Сильмариллион
Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin
Thereafteritsnamewaschanged,anditwascalledAnfauglith,theGaspingDustManycharredboneshadtheretheirrooflessgrave;formanyoftheNoldorperishedinthatburning,whowerecaughtbytherunningflameandcouldnotflytothehills.TheheightsofDorthonionandEredWethrinheldbackthefierytorrents,buttheirwoodsupontheslopesthatlookedtowardsAngbandwereallkindled,andthesmokewroughtconfusionamongthedefenders.Thusbeganthefourthofthegreatbattles,DagorBragollach,theBattleofSuddenFlame.
InthefrontofthatfirecameGlaurungthegolden,fatherofdragons,inhisfullmight;andinhistrainwereBalrogs,andbehindthemcametheblackarmiesoftheOrcsinmultitudessuchastheNoldorhadneverbeforeseenorimagined.AndtheyassaultedthefortressesoftheNoldor,andbroketheleagueraboutAngband,andslewwherevertheyfoundthemtheNoldorandtheirallies.Grey-elvesandMen.ManyofthestoutestofthefoesofMorgothweredestroyedinthefirstdaysofthatwar,bewilderedanddispersedandunabletomustertheirstrength.WarceasednotwhollyeveragaininBeleriand;buttheBattleofSuddenFlameisheldtohaveendedwiththecomingofspring,whentheonslaughtofMorgothgrewless.
ThusendedtheSiegeofAngband;andthefoesofMorgothwerescatteredandsunderedonefromanother.
