Battles in the Chronicles of Narnia

C. S. Lewis' fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia includes several battles set in Narnia, Archenland, and other places in the Narnian World. These are given below in an in-universe, fictional chronology while listing them in order of appearance
First Battle of Beruna
The First Battle of Beruna is a fictional battle in The Chronicles of Narnia where it was a major battle in the Winter Revolution. It is fought in Narnia at the edges of the Great River near the Fords of Beruna, in the year 1000 according to Lewis' Narnian timeline. It is the climactic battle of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
The battle is fought between the Narnians (led by Peter Pevensie) and the army of the White Witch, following the apparent demise of the great Narnian leader, Aslan. The White Witch's army includes monstrous creatures such as minotaurs, ogres, and hags. Peter's force is comparatively minor, and prominently represents the races of talking animal, faun/satyr, nymph, unicorn and centaur.
It seemed to Lucy as if the Witch held the upper edge in the battle, petrifying many of Aslan's army with her wand, until the arrival of Aslan's reinforcements. However, at Lewis' first description of the battle scene, the Witch is no longer using her wand (which was revealed to have been broken by Edmund) but using instead her Stone Knife (which she had killed Aslan with the night before). At this point, the White Witch is engaged in a fight with Peter. Suddenly, the newly arisen Aslan, along with Peter's sisters Susan and Lucy, arrives with auxiliaries from among those formerly petrified by the White Witch's wand, now restored by Aslan.
At once they invade the battleground and begin to wipe out the remainder of the Witch's forces. While some of the White Witch's army are trampled by the charging reinforcements, those that came with Aslan use their own ways of fighting: dwarves use their battle axes, dogs use their teeth, Rumblebuffin the giant uses his club (and steps on some of the enemy), centaurs use their swords, and unicorns use their horns. Then, Aslan kills the White Witch. When she is discovered dead, some of the surviving White Witch's army surrenders and the other portion flees.
At the conclusion of the battle, Lucy uses her Christmas gift, a potion that can heal any wound, on Edmund, who was found under the care of Mrs. Beaver covered in blood, his mouth open, and his face a "nasty green color". Aslan urges her to repair all the injured soldiers on the field to good health, which she does, while he restores all those petrified. The next day, Aslan crowns the four children Kings and Queens of Narnia and Peter the High King.
The Battle is not named in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. It is first called the "Battle of Beruna" in Prince Caspian. The word "first" has been added by Narnia scholars to distinguish from a later battle fought at Beruna in Prince Caspian, first called the Second Battle of Beruna in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
Battle of Anvard
The Battle of Stable Hill is the final battle in the Calormene Conquest.
In The Last Battle, Shift the Ape persuades a donkey named Puzzle to pretend to be Aslan. Then Shift invites the Calormenes to take over Narnia. Tirian, the last King of Narnia, attacks the Calormenes at the stable following the Cair Paravel Massacre. The stable where Puzzle was pretending to be Aslan is now haunted by the Calormen god Tash. Tirian throws Shift the ape into the stable and Tash swallows him whole. Then the Calormenes attack.
The Mice, Moles and a Squirrel went to free the Narnian Horses from the Calormene, but were shot by Griffle's Archers. Fifteen dogs, a bear, a boar, Jewel the Unicorn, Farsight the Eagle, Tirian, Eustace, Jill and several unknown Narnians fought Calormene soldiers led by Rishda and rebel Narnians (for fear of Tash) during the battle. Jill Pole managed to kill some Calormene Soldiers, Wraggle the Satyr, and a Wolf while Eustace Scrubb killed Slinkey the Fox and many Calormenes. Three Dogs and a Bear were killed by the Calormenes while Jewel the Unicorn and a Boar were killed by the Calormenes that were wielding spears while the others were killed by Calormenes with swords or bows. Both sides were then attacked by the dwarves where they killed the horses on both sides. Tirian, left alone and fighting for his life, drags Rishda Tarkaan, the leader of the Calormenes, into the stable. However, inside the stable is an environment much like Narnia's. Much to the Calormen leader's surprise and terror, Tash appears and snatches him up under an arm. Peter, Edmund, Eustace, Lucy, Jill, Polly, and Digory appear before them. Peter orders Tash to leave.
Aslan appears, and as they watch at the stable door, all of the people and animals, including those who had previously died, gather outside the barn and are judged by Aslan. Those who have been faithful to Aslan join Aslan in Aslan's Country. Those who have opposed or deserted him become ordinary animals and vanish to an unknown fate where not even C.S. Lewis knows where they were transported. The Calormene were sent to Tash.

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