Mineralian Theater

Date 475-481
Location Kingdom of Brell, The United Federation of the Riverlands, The Woodland Realm, and 
Result	Date 475-481
Location Kingdom of Brell, The United Federation of the Riverlands, The Woodland Realm, and 
Result
Belligerents 	Belligerents
Triplicanum
Kingdom of Brell
* Tane of Elnora
Woodland Realm
Empire of Greater Chausar 479-481	United Federation of the Riverlands
Kingdom of Ruil
Empire of Lesser Chausar
Republic of Kadra
Commanders and Leaders	Commanders and Leaders
* Lord Protector Horatio Alms
* Minister of War Mason Locke
* Grand Marshal Cloudan Poncelauine
* Marshal Jessica Mallistone
* Marshal Alexander Dixon
* Marshal Jacod Herod †
* Marshal Jean Maiuel
* Marshal Archibald Swail †
* Marshal Alexander Brown
* Marshal Peter de Foist
* Marshal Matthew Sincewhin
* Marshal Custance Clement	
* Director Ramsay Chanvil
* Galric Wentworth
* Binter Jackson
* Reuber of Colton †
* Rowan Glenmoreland
* Hallos Luvlin
* Tufjon Simmons †
* Facellus Arras
* Jork Hedonno
* John Pringle
* King Lirandur Lightfoot
* Lord Protector Alenia Elazorwyn
* Valdía Mésca
* Fleet Misorslyn	
* King Richard Valor I
* Marshal Laramiah †
* Marshal Leroy Macy
* Ewan Logar
* Lawrence Mulker
* Atticus Corspirus
* Doran Leery
* Matthew Davern
* Kreim Bork
* Malo Houm
* Marcus Gade
* Duncan Callebard	
* Grej Lesker
Strength 	Strength
* ~150,000 Brell (peak)
* ~5,000 Woodland Realm (peak)
* ~25,000 Greater Chausar
(Numbers include field armies and garrisons)	
* ~95,000 UFR (peak)
* ~130,000 Ruil (peak)
* ~30,000 Lesser Chausar (peak)
* ~15,000 Kadra (peak)
(Numbers include field armies and garrisons)
Casualties and Losses 	Casualties and Losses
Total: 192,920
Brelsh: 180,252
Woodland Realm: 3,066
Greater Chausar: 9,602
40,000 Brelsh Civilians	Total: 239,615
Rulian: 105,280
UFR: 113,989
Lesser Chausar: 17,526
Kadra: 2,820
65,000 UFR Civilians
First Year
* Triplicanum Forces - ~86k (86k Brelsh) 
** Langlais 25k (Alexander Dixon)
** Latford 20k (Mason Locke)
** E of Waleaux 30k (Cloudan Poncelauine)
** Capstick 11k (Jacod Herod)
* Pact Forces - ~82k (42k UFR, 40k Rulian) 
** Montgomery 10k
** Minos River NE 25k (Galric Wentworth)
** Lover's Den 7k (Hallos Luvlin)
** 40k Ruil (Ewan Logar)
*Battle of Maltwin
**Minor engagement; Failed River Crossing by Brell, heavy casualties suffered by Brelsh. Pact Victory.
* Battle of Bolten
** Major engagement;
*Battle of Bolnan Crossing
**Major engagement; Dixon ordered to distract main UFR army while Herod was making his move to the south, draws out UFR army and engages with moderate casualties on both sides, controversially Dixon withdraws. Stalemate.
**After failure of First Siege of Ordova, Locke pulls out of Dural, leaving 5k behind at beachhead, takes 15k over to meet with Dixon's army, supersedes Dixon, leaving him as 2nd in command
*Battle of Dolban
**Minor engagement; Relatively small army of UFR surrounded and destroyed by Herod's army. Canum Victory.
*Battle of Crinkof Hold
**Major engagement; Southern UFR army defeated by Herod. Canum Victory.
*Battle of Ringwald
**Major engagement; Northern UFR army defeated by Locke, Dixon distinguishes himself. Canum Victory
*Langlais 30k (Alexander Dixon) Latford 40k (Mason Locke) E of Waleaux 50k (Cloudan Poncelauine) Capstick 20k (Jacod Herod)
**Battle of Lover's Den
***Lover's Den is saved from capture; Pact Victory.
**Battle of 
***Minor engagement; Pact Victory.
*** After massive victory at Bolten, Poncelauine sends half of army (25k) west to Waleaux, Jacod Herod ordered to bring his army (20k) at Capstick and unite it with this force, heading west into the UFR on the southern road. 5k of Poncelauine's half-army is left at Waleaux while the other 20k meets up with Herod's force, bringing it to 40k.
