Ambush at Crossed Elms
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The ambush at Crossed Elms struck Ser Criston Cole's troops as they crossed the riverlands on their way to Blackwater Bay during the Dance of the Dragons.
Men disguised as corpses rose against the green column in the village that gives the event its name, and twelve soldiers fell before the trick was uncovered.
Ambush of Criston Cole
Ser Criston Cole was marching south with what remained of his army, hoping to join the Reach's forces before reaching Blackwater Bay. The riverlands he crossed had been burned by their own people, who chose to torch crops and villages rather than leave them to the Greens, and many soldiers deserted or switched sides along the way.
At the village of Crossed Elms, the column was struck by men who until that moment had passed for bodies lying on the ground. Twelve green soldiers died before the rest realized the slaughter came not from the dead, but from a well-laid trap.
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Participants
Sides
the Blacks
the Greens
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Who was there
- Criston ColeSerAppears in Ambush of Criston Cole
No entry in the atlas: Black Trombo
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Forces and casualties
| Conflict | Dance of the Dragons |
|---|---|
| Strength of one side | Fewer than 3,600 soldiers |
| Strength of the other | 300 knights · 3,300 archers · 3,000 soldiers · Hundreds of Winter Wolves |
| Losses of the other | Unknown |
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The chronology of events
- Fire at Harrenhal
- Death of Laenor Velaryon
- Aemond Targaryen claims Vhagar
- Wedding of Daemon Targaryen and Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Wedding of Aegon Targaryen and Helaena Targaryen
- Execution of Vaemond Velaryon
- Dance of the Dragons
- Death of Viserys I
- Death of Lyman Beesbury
- Coronation of Aegon II
- Coronation of Rhaenyra I
- Duel of the Cargyll twins
- Blockade of Blackwater Bay
- Jacaerys Velaryon's mission to White Harbor
- Pact of Ice and Fire
- Death of Lucerys Velaryon
- Blood and Cheese
- March of the Winter Wolves
- Capture of Harrenhal
- Battle of the Burning Mill
- Capture of Stone Hedge
- Sack of Duskendale
- Battle at Rook's Rest
- Sowing of the Seeds
- Capture of the Gay Abandon
- Battle of the Gullet
- Battle of the Honeywine
- Fall of King's Landing
- Dalton Greyjoy's raids on the Westerlands
- Battle by the Lakeshore
- Ambush at Crossed Elms
- Butcher's Ball
- Battle of the Red Fork
- Battle of Acorn Hall
- Siege of Longtable
- Sack of Bitterbridge
- First Battle of Tumbleton
- Arrest of Addam Velaryon and imprisonment of Corlys Velaryon
- Fall of Dragonstone
- Taking of Maidenpool by Daemon Targaryen
- Aemond Targaryen's reprisals in the Riverlands
- Battle Above the Gods Eye
- Death of Helaena Targaryen
- King's Landing Riots
- Storming of the Dragonpit
- Rhaenyra's flight to Duskendale
- Second Battle of Tumbleton
- Retaking of Rook's Rest
- Death of Rhaenyra Targaryen
- Moon of the Three Kings
- Borros Baratheon's seizure of King's Landing
- Battle of the Kingsroad
- Death of Aegon II
- Wedding of Aegon III and Jaehaera Targaryen
- Coronation of Aegon III
- Hour of the Wolf
- Battle of the Redgrass Field
- Ashford Tourney
- Trial of Seven at Ashford
- Great Spring Sickness
- Coronation of Aerys I
- and 107 more in the index