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Line 15: ====The Wars of Reaving==== ====The Wars of Reaving==== − During the assault against Clan Coyote holdings on [[Glory (system)|Glory]] in December 3071 the Uhlans along with the rest of Gamma Galaxy accompanied Kindraa Mattila-Carrol of Clan Fire Mandrill in a joint operation.<ref name="WORp62">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 62</ref> + During the assault against Clan Coyote holdings on [[Glory]] in December 3071 the Uhlans along with the rest of Gamma Galaxy accompanied Kindraa Mattila-Carrol of Clan Fire Mandrill in a joint operation.<ref name="WORp62">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 62</ref> In March of 3073 the Uhlans as part of Gamma Galaxy landed on [[Foster]] in an attempt to relieve the siege of the Scorpion enclave of Pillar Prime. Kyrie Ben-Shimon ordered the Cluster to make a charge on the southern flank of the besieging Clan Coyote forces. While the Sixteenth Scorpion Dragoons and the Third Cuirassiers fought off a Coyote air attack the Uhlans and the rest of Gamma pursued the retreating ground forces. The Coyotes fell back to a terrain of broken forest where they turned to face their pursuers. Close quarter fighting broke out and the Coyotes were reinforced by ProtoMechs and BattleMechs of two additional Clusters. Slowly the Uhlans were whittled down until they found themselves overwhelmed. Kyrie Ben-Shimon was killed in this fighting and the Galaxy was forced to retreat off planet with heavy loss.<ref name=WoR124>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 124: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref> In March of 3073 the Uhlans as part of Gamma Galaxy landed on [[Foster]] in an attempt to relieve the siege of the Scorpion enclave of Pillar Prime. Kyrie Ben-Shimon ordered the Cluster to make a charge on the southern flank of the besieging Clan Coyote forces. While the Sixteenth Scorpion Dragoons and the Third Cuirassiers fought off a Coyote air attack the Uhlans and the rest of Gamma pursued the retreating ground forces. The Coyotes fell back to a terrain of broken forest where they turned to face their pursuers. Close quarter fighting broke out and the Coyotes were reinforced by ProtoMechs and BattleMechs of two additional Clusters. Slowly the Uhlans were whittled down until they found themselves overwhelmed. Kyrie Ben-Shimon was killed in this fighting and the Galaxy was forced to retreat off planet with heavy loss.<ref name=WoR124>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 124: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref>
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| − | During the assault against Clan Coyote holdings on [[ | + | During the assault against Clan Coyote holdings on [[Glory]] in December 3071 the Uhlans along with the rest of Gamma Galaxy accompanied Kindraa Mattila-Carrol of Clan Fire Mandrill in a joint operation.<ref name="WORp62">''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 62</ref> |
In March of 3073 the Uhlans as part of Gamma Galaxy landed on [[Foster]] in an attempt to relieve the siege of the Scorpion enclave of Pillar Prime. Kyrie Ben-Shimon ordered the Cluster to make a charge on the southern flank of the besieging Clan Coyote forces. While the Sixteenth Scorpion Dragoons and the Third Cuirassiers fought off a Coyote air attack the Uhlans and the rest of Gamma pursued the retreating ground forces. The Coyotes fell back to a terrain of broken forest where they turned to face their pursuers. Close quarter fighting broke out and the Coyotes were reinforced by ProtoMechs and BattleMechs of two additional Clusters. Slowly the Uhlans were whittled down until they found themselves overwhelmed. Kyrie Ben-Shimon was killed in this fighting and the Galaxy was forced to retreat off planet with heavy loss.<ref name=WoR124>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 124: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref> | In March of 3073 the Uhlans as part of Gamma Galaxy landed on [[Foster]] in an attempt to relieve the siege of the Scorpion enclave of Pillar Prime. Kyrie Ben-Shimon ordered the Cluster to make a charge on the southern flank of the besieging Clan Coyote forces. While the Sixteenth Scorpion Dragoons and the Third Cuirassiers fought off a Coyote air attack the Uhlans and the rest of Gamma pursued the retreating ground forces. The Coyotes fell back to a terrain of broken forest where they turned to face their pursuers. Close quarter fighting broke out and the Coyotes were reinforced by ProtoMechs and BattleMechs of two additional Clusters. Slowly the Uhlans were whittled down until they found themselves overwhelmed. Kyrie Ben-Shimon was killed in this fighting and the Galaxy was forced to retreat off planet with heavy loss.<ref name=WoR124>''The Wars of Reaving'', p. 124: "Scorpion Gambit"</ref> | ||