Second Year
* Triplicanum Forces - ~95k (92k Brelsh, 3k WR) 
** 24k Brelsh under Marshal Jacod Herod SW of Lover's Den
** 36k Brelsh under Marshals Mason Locke and Alexander Dixon at Brelsh beachhead at Minos River
** 10k Brelsh under Marshal Jessica Mallistone at Hearth
**3k Brelsh under XXX at Waleaux
** 22k Brelsh and WR under Marshal Cloudan Poncelauine E of Waleaux
* Pact Forces - ~91k (58k UFR, 33k Rulian) 
** 23k UFR under Galric Wentworth NW of Brelsh beachhead at Minos River
** 10k UFR under Hallos Luvlin at Lover's Den
** 5k UFR under ___ at Montgomery
** 15k UFR under Reuber X marching to Lover's Den from north
** 5k under ___ marching to Lover's Den from west
** ~33k Rulians under Lawrence Mulker in North Cheselwyn
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*In second year, Jean Maiuel tapped to develop Brelsh presence in Dural, ordered to gather 10k troops to reinforce Brelsh beachhead on the Fentan
*Battle of Venter 
** Herod moves to intercept Lover's Den reinforcements, initially crushes them in battle with many prisoners, Lover's Den army then moves up in his rear while UFR rallies, Herod caught in pincer movement and is defeated, later Herod is killed by pursuing UFR cavalry. Pact Victory.
** With death of Jacod Herod after Battle of Venter, Mason Locke ordered to return to Latford by Alms to discuss strategy, leaving Alexander Dixon in command of Northern Army again
* Battle of Moe's Hill
** After success at Venter, ___ moves to capitalize on success and attacks Southern Brelsh army at Moe's Hill, General Alexander Brown squabbles with other generals, mainly Peter de Foist, concludes in a jumbled defense, UFR pushes them off and the army splits in two. Pact Victory.
**UFR commander pursues de Foist's army to the East while leaving Brown's army to retreat southeast towards Cottam.
**Dixon orders 6,000 boats and cavalry up the Minos River to threaten Montgomery, meanwhile continues advance north towards Harrist; Kadrese move into unwooded peninsula in Woodland Realm;
*Battle of Holm Bridge
** UFR commander continues to pursue de Foist who organizes rearguard action at Holm Bridge, rearguard holds out long enough for de Foist to escape but gets surrounded and captured. Pact Victory.
**De Foist pulls army back to Brelsh border where they take defensive position by the xxx mountains
**General Archibald Swail given command of 10k of Jessica Mallistone's troops and sent west
*Battle of Gottam
** Minos River expedition is attacked by UFR militia and partisans, many ships destroyed but UFR defeated tactically, General XXX decides to abandon boats and continue on foot. Indecisive.
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*Seizing of Harrist & Battle of Mollo
**Dixon slowly advanced NW towards Harrist,
**After capture of Harrist, UFR begs Ruil, Kadra, and Lesser Chausar to get more involved as they are basically fighting Brell alone, which they don't have the manpower to do; Ruil commits to beginning an offensive the following year with its rebuilt army (which had practically disintegrated after Bolten,) Kadra resolves to more aggressively push Woodland Realm and invade its coastline, Lesser Chausar promises an expeditionary force sent to reinforce and push north with Ruil.
