Battle of Ord Mantell (Mandalorian Wars)

"Mandalorian Neo-Crusaders broke through the Republic lines and invaded Taris; skirted the Republic border to attack Ithor, Ord Mantell, and the Zabrak worlds around Iridonia: blasted the border world of Eres III."

- From Vilnau Teupt's "Industry, Honor, Savagery: Shaping the Mandalorian Soul", 24 ABY

A battle occured on the planet of Ord Mantell during the Mandalorian Wars. In 3,963 BBY, the Mandalorians began their full assault on Galactic Republic territory, attacking then spreading out from their victory at the planet of Taris. One of their invasion corridors brought them through the Zongorlu star system, where they also won. Afterward, the advancing fleet split between those that would attack the planet of Ithor and tthe raiders of Ord Mantell, who conquered their planet. The Mandalorians moved on from Ord Mantell to take the planet of Iridonia.

In 24 ABY, Vilnau Teupt delivered the keynote address at the four-hundred-twelfth Proceedings of Galactic Anthropology and History, in which he speechified on the Mandalorian race's development, mentioning Mandalorian Triumph and the battle at Ord Mantell during his overview of the Mandalorian War.

Behind the scenes
The battle was first referenced in The Essential Atlas. It was marked on a galactic map showing the course of the Mandalorian Wars rather than described in prose. In the Atlas, the Bright Jewel system was denoted as the "Ord Mantell system" after the planet of Ord Mantell, which it contained. The battle was later mentioned in 2012's The Essential Guide to Warfare, which established that it took place on the planet of Ord Mantell.