Battle of New Jerusalem

The Battle of New Jerusalem was a major engagement of the Human-Covenant War. Although in the end a Covenant victory, the Office of Naval Intelligence dubbed it "a strategic victory" and "tactical withdrawal", because the Covenant's advance was stalled for over a month.
==Overview==
==Timeline==
===3 September, 2552===
*2000 Hours, Local Time: A Covenant scout craft slips into the Cygnus system too far away for sensors to detect and makes its way towards New Jerusalem.
*2231 Hours, Local Time: Orbiting detection satellites pick up an unregistered contact bearing in on New Jerusalem, high alert mode is activated and local defense forces are mobilized.
*2314 Hours, Local Time: The contact is identified as of Covenant origin. New Jerusalem Command and Control makes the decision to contact UNSC High Command and request reinforcements, as most of the planet's home fleet has been recalled to Reach, and the remnants on patrol and too far away for fast reaction.
*2349 Hours, Local Time: The scout craft disappears behind one of New Jerusalem's moons and radar/lidar contact with it is lost.
===4 September, 2552===
*1230 Hours, Local Time: A damaged UNSC Navy picket fleet arrives on the outskirts of Cygnus, consisting of 1 Cruiser, 1 Carrier, and 6 Frigates. Unknown to NJC&C, they are survivors of the glassing of Reach who responded to New Jerusalem's distress call.
===26 September, 2552===
===27 September, 2552===
===28 September, 2552===
===29 September, 2552===
==Aftermath==
==Notable participants==
*SPARTAN-091
*SPARTAN-108
*Ronald Church
*Ivan Tarkov
*Dean Jackson
*SPARTAN-075
Category:Matt-256/Battles