* Post-Gottam
** UFR militia and partisans attack Swail's force of 10k to prevent reinforcement of Minor River expedition, are forced back after relatively light fighting
*** Swail unites with Minos River expedition
Third Year: 477
*Triplicanum Forces - ~107k (103k Brelsh, 4k WR) 
**40k Brelsh under Marshal Alexander Dixon at Harrist
**4k Brelsh under Marshal Jessica Mallistone at Hearth
**15k Brelsh under General Alexander Brown at Cottam
**8k Brelsh under General Peter de Foist at Waleaux
**15k Brelsh under General Archibald Swail SE of Montgomery
**25k Brelsh and WR under Marshal Cloudan Poncelauine E of Waleaux
*Pact Forces - ~120k (71k UFR, 41k Rulian, 8k Kadrese) 
**40k UFR under Binter Jackson NW of Harrist
** 20k UFR under Reuber X E of Lover's Den
**5k UFR under ___ at Montgomery
** 6k UFR under John Pringle SE of Montgomery
**41k Rulians under Lawrence Mulker in North Cheselwyn
** 8k Kadrese under ___ on Naran Woods Peninsula
* Kadrese invasion of WR
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* Post-Post Gottam
** While Dixon puts pressure on Montgomery from the North, he orders Swail to push as well from the South, Swail comes into contact with same group of militia and partisans under John Pringle but this time backed up by some heavier UFR infantry, Swail attempts to push them aside but is unable to, decides to abandon push from the South and orders his army back East, then Northwest, then South to rejoin with Dixon's main host 
* First Scalthe
** Dixon pushes South and comes into contact with UFR main host, swollen by fresh conscripts it outnumbers the Brelsh force, Dixon attempts a feint like at Mollo but Jackson anticipates it and bludgeons back attempt, Dixon attempts to dislodge Jackson from defensive position but fails, Jackson attempts to counterattack and drive Dixon away but similarly fails, Dixon withdraws having suffered more casualties but with both sides having failed to accomplish their goals
* Rulian Theater 1
* Rulian Theater 2
** Having finally recovered from the disastrous Battle of Bolten two years previous, the Rulian host under Lawrence Mulker began to advance North into Brell
* SW 1
** As part of the coordinated offensive to put pressure on all UFR fronts, Locke takes his army outside of Lover's Den, numbering just over 31,000, and assaults Reuber X's strong defensive position, Peter de Foist's group overruns Reuber's left flank and establishes breach, Reuber quickly shifts forces and dislodges de Foist, forcing him and the rest of Locke's army back. Mason assumed Reuber had more forces than he did and withdrew 
* Second Scalthe
** With Swail's arrival to his army, Dixon at first lamented the General had not pushed towards Montgomery from the South, but then relented and figured he had the numbers now to take Montgomery himself, approaches Jackson's host on the same ground, engages in similarly unimaginative but competent attack, beaten back, Jackson once again counterattacks, however this time Dixon repulses the assault while also unexpectedly lashing out from his right, catching Jackson by surprise and resulting in furious fighting, last ditch defense made by Jackson and commander Rowan Glenmoreland helps to allow majority of UFR army to retreat
* SW 2
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*Huckle
**Having just recently won in the south, Reuber immediately spirited himself and 5,000 reinforcements to Montgomery to defend the capitol, Binter Jackson was stripped of command and defense of the capitol given to Reuber, Reuber checked the advance of Dixon's force just a few miles away from the city, bloody back and forth fighting that destroys village, Dixon is badly wounded and a lull in the fighting occurs, Reuber continues to muster more reserves as he waits for a continuation to the fighting, Dixon plans for an attack at first light the following day, later found unconscious in his tent and dying, attack is cancelled and battle ends, emergency intervention saves Dixon's life, but he cannot maintain command and goes to convalesce back in Brell, Archibald Swail assumes command
*Rulian Theater 3
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Fourth Year: 478
*Triplicanum Forces - ~107k (103k Brelsh, 4k WR) 
**45k Brelsh under Marshals Archibald Swail and Alexander Brown N of Montgomery
**22k Brelsh under Marshal Peter de Foist E of Lover's Den
**30k Brelsh and WR under Marshals Cloudan Poncelauine and Alexander Dixon E of Waleaux
**10k Brelsh under Minister of War Mason Locke at Latford
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*Pact Forces - ~136k (60k UFR, 50k Rulian, 25k LC, 8k Kadrese) 
**40k UFR under Reuber X E of Montgomery
**12k UFR at Montgomery
**8k UFR under Hallos Luvlin at Lover's Den
**45k Rulians under Atticus Corspirus in North Cheselwyn
**5k Kadrese under ___ on Naran Woods Peninsula
**5k Rulians under Leroy Macy marching to North Cheselwyn
**28k (3k Kadrese, 25k LC) marching SW to Aurum
*SW3
**Shakeup of Brelsh command, Dixon makes surpisingly quick recovery and is placed in what is thought to be a less important and dangerous theater, Rulian, has more seniority than Poncelauine so command passes to him, Mason Locke kicked upstairs to command war department and no longer holds field command, with only one active and healthy marshal left, round of promotions to Marshal go to the most promising Brelsh commanders, Archibald Swail given most seniority, then Alexander Brown, then Peter de Foist, main Brelsh force outside Montgomery given priority and so one of the SW front commanders sent over, either would be subservient to Swail, bickering and infighting between Brown and de Foist ensues, Mason intervenes and sends Brown to Montgomery, Brown suspects de Foist used political favors and holds grudge, Brown takes place as Swail's 2nd in command, while de Foist commands the SW army 
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*Center 3
