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− | The [[Battle of Birch Temple]] had pushed the [[Campaign against the Anathema-Voivode]] into a very active phase, and matters were not looking up for the [[4th Imperial Legion]]. The armies of Azerban had pushed across the Thousand Rushes River and swept east to the Ford of Chumo-Sheh, where they attacked the positions of the 3rd and 4th Dragon from both sides of the river and had managed to muster catapults to bombard the ballistae defending against any assault across the ford. The 1st Wing of the 3rd Dragon, assigned to patrol the interior away from the riverbank, recieve orders to redeploy to the Ford to assist in its defense. | + | The [[Battle of Birch Temple]] had pushed the [[Campaign against the Anathema-Voivode]] into a very active phase, and matters were not looking up for the [[4th Imperial Legion]]. The armies of Azerban had pushed across the Thousand Rushes River and [[Fourth Battle of Chumo-Sheh|swept east]] to the Ford of Chumo-Sheh, where they attacked the positions of the 3rd and 4th Dragon from both sides of the river and had managed to muster catapults to bombard the ballistae defending against any assault across the ford. The 1st Wing of the 3rd Dragon, assigned to patrol the interior away from the riverbank, recieve orders to redeploy to the Ford to assist in its defense. |
− | However, as they prepared to move, an urgent [[Wind-Carried Words]] message came to them from the Legion strategoi, [[Sesus Abeisha]], commanding that they immediately march south to relieve a siege being conducted by the enemy against her position at Varad. Obeying the chain of command, the wing accepted this latest order and marched southward, in hopes of joining the [[Battle of Varad]]. | + | However, as they prepared to move, an urgent [[Wind-Carried Words]] message came to them from the Legion strategoi, [[Sesus Abeisha]], commanding that they immediately march south to relieve a siege being conducted by the enemy against her position at Varad. Obeying the chain of command, the wing accepted this latest order and marched southward, in hopes of joining the [[Battle of Varad]]. |
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− | The battle was a defeat for the forces of the Realm, as they were able to save only one soldier of those they had hoped to rescue, and had arrived too late to play a role in the [[Battle of Varad]]. Casualties had been heavy, but they had inflicted many upon the foe as well, before making their withdrawal successfully... while not a victory as seen in the [[Battle of Thisian Bridge]], it stands up well next to the other battles and skirmishes of the time. | + | The battle was a defeat for the forces of the Realm, as they were able to save only one soldier of those they had hoped to rescue, and had arrived too late to play a role in the [[Battle of Varad]]. Casualties had been heavy, but they had inflicted many upon the foe as well, before making their withdrawal successfully... while not a victory as seen in the [[Battle of the Thisian Bridge]], it stands up well next to the other battles and skirmishes of the time. |
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