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<tr><td colspan=2 Style="background-color: #cbe; color: #000; text-align: center;">'''Belligerents'''</td></tr>
 
<tr><td colspan=2 Style="background-color: #cbe; color: #000; text-align: center;">'''Belligerents'''</td></tr>
 
<tr><td width=50% Style="border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> '''Holy Orenian Empire:''' <br> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Holy Orenian Empire]] </td>
 
<tr><td width=50% Style="border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> '''Holy Orenian Empire:''' <br> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Holy Orenian Empire]] </td>
     <td width=50%> '''The Tripartite Accord:''' <br> [[File:Urguan Emblem.png|20px]] [[Grand Kingdom of Urguan]] <br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Haense]] <br> [[File:ferrymen.png|20px]] [[The Ferrymen]]
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     <td width=50%> '''The Tripartite Accord:''' <br> [[File:Urguan Emblem.png|20px]] [[Grand Kingdom of Urguan]] <br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] [[Kingdom of Haense]] <br> [[File:ferrymen.png|20px]] [[The Ferrymen]] [[File:VanAert|20px]] [[House van Aert|County of Blackvale]]
  
 
<tr><td colspan=2 Style="background-color: #cbe; color: #000; text-align: center;">'''Commanders'''</td></tr>
 
<tr><td colspan=2 Style="background-color: #cbe; color: #000; text-align: center;">'''Commanders'''</td></tr>
 
<tr><td width=50% Style="border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Philip III]] <br> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Erik var Ruthern, Count of Kositz|General Erik var Ruthern]] <br> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Robert Archibald Galbraith, Baron of Rivia|Major Robert Galbraith]]
 
<tr><td width=50% Style="border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Philip III, Holy Orenian Emperor|Emperor Philip III]] <br> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Erik var Ruthern, Count of Kositz|General Erik var Ruthern]] <br> [[File:OrenianFlag.png|20px]] [[Robert Archibald Galbraith, Baron of Rivia|Major Robert Galbraith]]
     <td width=50%> [[File:Urguan Emblem.png|20px]] Grand King Ulfric Frostbeard <br> [[File:Urguan Emblem.png|20px]] Grand Marshal Volden Frostbeard<br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] [[Sigismund III of Haense|King Sigismund III]] <br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] Lord Marshal Johann Barclay <br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] Field Marshal Ailred var Ruthern ✝ <br> [[File:ferrymen.png|20px]] Basiyl "Banjo" Mareno
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     <td width=50%> [[File:Urguan Emblem.png|20px]] Grand King Ulfric Frostbeard <br> [[File:Urguan Emblem.png|20px]] Grand Marshal Volden Frostbeard<br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] [[Sigismund III of Haense|King Sigismund III]] <br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] Lord Marshal Johann Barclay <br> [[File:BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png|20px]] Field Marshal Ailred var Ruthern ✝ <br> [[File:ferrymen.png|20px]] Basiyl "Banjo" Mareno <br> [[File:VanAert|20px]] [[Gaspard van Aert|Count Gaspard]]
 
<tr><td colspan=2 Style="background-color: #cbe; color: #000; text-align: center;">'''Strength'''</td></tr>
 
<tr><td colspan=2 Style="background-color: #cbe; color: #000; text-align: center;">'''Strength'''</td></tr>
 
<tr><td width=50% Style="border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> ~8,600 Infantry </td>    <td width=50%> ~16,200 Infantry
 
<tr><td width=50% Style="border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> ~8,600 Infantry </td>    <td width=50%> ~16,200 Infantry

Revision as of 22:01, 9 January 2022

Battle of Stone Tower
Part of the Urguani-Orenian War

SiegeofSouthbridge.jpg


Date: 10th of Sun's Smile, 54 S.A.
Place: Southbridge, Holy Orenian Empire
Result: Decisive Tripartite Victory
Preceded by: Battle in New Providence
Followed by: Most Recent
Belligerents
Holy Orenian Empire:
OrenianFlag.png Holy Orenian Empire
The Tripartite Accord:
Urguan Emblem.png Grand Kingdom of Urguan
BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png Kingdom of Haense
ferrymen.png The Ferrymen 20px County of Blackvale
Commanders
OrenianFlag.png Emperor Philip III
OrenianFlag.png General Erik var Ruthern
OrenianFlag.png Major Robert Galbraith
Urguan Emblem.png Grand King Ulfric Frostbeard
Urguan Emblem.png Grand Marshal Volden Frostbeard
BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png King Sigismund III
BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png Lord Marshal Johann Barclay
BackgroundHaenseCoatBiggerCrown.png Field Marshal Ailred var Ruthern ✝
ferrymen.png Basiyl "Banjo" Mareno
20px Count Gaspard
Strength
~8,600 Infantry ~16,200 Infantry
Casualties
~8,100 Dead or Wounded ~1,600 Dead or Wounded

The Siege of Southbridge was a decisive siege battle that occurred during the Urguani-Orenian War that saw the Tripartite Accord besiege and storm the Castle of Southbridge.

Prelude

The Tripartite Accord had previously drafted up plans to invade the Holy Orenian Empire after having already won many decisive battles against the Orenians. As a result, the combined Tripartite armies of Urguan, Haense, The Ferrymen, and many of Urguan's Vassal-States marched north to establish a siege camp at the castle of Southbridge. Southbridge was a very strategically important location, as it was the major entry point into the Holy Orenian Empire. Controlling Southbridge meant controlling trade and movement into Oren, and so to the Tripartite leadership it was crucial that the Castle be taken. Oren also understood the importance of holding the Castle, and had established a large garrison of 8,600 Imperial State Soldiers within Southbridge to repel any attempted assault. The Tripartite Accord marched north and, accompanied by the Urguani Navy, established a warcamp to the South-East of the Castle where it set up hundreds of trebuchets in preparation to bring down the Fort. Oren too had made its own preparations, and had brought in several Trebuchets of their own, yet not as many as the Tripartite.

Battle

Aftermath