Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Siege of Kanegasaki (1570)
partof=the Sengoku period


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date=1570
place=Kanegasaki fortress, Tsuruga, Echizen Province
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territory=Kanegasaki fortress falls to Kinoshita Hideyoshi
result=Siege succeeds; Oda victory
combatant1=forces of Oda Nobunaga
combatant2=Kanegasaki garrison
commander1=Kinoshita Hideyoshi
commander2=Unknown
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The 1570 nihongo|Siege of Kanegasaki|金ヶ崎の戦い|Kanegasaki no Tatakai took place during Oda Nobunaga's struggle against the Asakura clan in Echizen province. Kinoshita Hideyoshi, one of Nobunaga's chief generals, led the attack on the fortress. After its fall, Nobunaga's army fought a celebrated retreat from Echizen.

ee also

*Siege of Kanegasaki (1337)

References

*Turnbull, Stephen (1998). 'The Samurai Sourcebook'. London: Cassell & Co.