6th St. Ives Lancers

Brigade Insignia of the St. Ives Armored Cavalry
Sixth St. Ives Lancers
Formed 2784
Disbanded Destroyed during the Second Succession War[1]
Nickname Gale Force
Affiliation Capellan Confederation
Parent Command St. Ives Armored Cavalry

History[edit]

The Sixth St. Ives Lancers officially formed alongside the Seventh St. Ives Lancers in 2784, but their origins lay in an older command, the 265th Mechanized Infantry Division.[2] The 265th was originally a part of XLVIII Corps within the Star League Defense Force Seventeenth Army,[3] In 2775 the Capellan Confederation managed to woo a regiment's-worth of SLDF personnel away from the 265th and into service with the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces, and in 2784 those personnel formed the base for both the Sixth and Seventh Lancers.[2]

Second Succession War[edit]

In mid-2828 Capellan Confederation Armed Forces units attacked Mendham, with the First Centauri Guards and Sixth St. Ives Lancers surprising both the Fourteenth Syrtis Fusiliers and the other major defending unit, the Twenty-sixth Avalon Hussars. Despite their initial surprise at the attack, which was part of Operation CELT - an offensive aimed at recapturing Chesterton - the two AFFS units fought back hard, making a number of attempts to crush the CCAF landing zone at Munnings. Although the two AFFS regiments couldn't overwhelm the entrenched forces in the landing zone, they did prevent the Guards and Sentinels from breaking out, and all four units were battered by the time the CCAF units withdrew in late June.[4]

Officers[edit]

Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of the 6th St. Ives Lancers

Tactics[edit]

Unknown.

Composition History[edit]

2786 - 2821[edit]

Sixth St. Ives Lancers (Regiment/Regular/Reliable)[5]

- At this point in time the Sixth was an assault-weight regiment operating at full strength and was based on Kittery.[5]In 2821 the command was operating at just over one-third strength and was based on Shoreham.[5]

2830[edit]

6th St Ives Lancers (Regiment/Regular/Fanatical) [1]

Note: At this point in time the assault-weight unit was stationed on Shoreham with an operational readiness of 89 percent. [1] The unit was destroyed during the war. [1]


References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Second Succession War, p. 96
  2. 2.0 2.1 First Succession War, p. 32, "Those Left Behind"
  3. The Star League, p. 155, "Seventeenth Army
  4. Second Succession War, p. 24, "The Suns-Confederation Front"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 First Succession War, p. 136, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces (CCAF)"

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