evidence: The First Battle of Heglig was a military campaign of South Sudan that gave rise to the 2012 South Sudan–Sudan border conflict. Conflict [edit]On March 26, the Republic of Sudan claimed that South Sudan attacked the Heglig oilfield, located in the Sudanese state of South Kordofan, while South Sudan claimed that it was acting in self-defence after an attack on its territory.[1] [...] South Sudanese troops were ordered by their government to disengage and withdraw from the disputed area on 28 March. Dead bodies and destroyed vehicles lay strewn in Heglig, the oilfield where the bloody battles took place.[2] Three bodies were identified as South Sudanese soldiers, while a tank as well as 4 pickup trucks were destroyed.[3]