how histrical Correct are naval landigns under attack?

[Meraun]

So far i only know about one Battle when Ceasar attack Britannia.

The tribes attacked his troops while thy were landing. But the Ships fired
with catapluts and pushed the tribes back. As far as i know.

Anyone knows about any other Naval Landings under attack?
(of course there were plenty of landings with an enemy in histiory)

[joker8765]

Not a perfect example by any stretch of the imagination but the Battle of Marathon is another

[Marcus Aemilius Lepidus]

Not a perfect example by any stretch of the imagination but the Battle of Marathon is another

If i remember correct the landing was before the battle. Only the fight after the battle seems to be near the ships.

[joker8765]

If i remember correct the landing was before the battle. Only the fight after the battle seems to be near the ships.

That is indeed true however it sprang to mind as one of the more famous battles from antiquity that fit this scenario other than of course Caesars landing in Britain and as I said in my original post it is by no means a perfect example of this at all, though it is closer than most that i can recall

[Ichon]

Landings just on random beaches under attack seem fairly rare because there is usually miles of coastline but around sieges there are many examples. Hopefully if an army landing from fleet into another army ZoC the fight won't necessarily be right on the beach but up a ways with the fleet in the background just off the edge of the battlefield since it would take the nearby army at least a few hours to mobilize to move to the landing site and the landing commander wouldn't want to fight with his back to the sea on low ground.

[weirdoascensor]

Its more of Joint Naval Blockade - Landroute Siege than Amphibious Assaults in the times of antiquity...

[Sol Invictus]

I guess the assault on Syracuse in 213 B.C.during the Second Punic War would be one example, though it failed and an assault from the landward side was needed to capture the city the fallowing year. Not really a landing under fire but a similar situation.

[Manningham]

When Alexander besieged Tyr there was a good deal of joint naval/infantry action. A causeway had to be built from the mainland to the island fortress of the city.. ships were used to defend the soldiers and laborers - from what I understand, Hernan Cortez did something similar when attacking Tenochtitlan centuries later.

In general, assaults from the sea in the Normandy-style didn't happen because of the disadvantage that presented to the attacking army. Far better to unload further away, organize, then march to battle.

As for Caesar in Britain.. if I remember correctly then he was struggling to find a suitable place to unload and operating on very loose intelligence. He had lost some ships in the Channel and I think he decided it was impossible to avoid some confrontation with the Celtic force tracking his movements from the shore. There was a small engagement on the beach involving chariots, but as stated before, greater action occurred the next year after and a bit further inland, following an unopposed landing. If you haven't already, read Caesar's The Gallic Wars! Great read.

Still.. the landings CA is making sound cool

[PROMETHEUS ts]

Well the Siege of Syracuse is another example ...

[FREDREX]

During the Alexander invasion on Anatolia, there where some cases of persian disembarks on Alexanders rearguard, also remember the siego of tyre, etc