Battle of Southbridge

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Battle of Southbridge
Part of the Sedan Rebellion
Date: 13th of the Amber Cold, 1811 Place: Southbridge, Holy Orenian Empire Result: Orenian Victory Belligerents Holy Orenian Empire: Holy Orenian Empire Principality of Sedan & Allies: Principality of Sedan The Metinan Company Commanders Peter d'Arkent, Duke of Sunholdt Iskander Basrid, Count of Susa Erik var Ruthern, Count of Kositz Alexander de Joannes, Baron of Ponce Lukas Castile, Count of Castile Henry Bishop Bernard de Salier Strength ~1,700 Infantry ~1,200 Infantry Casualties ~200 Dead or Wounded ~900 Dead or Wounded

Prelude

After the first initial skirmishes between the Principality of Sedan and the Holy Orenian Empire, Sedan leadership sought to score a victory over the forces of the Imperial State Army. It was soon discovered that a force of imperial infantry had been stationed at the imperial town of Southbridge near Eastfleet. Eager to engage the imperials in combat, the sedanite leadership called a rally that was roughly two-thousand-strong with contingents from House Bishop led by Henry Bishop and the Metinan Company led by Bernard de Salier. With the army assembled, they began the march to Southbridge. This force was placed under the command of Alexander de Joannes, who sent scouts ahead to evaluate the overall strength of the imperial garrison. After receiving word on a rough estimate of imperial numbers, Alexander concluded that an assault of the town itself would be unbeneficial and he would then draw up plans to lure the imperial army out of Southbridge and onto a nearby field. Unfortunately for the de Joannes rally, eight-hundred of Alexander's men faced various sicknesses which forced them to return to Sedan to recover. Despite this numerical loss, Alexander pressed on with the men he had.

Within the walls of Southbridge sat the imperial force, comprised of fifteen hundred soldiers of the Imperial State Army, two hundred men of the Rangers of Eastwood & a hundred auxiliary reinforcements from Redenford. The combined military force was led by the dual leadership of Iskander Basrid & Erik var Ruthern, both counts of the Empire. In addition, Caspian d'Arkent, a young ensign from the Imperial State Army was tasked with counter-spying on the location of the sedanite force leading up to the battle. Approximately two hours prior to the start of the battle, Caspian took a small detachment of four-hundred men to Redenford in order to watch for movement from the sedanites. Unfortunately for the detachment, a teenage elven sedanite spotted the imperial forces & was assumed to then alert Alexander and the other sedanite commanders of the imperial secondary location. After being spotting, Caspian ordered his detachment to return to Southbridge to await the main sedanite assault. On the march back, one hundred of Caspian's forces were lost, bringing the total count of the imperial rally down to seventeen hundred.