Battle of Tawergha

Battle of Tawergha
Part of Battle of the Misrata frontline
Date 11–13 August 2011 Location Tawergha, Libya Result Anti-Gaddafi victory
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army UNSC Resolution 1973 forces NATO air forces	Gaddafi loyalists Libyan Army
Commanders and leaders
Ibrahim Halbus Abdul Hassan Ali Ahmed al Sheh	Unknown
Strength
Al Horia Brigade 6 tanks	800 fighters
Casualties and losses
15 killed, 85+ wounded 1 tank T-55 destroyed	4 killed, at least 60 claimed captured 2 technicals, 1 Shilka destroyed (NATO claim)

Anti-Gaddafi forces

UNSC Resolution 1973 forces

Gaddafi loyalists

4 killed, at least 60 claimed captured

The Battle of Tawergha was a military engagement of the Libyan Civil War that began on 11 August 2011 when anti-Gaddafi forces based in Misrata advanced southeast along the road to Sirte in the early morning and attacked Libyan Army positions in the town of Tawergha. It ended on 13 August when rebel troops, after capturing the town, cleared it of snipers and artillery positions threatening Misrata.

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