Show war or natural history if you think the battle 0 of f the herrings was a great nav naval al engagement ga or that the pig war was a matter ot of barnyard politics you are mistaken according to the national geographic society the battle of the herrings was fought in the fifteenth century between english and french forces when the latter were besieging the french town of orleans the fish name was given the battle because the english were attempting to trans transport port lenten supplies of herring to their troops when the french intercepted them As to the pig war this term has been applied to the tariff struggle between austria and serbia in the early arising out of differences concerning the export of serbian pigs across austrian territory |