Invasion of Hithlum

About one hundred years after Dagor Aglareb, Hithlum seemed to the Enemy an easier target than the realm of Maedhros. A small number of Orcs went south to the Firth of Drengist and turned to the east. But spies saw them in time, and Fingon, using but a small part of his people, fell from the hills on them at the head of the Firth to drive them back into the sea. This victory proved to the Enemy that the Orcs were inadequate against the Noldor.