Battle of Andurien (3039)
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Battle of Andurien (3039) | |
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Conflict details | |
Part of | Andurien Secession |
Start Date | 10 June 3039 |
End Date | January 3040 |
Planet(s) | Andurien |
Result | Free Worlds League victory |
Territorial Changes | Duchy of Andurien surrender |
Attacking Forces | |
Affiliation | Free Worlds League |
Commanding Officer(s) | Captain-General Thomas Marik |
Command(s) | First Free Worlds Guards (Initial) Third Free Worlds Guards (September) Eleventh Atrean Dragoons (Initial) First Marik Militia (Initial) Tenth Marik Militia (September) First Fusiliers of Oriente (Initial) Second Fusiliers of Oriente (Initial) Stewart Dragoons' Home Guard (September) Eighth Orloff Grenadiers (September) First Regulan Hussars (Initial) Always Faithful (September) |
Defending Forces | |
Affiliation | Duchy of Andurien |
Commanding Officer(s) | Duchess Catherine Humphreys |
Command(s) | First Defenders of Andurien Third Defenders of Andurien Fourth Defenders of Andurien Fifth Defenders of Andurien Sixth Defenders of Andurien |
Other Forces | |
Prelude
Following the April 3039 surrender of Lurgatan, the Andurien Secession movement had been reduced to one unoccupied world, the capital Andurien.[1] Where previously the Duchy of Andurien forces had fall back worlds that spared the civilian centers the gruesome cost of heroic last stands, there was no such option any longer. From late April until 19 May the two factions held ComStar arbitrated peace talks in Terra's Geneva. Despite intransigence by both parties on particular points, Primus Myndo Waterly did succeed in securing agreements on ComStar-facilitated humanitarian supplies, involatile HPG and medical facilities, and civilian safe havens all protected by the newly revealed ComGuards. To underscore this Primus' point, both parties were invited to a demonstration of what the ComGuard's Star League technology-equipped force was capable of.[2]
With negotiations having failed, the invasion was slated to begin on 10 June. With the exception of the invasion of Tikonov in the Fourth Succession War, this was the largest military operation so far in the thirty-first century, and by the end of the campaign would involve more troops than any aside from the Battle of Tukkayid. Facing the League forces were all five Defenders of Andurien combined-arms units, who though they were bloodied were all hardened combat veterans at this point.[3]
Overview
Aftermath
References
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 77: "3039: The Year of Two Wars"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 79: "Andurien and Everything After"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, pp. 79-80: "Andurien (June 3039-January 3040)"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 80: "First Blood"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 80: "The Landings"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, pp. 80-81: "Bloody August"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 81: "Darnel Bridge Tri-Vidcast"
- ↑ '"Technical Readout: 3050 Upgrade, p. 188: "MON-66 Mongoose"
- ↑ Technical Readout: Succession War, p. 16: "MON-66 Mongoose"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, pp. 81-82: "The Next Step"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 82: "A Tale of Two Cities: Baroda and Jojoken"
- ↑ Phoenix Hawk Lore and Blueprint
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, pp. 82-83: "The Occupation"