March 16

• Debate of the commanders
• Frodo from the Morgai looks out over the camp to Mount Doom

March 17

• Battle of Dale
• King Brand and King Dáin Ironfoot fall
• Many Dwarves and Men take refuge in Erebor and are besieged
• Shagrat brings Frodo’s cloak, mail-shirt, and sword to Baraddûr

At the same time as the great armies besieged Minas Tirith a host of the allies of Sauron that had long threatened the borders of King Brand crossed the River Carnen, and Brand was driven back to Dale.

[The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B]

March 18

• The Host of the West marches from Minas Tirith
• Frodo comes in sight of the Isenmouthe; he is over-taken by Orcs on the road from Durthang to Udûn

March 19

• The Host comes to Morgul-vale
• Frodo and Samwise escape and begin their journey along the road to the Barad-dûr

March 22

• The dreadful nightfall
• Frodo and Samwise leave the road and turn south to Mount Doom
• Third assault on Lórien

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