Tolkien Gateway  Battle of the Thousand Caves  Battle of the
Thousand Caves Henning Janssen - Nauglamir and the Doom of
Thingol.jpg Conflict: Sack of Doriath Date: F.A. 503 Place: The
Elven city of Menegroth Outcome: Dwarven Victory  Elves of
Doriath  Dwarves from Nogrod     The entire strength of Doriath,
which hadn't participated in any battles since the beginning of
the First Age. Probably 30,000 Elves, although not all would've
been armed or trained[source?]  Unknown, Est. 20-40,000[source?]
Fairly heavy. Although the Dwarves wouldn't have slain all of
them, they did break in and sack Menegroth, leading us to
believe that the majority of the Elven Army was destroyed.
Probably upwards of 20,000[source?]  Heavy, Est. 10,000 or
more[source?]    [edit] Background  The Quest for the Silmaril
resulted the one of the Silmarils taken from the Iron Crown of
Morgoth by Beren and Lúthien, and it was later, after the
Hunting of the Wolf and the slaing of Carcharoth, given to Elu
Thingol of Doriath. It remained in t