Difference between revisions of "Battle of Hippo's Gorge"
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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
Following the Covenant's defeat at Westmark, the Captain-General of Veletz announced a southern offensive [https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/232431-persecute-punish-persist-warclaim-for-the-southern-offensive/?tab=comments#comment-2016290] aiming to establish a foothold within the domain of a Grand Covenent member state. | Following the Covenant's defeat at Westmark, the Captain-General of Veletz announced a southern offensive [https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/232431-persecute-punish-persist-warclaim-for-the-southern-offensive/?tab=comments#comment-2016290] aiming to establish a foothold within the domain of a Grand Covenent member state. | ||
| − | The allied armies of [[League of Veletz|Veletz]], the [[The Iron Horde|Iron Horde]], and [[Principality of Stassion|Stassion]] navigated southward across the [[Commonwealth of the Petra|Petra]] via the Constance River before continuing on foot | + | The allied armies of [[League of Veletz|Veletz]], the [[The Iron Horde|Iron Horde]], and [[Principality of Stassion|Stassion]] navigated southward across the [[Commonwealth of the Petra|Petra]] via the Constance River before continuing on foot towards the rural easternmost reaches of [[Kingdom of Balian|Balian]]. |
The Grand Covenant had regrouped those who survived Westmark to persue the opposing offensive and replenished their forces in the southern canonist Kingdom. In preparation for the battle, Balianese & Covenant engineers built palisades & dug ditches surrounding their camp. | The Grand Covenant had regrouped those who survived Westmark to persue the opposing offensive and replenished their forces in the southern canonist Kingdom. In preparation for the battle, Balianese & Covenant engineers built palisades & dug ditches surrounding their camp. | ||
==Battle== | ==Battle== | ||
| − | + | Upon the southern expedition's arrival in Balianite territory, they were confronted by a larger enemy force that had adopted similar tactics to those which had previously defeated it at Westmark, mobilizing all of its troops on horseback, except for a small contingent of 500 militia. | |
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| + | The Grand Covenant's defending army stood within a peninsula, fortified by ditches and palisades. This defense point only had four entrances which faced the emerging Veletzian and allied troops. Behind the Covenant's camp, a shore and a costal archipelago, adding a protection to the rear. | ||
| + | This defensive layout ensured that the expeditionary force would have to launch a frontal assault, an innovation from the previous battle where Covenant forces found themselves surrounded and attacked from all sides by a numerically weaker foe. | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 9 January 2024
The Battle of Hippo's Gorge also called the Battle of Crimson Banks was a pitched field battle fought between the Grand Covenant and the League of Veletz & their Allies during the Aevos Coalition War, ending with the total rout of the Veletzian expeditionary force.
Prelude
Following the Covenant's defeat at Westmark, the Captain-General of Veletz announced a southern offensive [1] aiming to establish a foothold within the domain of a Grand Covenent member state. The allied armies of Veletz, the Iron Horde, and Stassion navigated southward across the Petra via the Constance River before continuing on foot towards the rural easternmost reaches of Balian.
The Grand Covenant had regrouped those who survived Westmark to persue the opposing offensive and replenished their forces in the southern canonist Kingdom. In preparation for the battle, Balianese & Covenant engineers built palisades & dug ditches surrounding their camp.
Battle
Upon the southern expedition's arrival in Balianite territory, they were confronted by a larger enemy force that had adopted similar tactics to those which had previously defeated it at Westmark, mobilizing all of its troops on horseback, except for a small contingent of 500 militia.
The Grand Covenant's defending army stood within a peninsula, fortified by ditches and palisades. This defense point only had four entrances which faced the emerging Veletzian and allied troops. Behind the Covenant's camp, a shore and a costal archipelago, adding a protection to the rear. This defensive layout ensured that the expeditionary force would have to launch a frontal assault, an innovation from the previous battle where Covenant forces found themselves surrounded and attacked from all sides by a numerically weaker foe.
Aftermath
WIP
