Battle of the Cowshed
Screenshot from 1954 animated film adaptation
Date October 12, year unspecified. Location Animal Farm Casus belli Animalist Rebellion Result Decisive Animalist victory Abandonment of Jones' claim to Animal Farm.
Combatants
Animal Farm	Manor Farm Foxwood volunteers Pinchfield volunteers Image File history File linksMetadata Animal_Farm. ... Animal Farm is a 1954 British animated feature based on the popular book by George Orwell. ... is the 285th day of the year (286th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Animal Farm (disambiguation). ... Casus belli is a modern Latin language expression meaning the justification for acts of war. ... Pete Postlethwaite played Jones in the 1999 film adaption of Animal Farm. ... Image File history File links Animalism_flag. ...
Commanders
Snowball	Jones
Strength
35 pigeons One flock of geese One goat One herd of sheep One donkey One horse One pig One cat Possibly more unspecified animals Snowball is a fictional pig in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell. ... Pete Postlethwaite played Jones in the 1999 film adaption of Animal Farm. ... Pigeon redirects here. ... Other uses: Goose (disambiguation) Genera Anser Branta Chen Cereopsis † see also: Swan, Duck Anatidae Goose (plural geese) is the general English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae. ... Species See Species and subspecies The goat is a mammal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ... Species See text. ... Binomial name Linnaeus, 1758 For other uses, see Donkey (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ... For other uses, see Pig (disambiguation). ... Binomial name Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Felis lybica invalid junior synonym The cat (or domestic cat, house cat) is a small carnivorous mammal. ...	Five Manor men Six Foxwood/Pinchfield volunteers
Casualties
One dead sheep One injured pig	One injured One dead

This article is about the fictional battle in the novel Animal Farm. It is not to be confused with the Battle of Cowpens in the American Revolution. For other uses, see Animal Farm (disambiguation). ... Combatants Animals of Manor Farm Mr. ... Combatants Animal Farm Pinchfield Farm Commanders Napoleon Mr. ... Combatants United States Great Britain Commanders Daniel Morgan Banastre Tarleton Strength c. ...

The Battle of the Cowshed is a fictional battle from the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. With events in Animal Farm mirroring those of the Soviet Union, the battle represents the Russian Civil War. This article is about the literary concept. ... For other uses, see Animal Farm (disambiguation). ... Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 [1] [2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... Combatants Local Soviet powers led by Russian SFSR and Red Army Far Eastern Republic Chinese Volunteers White Movement Allied Intervention: Japan Czechoslovakia Greece  United States  Canada Serbia Romania  Turkey UK  France Foreign volunteers: Polish Italian Local nationalist movements, national states, and decentralist movements  German Empire  Mongolia Warlords Commanders Vladimir Lenin...

At the beginning of the book, the animals of the Manor Farm succeeded in turning the farm owner, Mr. Jones, out of the farm. Humans believed that the farm wouldn't last long, but the farm worked being animal controlled.

The animals believed that the humans would try to retake the farm as foreseen by Snowball (a pig) who was the leader at the time. Indeed, on one October 12, Mr. Jones and several other men arrived and attacked the farm. Snowball sent pigeons and geese to cause disorder. In the confusion, Snowball led an attack with the sheep, Muriel and Benjamin. They then feigned to retreat, drawing the men farther into the farm. The rest of the animal forces then appeared and cut the men off from escaping. After this, the animals charged. One of the sheep died from a shotgun blast, and Snowball was injured from the same shot. However, the men were driven off. One stable boy had been hit by Boxer, a horse, and appeared dead, but it turned out he had only been stunned and promptly fled. For other uses, see Farm (disambiguation). ... Snowball is a fictional pig in the book Animal Farm written by George Orwell. ... Pete Postlethwaite played Jones in the 1999 film adaption of Animal Farm. ... Muriel is a female name. ... In George Orwells novel Animal Farm, Benjamin is a donkey that represents the aged population of Russia. ... Boxer is a fictional horse from George Orwells Animal Farm. ...

Aftermath

This incident became known as the Battle of the Cowshed in the animals' history. The animals held a funeral for the dead sheep and declared her an "Animal Hero, Second Class". Snowball and Boxer were declared "Animal Hero, First Class". The animals found Mr. Jones' gun and kept it as a victory token to be fired on the anniversary of the Rebellion (Midsummer Day) and on the anniversary of the Battle of the Cowshed. Species See text. ...

Before the pig Napoleon's coup d'etat, his propaganda machine would attempt to rewrite history to make Napoleon the perpetual champion and savior of the animals, i.e. saying that it is Napoleon, not Snowball, who was responsible for the victory. Snowball was eventually said to have fought on Jones' side, and the battle was said to have be won by Napoleon, according to Napoleon's propaganda. Napoleon is a dick fictional character in George Orwells Animal Farm. ... Soviet Propaganda Poster during World War II. The text reads Red Army Fighter, SAVE US! Chinese propaganda poster from the time of the Cultural Revolution. ... History studies time in human terms. ...