First Battle of Brega

First Battle of Brega
Part of Libyan Civil War

Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Brega
Date2 March 2011
Location
Brega, Libya
Result

Anti-Gaddafi victory[1]

  • Pro-Gaddafi forces fail to recapture Brega
Belligerents

Libya Anti-Gaddafi forces

Libya Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Commanders and leaders
Libya Bashir Abdel-Qader[2]
Libya Khaled Kowati[3]		 Libya Muammar Gaddafi
Strength
300-350 combatants
One tank
Dozens of technicals		 200-400 combatants
Two fighter jets
50 technicals
120mm artillery
Casualties and losses
14 killed[4]
12 captured[5]
28 wounded[6]		 2[2]-10 killed
4 captured
1 F1 shot down[3]

The First Battle of Brega[7] was fought during the Libyan Civil War. It began when pro-Gaddafi government troops attacked the city, held by the National Transitional Council, in the early hours of 2 March 2011.

  1. ^ Schemm, Paul (2 March 2011). "Libya Rebels Rout Gaddafi Forces In Fierce Battle For Oil Port". The Huffington Post. Brega. Associated Press. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Live Blog - Libya March 2 | Al Jazeera Blogs". Al Jazeera. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  3. ^ a b Potter, Mitch (2 March 2011). "The Star in Libya: Rebels quash Gadhafi raid". The Toronto Star. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  4. ^ Simpson, John (3 March 2011). "Libya revolt: Rebels say no talks unless Gaddafi goes". BBC News. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  5. ^ Sengupta, Kim (3 March 2011). "Gaddafi's men poised to strike at Benghazi". The Independent. El Agheila. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ^ Dehghanpisheh, Babak (4 March 2011). "Inside Libya's Rebel Movement". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  7. ^ Hill, Evan (3 March 2011). "The battle for Brega". Al Jazeera. Brega. Retrieved 13 March 2011.