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{{Campaignbox Animal Farm}}
{{Infobox fictional conflict
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|date=], year unspecified.
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|casus=Animalist Rebellion
|image=]
|caption=<small>Screenshot from ]<small>
|result=Decisive Animalist victory<br>Abandonment of ]' claim to Animal Farm.
|combatant1= ] Animal Farm
|combatant2= ] Manor Farm<br>
Foxwood volunteers<br>
Pinchfield volunteers<br>
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One flock of ]<br>
One ]<br>
One herd of ]<br>
One ]<br>
One ]<br>
One ]<br>
One ]<br>
''Possibly more unspecified animals''
|strength2= Five Manor men<br>
Six Foxwood/Pinchfield volunteers<br>
|casualties1=One dead sheep<br>
One injured pig
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''This article is about the fictional battle in the novel Animal Farm. It is not to be confused with the ] in the American Revolution.''

The '''Battle of the Cowshed''' is a fictional battle from the ] '']'' by ]. With events in ''Animal Farm'' about a bunch of animals in a farm but really mirroring those of the ], the battle represents the allied invasion of 1918<ref>Peter Hobley Davison, ''George Orwell'' (1996), 161.</ref> and defeat of the White Russians in the ].<ref>Peter Edgerly Firchow, ''Modern Utopian Fictions from H.G. Wells to Iris Murdoch'' (2008), 102.</ref>

At the beginning of the book, the animals of the Manor Farm succeeded in turning the farm owner, Mr. Jones, who was very mean to them, 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 ] as foreseen by ] (a pig) who was the leader at the time. Indeed, on one October 12, ] 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, ], and ]. 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 ], a horse, and appeared dead, but it turned out he had only been stunned and promptly fled.

==Aftermath==
This incident became known as the ''Battle of the Cowshed'' in the animals' history. The animals held a funeral for the dead ] 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.

Before the pig ]'s coup d'etat, his ] machine would attempt to rewrite ] 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.

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