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Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2016 22:08:02 GMT
BATTLE OF HADIR
Belligerents
-- Kingdom of Kaniarius: 50,000 Regulars [General Joan of Liubeth (3)], (50 Bronze Cannons)
-- Kingdom of Saraf: 40,000 Regulars [General Kaddiq (2)] (40 Bronze Cannons)
The army formed up across the plains around the small city of Hadir. 50,000 men with 10,000 in reserve, General Joan formed into a standard battle line with a Center (20,000), a Left (15,000) and a Right (15,000) flank. Behind the Center were his 50 bronze cannons. Arrayed against him was the Sarafian Army with a Center (20,000), Left (10,000) and a Right (10,000) and 40 Bronze Cannons.
General Joan held the initiative, but already the Sarafian Army to form defensive ranks, it's Right flank using the small stone wall of a village shack as a defensive battlement.
 Sarafian Army Officers, circa 1836
-- Kingdom of Kaniarus
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Post by Kingdom of Kaniarius on Apr 6, 2016 23:45:47 GMT
Battle of Hadir-Kingdom of Kaniarius
General Joan early this morning saw the reports that the scouts gave him after he sent them scouting one day ago , however the news of such a big army from the Kingdom of Saraf was unnexpected , but Joan thought about it as the last song of a dolphin that was going to die , he still had an advantage with his numbers and with his troops on reserve that could aid in any flank if it was needed , Joan was trying to play secure in the war but he also planned to directly attack the principal enemy force while putting pressure on the left flank , he planned to make a breakthrough and destroy the cohesion of the enemy army in order to be able to break the right flank and the left flank from the center , he also planned to use most of his cannons in the center using the superior firepower of his cannons to reduce the cohesion of the enemy and to provide his troops a cover to attack the enemy.
With his tactics ready he decided to start moving the chess pieces of his army and stared to prepare to counter the enemy movements that would difficult his plan.
Center (20,000)
The center is ordered to move at a walking peace towards the enemy in line formation , the cannons will start shooting at the enemy formation at range , the troops will continue to move until they reach the 60m towards the enemy , then they will shoot at the enemy and charge if the conditions for that are clear
Left (15,000)
Moves towards the enemy and will starting to shoot at the maxium effective distance of their muskets after about 5 volleys they will push into the enemy formation , if they are able to make take a good position in order to help the center , they will do so.
Right (15,000
Will attack the enemy but with not all of the troops only enought to create a distraction and to try to surround the enemies's defensive battlement , if they are able to take down the defensive battlement they will start pushing further into enemy positions and helping the center in their assault if neccesary.
Reserves:
The reseves of 10,000 regulars will start to prepare themselfs for battle and will be called into the frontline if the casualties of the army are too low or the enemy has been able to fend off the attack from the center and left flank , the reinforcements will go as the following:
Center: 5,000 Regulars
Left: 2,500
Right: 2,500
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2016 1:09:43 GMT
BATTLE OF HADIR
The two armies met, as armies do. The element of battle was as it had always been. Men marched to the rhythm of pounding drums, with symbolic flags flying and a general spirit flying high for both sides. The Kaniarian cannons fired first, but not having been given a definite target, fired intermittently at the Left and Center flank of the Sarafians. The Safarians cannons instead turned their guns to the Kaniarian Left flank, which had moved in much faster than the Right.
The center's met and great puffs of smoke took to the sky as men on both sides fired their volleys and went about reloading. The Kaniarians however, fired a single volley, fixed bayonets and charged. The Sarafian center waited until they came in close, then let loose a second volley, ripping into the Kaniarian troops. A bloody melee of blue and yellow clad soldiers began.
The Kaniarian Left flank, battered by the attacks from the Sarafian artillery, began to falter. General Joan, from atop his horse in the rear, ordered an additional 2,500 men forward along the flank. The battle was pitched. The Center, after three hours, began to thin out. The Kaniarians were winning. They had taken heavy casualties, and the Sarafians began to fall back.
 Battle of Hadir, 1836
GENERAL JOAN
-- Pursue them! Destroy them: We must run them down! Carry the attack until they are destroyed.
-- Do not pursue them. We must regroup: Allow the defeated Sarafian Army to retreat from the field, for now.
CURRENT CASUALTIES:
-- Kingdom of Kaniarius: 13,000 Regulars [General Joan of Liubeth (3)]
-- Kingdom of Saraf: 16,000 Regulars [General Kaddiq (2)]
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Post by Kingdom of Kaniarius on Apr 7, 2016 1:22:20 GMT
Battle of Hadir-Kingdom of Kaniarius
Joan saw the battle from his horse , he gave orders to all officers and high ranking officials in his army to do as he wished to , he also saw how the center of the enemy starting to fall back along with the rest of their army , "finally!!" , Joan thought , his plan of destroying the formations of enemy worked and while he had lost as many troops as his enemy his reserves would help him to regain the ground and finally destroy the enemy , the cavalry was ordered to pursue and the regulars to keep pushing and attacking the enemy , this was not time to give the enemy any time to reorganize , Joan also called all the reserves to the frontlines and gave the order to keep pushing into the enemy and to pursue them and destroy completely the enemy forces.
-- Pursue them! Destroy them: We must run them down! Carry the attack until they are destroyed.
-- The center and the right flank reinforcements are called to help with the attack towards the enemy.
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2016 1:26:23 GMT
BATTLE OF HADIR
The battle continued on, but lost cohesion. The Kaniarians pressed the advantage, and the Center, bayonets already fixed, charged up the hill and met the Sarafians halfway. The fight turned into a nasty melee, and the Sarafians fought with a disgusting tenacity. The Left Sarafian flank turned and fired into the huge melee, complacent to the friendly fire that was inevitable. The fighting continued into the twilight of the afternoon, until the remaining Safarians fled, were killed or surrendered.
Hadir itself was quiet, but thousands watched on from the windows of their homes as the fate of their nation was decided. Many fled within hours of seeing that the righteous blue flag of Saraf, a stag on a field of blue with white stripes, had fallen from the field. The battle was over. The war, still undecided.
-- Kingdom of Kaniarius wins the Battle of Hadir (+2 Warscore)
OVERALL CASUALTIES:
-- Kingdom of Kaniarius: 21,000 Regulars [General Joan of Liubeth (3)]
-- Kingdom of Saraf: 19,000 Regulars [General Kaddiq (2)]
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