Second Battle of Dantalor

In the Second Battle of Dantalor, fought on 1st August 1751 during the 1st Anzio-Pyrusian War, The Crown Prince Balin's 3,600 Pyrusians forced 2,000 Anzions into a panicked rout, and should not be confused with the First Battle of Dantalor fought in 1750.
== Prelude ==
On 8th May 1751, 8 days after the expiration of the ceasefire agreed the previous November, the Marshal Commander in Chief issued incredibly vague orders to his divisional commanders, while he was with the 3rd Division.
On 15th July 1751 the 3rd Cuirassiers crossed the border from J:12 and scouted J:11, meanwhile the 4th Cuirassiers did likewise from L:12 to L:11. Contemporaneously the 1st (Royal King's Own Lifeguard) Lancers (Light), supported by the 13th Foot (King's Own) Rifles, crossed the border from N:12 and scouted N:11. None of these formations encountered opposition, which appears to have convinced the Marshal Commander in Chief to start an invasion of Anzio.
On 17th July 1751 the 3rd Division of the Pyrusian Army, having received orders the same day, set out from Bugedqueed (where they were stationed) southwards to cross (the known to be defended) Pyro-Anzion border with the objective of capturing the Town of Dantalor. The same day they engaged in the Battle of Bugedqueed defeating the Anzions who withdrew westwards. After a weeks' rest and reorganisation the 3rd Division pursued the Anzions westward.
== Battle ==
The battle was fought at the map coordinates of N:11. The 3rd Division of the First Army of Pyrus engaged the Anzion 2nd Division of the 1st Army of Anzio. The Pyrusian cavalry galloped up to the Anzion cavalry and charged them. In the following mêlée the Anzions lost about 300 men while the Pyrusians lost only 100 men. The Anzion cavalry was thus thrown into rout and played no further part in the battle.
The Pyrusian cavalry then began to threaten the Anzion Infantry. The Infantry formed square and waited for a charge that did not come. Meanwhile the Anzion Artillery promptly limbered and moved away from the Pyrusian cavalry. By now the Pyrusian infantry came up and the 13th Foot (King's Own) Rifles and the 10th Foot Musketeers charged the Anzion infantry. The Anzion infantry lost the following mêlée and turned to rout. During the mêlée the Anzion Commander in Chief Lomin Alda was captured and this put an end to the fighting with the Anzions withdrawing in some disorder.
== Aftermath ==
It is estimated that the Pyrusians lost 200 personnel killed and and wounded, while Anzion casualties were far greater, estimated at 1,400 personnel killed or wounded (~70% losses).
The battle was a strategic and military victory for the Pyrusians and allowed them to further their objective to take the Town of Dantalor, and had come at only a slight cost, ~6% of the 3rd Division's strength.
The 3rd Division never reached their objective of Dantalor, as the Kingdom of Anzio would capitulate with the signing of the Treaty of Horld on 5th August 1751.
Category:Battles of the 1st Anzio-Pyrusian War
Category:Battles involving Pyrus
Category:Battles involving Anzio