg (Dano-Swedish[Dano-Swedish] Wars).
Fought 1710, between 20,000 Swedes, of whom 12,000 were raw recruits, under General Steinbock, and the Danish invading army. The Swedes won a signal victory, and the invaders were compelled to take refuge under the walls of Helsingborg, and a few days later to embark for Denmark. Besides killed, they left 4,000 wounded prisoners in the hands of the Swedes.
Hemushagu (Invasion of Korea).
Fought 1595, between the Japanese, under Konishi Yukinaga, and the Chinese, under Li Chin. The Japanese were defeated, and forced to retire upon the capital.
Hengestesdun (Danish Invasion).
Fought 835, when the men of Wessex, under Egbert, totally defeated the Danes and Cornish Britons.
Hennersdorf (War of the Austrian Succession).
Fought November, 1745, between 60,000 Prussians, under Frederick the Great, and 40,000 Austrians and Saxons, under Prince Charles of Lorraine. Frederick surprised Prince Charles on the march, and utterly routed his vanguard, comprised of Saxons, with enormous loss. The Austrians were compelled in consequence to retire into Bohemia.