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|date=Early [[2537]], before July 27<ref name="enc272">'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]''', ''page 272'' (2011)</ref>

|place=[[New Harmony]]<ref name="page83"/>

|result=Strategic [[UNSC]] victory<ref name="enc299">'''Halo Encyclopedia''', ''page 299'' (2011)</ref>

*Discovery of [[Covenant]] shipyard [[K7-49]]<ref name="page83"/>

|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]<ref name="page83"/>

|side2=[[Covenant]]<ref name="page83"/>

|commanders1=[[Danforth Whitcomb]]<ref name="enc299"/>

|forces1=*{{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}}<ref name="page83"/>

*Other [[UNSC Navy|naval]] forces<ref name="enc299"/>

|forces2=*At least one [[Covenant frigate|frigate]]<ref name="page83"/>

*Other [[Covenant fleet|fleet]] elements<ref name="enc299"/>

The '''Battle of New Harmony'''<ref name="page83"/> was an engagement between the [[United Nations Space Command]] and the [[Covenant]] during the [[Human-Covenant War]] on the [[human]] [[Human colonies|colony]] world of [[New Harmony]]. It took place in the first half of [[2537]], prior to July 27.<ref name="enc272"/>

During the battle, [[Danforth Whitcomb]] led [[UNSC Navy]] forces into battle, securing one of the few UNSC naval victories of the Covenant War.<ref name="enc299"/> In the battle, [[prowler]] {{UNSCShip|Razor's Edge}} managed to attach a [[telemetry probe]] to a retreating [[Covenant frigate]], allowing the prowler to track the ship and locate [[K7-49]], an [[asteroid]] serving as a major Covenant shipyard. This subsequently led to the strategic, though costly, victory during [[Operation: PROMETHEUS]].<ref name="page83"/>

While the Battle of New Harmony was one of the few naval victories for the UNSC, the engagement has also been referred to as the '''fall of New Harmony'''. As the battle resulted in [[civilian]] casualties on New Harmony,<ref name="kat"/> the Covenant may have proved victorious on the world's surface.

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[[Category:UNSC Victories|New Harmony]]