First Battle of Brega

First Battle of Brega
	Part of Libyan Civil War
	; Anti-Gaddafi rebels in Brega
Date	2 March 2011
Location	Brega, Libya
Result	Anti-Gaddafi victory Pro-Gaddafi forces fail to recapture Brega;
Belligerents
Anti-Gaddafi forces National Liberation Army;	Armed forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Commanders and leaders
Bashir Abdel-Qader; Khaled Kowati	Muammar Gaddafi
Strength
300-350 combatants; One tank; Dozens of technicals	200-400 combatants; Two fighter jets; 50 technicals; 120mm artillery
Casualties and losses
14 killed; 12 captured; 28 wounded	2-10 killed; 4 captured; 1 F1 shot down

The First Battle of Brega was fought during the Libyan Civil War. It began when pro-Gaddafi government troops attacked the city, held by the National Transitional Council, in the early hours of 2 March 2011.

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