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The Battle of Helm's Deep, also called the Battle of the Hornburg, is a fictional battle in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings that saw the total destruction of the forces of the Wizard Saruman by the army of Rohan, assisted by a forest of tree-like Huorns. Helm's Deep was a valley in the north-western White Mountains of Middle-earth. Helm's Deep, with its fortress the Hornburg, becomes the refuge of some of the army of Rohan, the Rohirrim, under King Théoden, from assault by the forces of Saruman. Although Théoden says that "the Hornburg has never fallen to assault," in the battle a massive army of Uruk-hai and Dunlendings sent by Saruman almost overwhelms the defences. Saruman's Orcs breach the fortress wall that blocks the valley by setting off an explosion in a culvert; Aragorn names it "Saruman's devilry" and "the fire of Orthanc"; the critic Tom Shippey calls it "a kind of gunpowder".[2] The defenders hold out in the fortress until dawn, when Théoden and Aragorn lead a cava

Battle of Helm's Deep - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Battle in Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" The Battle of Helm's Deep , also called the Battle of the Hornburg , is a fictional battle in J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings that saw the total destruction of the forces of the Wizard Saruman by the army of Rohan , assisted by a forest of tree-like Huorns . "},"date":{"wt":"3-4 March 3019"},"place":{"wt":"[[Helm's Deep]]"},"result":{"wt":"Victory for Rohan"},"combatant1":{"wt":"{{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Rohan No Border.svg}} [[Rohan, Middl

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