Battle of Rubern

Battle of Rubern Part of the Rubern War An Orenian Calvary Charge, 1756 Date: 15th of Owyn’s Flame, 1756 Location: Rubern, Province of Rubern Result: Orenian Victory Preceded by: Battle of Krasna Belligerents Holy Orenian Empire: Holy Orenian Empire Alliance of Independent States: Arch-Duchy of Suffonia Al-Faiz Union of Renelia-Gladewynn Commanders and Leaders Holy Orenian Empire: Peter Baldwin d'Arkent Octavian Vimmark-Roussard Alliance of Independent States: Unknown Renalian Commander Strength Holy Orenian Empire: 1000 Orenian Infantry, 200 Orenian Cavalry Alliance of Independent States: 300 Suffonian Infantry, 200 Renalian Infantry, 200 Qalasheen Infantry Casualties Holy Orenian Empire: ~100 Dead, ~50 Wounded Alliance of Independent States: ~700 Dead, ~100 Wounded

The Battle of Rubern was the final major skirmish of The Rubern War in which Orenian forces led by Captain Peter d'Arkent & Lieutenant Octavian Vimmark-Roussard engaged a growing alliance force on the eastern borders of The Empire. The battle lasted for approximately two hours & gained The Holy Orenian Empire a decisive victory over The Alliance of Independent States.

Prelude

Since the start of the Rubern War, defensive military outposts dotted the roads of the Orenian countryside. Seldom were the towers used & coming into the year 1755, a new base of operations for the Orenian cavalry brigade was planned to replace one of these inefficient structures. Demolishonists & engineers began work in the spring of 1756. Word of the construction project soon reached the ears of the A.I.S which prompted them to begin mobilizing. As Alliance troops moved to Rubern to rally, an Orenian engineer spotted a unit of Suffonain scouts & alerted the Imperial State Army. An Orenian Cavalry unit was swiftly deployed to the location of the construction site to evacuate the engineers back to Helena. During this time, Al-Faiz answered the alliance call & sent two-hundred archers to reinforce the growing A.I.S force. Meanwhile, Oren was able to rally one thousand-two hundred soldiers to combat the enemy force. On the eve of the 15th of Owyn's Flame, the imperial army marched out on the highway to engage the alliance men.

Battle

The armies came face to face on the eastern highway, in front of the construction project that the alliance men were first spotted from. Ranks were quickly formed on each side & the battle was on. Barrages of arrows were exchanged and the imperial cavalry led by Captain Peter Baldwin d'Arkent charged into the fray shortly afterward, driving the alliance men back up the highway, starting a chance. The imperials pursued their fleeing enemies, continuing to push them all the way back to the fields of Rubern.

At this point, the alliance had already lost fair numbers & their forces were spread in a thin line from the walls of Rubern down to the river. Taking advantage of their superior numbers, the imperials launched a final charge into the alliance numbers. Both sets of infantry clashed one last time as an imperial cavalry flank was sent behind alliance lines, blocking a path of retreat and slaughtering the Qalasheen archers. Fighting continued for another hour until the majority of the alliance force laid dead upon the ruberni landscape. Only around a hundred alliance soldiers were able to get back Rubern to shut the gate & hide. The imperial body count sat very low at the conclusion of the battle with an estimated hundred deaths.

Aftermath

Even though The Battle of Rubern was not an overwhelming victory for The Holy Orenian Empire, it increased morale throughout Orenian lands while demoralizing the alliance factions that lost men in the skirmish. Later the success of the Orenian leadership during the engagement served as one of the many reasons for the knighting of Octavian Vimmark & Peter Baldwin.