Yup, and The Unfinished Tales I think implies that the Orecs were practically wiped out themselves and soon chased off my Woodmen and Wood-Elves, who came on the scene.
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The hoes unrecked in the fields were flung, __ and fallen ladders in the long grass lay __ of the lush orchards; every tree there turned __ its tangled head and eyed them secretly, __ and the ears listened of the nodding grasses; __ though noontide glowed on land and leaf, __ their limbs were chilled.
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