Battle on the Ice (Battle of Lake Peipus)

Timeline

1. 1240–1242Pskov · PskovIn 1240 the Livonian side captured Izborsk and at one point controlled Pskov. After his victory on the Neva, Alexander at one point left Novgorod, was promptly recalled, and in the winter of 1241–1242 recovered Velikiye Luki and Pskov, then advanced to the Estonian frontier.
2. 1242Ice of Lake Peipus (Chud) · Lake PeipusAfter setbacks at outposts near Dorpat, Alexander chose the Lake Peipus line for the decisive battle. On 5 April the Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal forces defeated the Livonian Order and the troops of Herman, Bishop of Dorpat. Both the Rus' chronicles and the Livonian Rhymed Chronicle record this defeat, though their tactical details are brief and were later literary embellished.
3. 1242Narva River–Lake Peipus line · Baltic SeaThe Order failed to retake Pskov, and the crusader advance into the Novgorod hinterland was checked. Thereafter the Narva River and Lake Peipus long served as a stable boundary between Orthodox Novgorod and Catholic Livonia.