Battle of the Bells

The Battle of the Bells was a battle fought during Robert's Rebellion between the royalist and rebel forces. It was fought at Stoney Sept in the Riverlands. It was called Battle of the Bells because at the beginning of the battle the sept tolled the city bells to warn the citizens of the battle and to persuade them to stay in their houses. The battle was won by the rebel army, although the royals were able to retreat in good order.

In the books
Sometime after the defeat at the Battle of Ashford, Robert Baratheon was wounded while attempting to rejoin his Tully, Stark and Arryn allies in the Riverlands. He hid from his enemies in the town of Stoney Sept. King Aerys' new Hand, Jon Connington, arrived with a royalist army to crush the rebllion by killing Robert. Connington ordered his men to search the town, confident of victory. However, the villagers hid Robert from him and a combined Tully-Stark army arrived to assist Robert, commanded by Eddard Stark and Hoster Tully. Connington fought back fiercely, even managing to slay Jon Arryn's cousin and heir, Denys Arryn. Soon after, Robert himself joined the battle, emerging from a brothel where he had been hiding and killed Rhaegar Targaryen's former squire and friend Myles Mooton. Connington even fought Robert in single combat and was nearly slain by the rebel lord. The tide of the battle turned, and Connington realized his easy victory was turning into a rout, and was able to retreat in good order. Though many claim that Robert entering the battle and killing Mooton turned the tide, Robert always said that Eddard's arrival was the turning point.

Jon Connington's defeat enraged King Aerys, who had Connington exiled and seized his lands for his failure to deal with rebels. However, this defeat forced King Aerys to realize that Robert was no mere outlaw lord to be crushed at whim, but the greatest threat House Targaryen had faced since Daemon Blackfyre. At the Battle of the Trident the rebels were on the North bank. Robert was fleeing North when trapped in Stoney Sept. After the battle King Aerys sent Jonothor Darry and Barristan Selmy to Stoney Sept to rally what they could of the loyalist forces.