**At beginning of campaign season, both armies in and around Montgomery number ~63k, Brell has most of its best troops positioned here, and almost all have some combat experience, UFR on the other hand has about 1/3 of its army as conscripts, Reuber has positioned troops in staggered defensive lines, knows he needs to break stalemate at some point but is unsure how, Swail and Brown plan for an ambitious attack to crack open the UFR defensive lines, slam into a salient of 2k defenders with 10k attackers, initially goes well for attackers before Swail refuses request for surrender in desire to end combat quickly, salient holds out longer than anticipated and Brelsh suffer comparatively heavy casualties, allows Reuber the time to shift defenses in anticipation for a coming attack
*Rulian Theater 4
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*Montgomery
**Swail had long since surpassed his operational competency limitations, decided to stick with plan even in face of UFR defenses shifting, Brown leads Brelsh right and smashes into UFR left, Brown distingued himself leading attack, overruns defenses, Rowan Glenmoreland once again leads last ditch defense against attack, Reuber confidently refuses to release cavalry reserves in anticipation for needing them in a pursuit against Brelsh, Glenmoreland manages to stabilize by nightfall, and Reuber swings into Swail's main body as a counterattack, Swail keeps pikes in reserve in anticipation of Reuber releasing cavalry, Reuber deliberately keeps troops out longer than he should to make the situation more chaotic, eventually retreats to more ordered UFR defenses, while Brelsh are reorganizing, he strikes out against Brown and attempts to isolate his flank, cuts him off from Swail's main host, Brown holds out against overwhelming forces, Swail realizes by morning and rushes to aid Brown, Reuber springs trap and launches all out attack against Swail's left flank, titanic wave of bodies rolls up Brelsh flank and they flee, Swail forced to use pikes to stem flow, then gets overwhelmed without sufficient support on their flanks, entire Brelsh line begins to buckle and eventually flee east, Brown still holds out and retreats in good order to the north, Reuber gets caught in a crossfire while ordering a pursuit and is riddled with arrows, assigns Glenmoreland the command before passing on, Swail is captured but killed by UFR soldiers when he refuses to give up a locket containing an image of his daughter, largest battle between Brell and UFR in war
*Franklin
**Direct aftermath of previous battle, large portion of Brelsh survivors (7k) cut off from east and backed up against Minos River, most surrounded and surrender or are killed, small number of 1.5k escapes cordon and heads back east against the riverbank, Brown's host of ~12k retreats in good order north
*Rulian Theater 5
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*SW4
**Having heard of the results of the Battle for Montgomery, de Foist decides to retreat from Lover's Den, retreat is harrassed by opposing force led by Tufjon Simmons, who would later go on to command the SW UFR force as Hallos Luvlin would not leave beyond the confines of Lover's Den 
*Center 6
**After Montgomery, Brown's host kept retreating north, and he instructed one of his lieutenants, Matthew Sincewhin, to take the group quickly to Harris and then NE, and then SE to the Brelsh beachhead on the Mineralian, thought that the chance to take Montgomery had utterly failed and that therefore the war was lost, still he spirited himself over to the beachhead to organize the defense of the remnants of the Brelsh army before his host arrived, meanwhile Glenmoreland was struggling to keep the army intact even after the massive success at Montgomery, quickly rushed over to attack the Brelsh beachhead and hopefully isolate and finish off Brown's force as well, attacked with his vanguard of 12k, Brown organized a defense with 15k, Glenmoreland's assault quickly collapsed into disarray and he retreats before getting caught out
*Siege of Langlais
** After the absolute disaster of Montgomery, stock was taken of the remaining Brelsh force, with the arrival of Sincewhin, Brown had ~20k men, with ~7k more spread around the countryside, opposed by ~41k UFR, massive Brelsh recruitment drive from rapidly diminishing pool of recruits, in enemy territory, outnumbered 2:1, and locked against a river, Brown thought his situation rather untenable, he planned a full scale retreat all the way back to Brelsh territory which he pulled off fairly quickly without Glenmoreland able to stop him, in an extremely controversial move he abandoned Langlais as well and pulled back almost all the way to Hearth, Glenmoreland quickly surrounded and besieged the city with its measly garrison, which quickly surrendered under threat of destruction, became the first Brelsh city taken and Brown became something of a pariah, relieved of field command and placed in charge of the capitol's defenses, Mason Locke is charged with driving the UFR from Brelsh lands and recapturing Langlais, takes command from Brown and boosts the army with several thousand recruits
* SW5
Fifth Year: 479
*Triplicanum Forces - ~95k (91k Brelsh, 4k WR) 
**31k Brelsh under Alexander Brown W of Latford
**14k Brelsh under Marshal Peter de Foist at Cottam
**24k Brelsh and WR under Marshal Cloudan Poncelauine E of Waleaux
**15k Brelsh under Minister of War Mason Locke and Marshal Alexander Dixon at Latford
**11k Brelsh under Marshal Matthew Sincewhin
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*Pact Forces - ~155k (55k UFR, 67k Rulian, 25k LC, 8k Kadrese) 
**33k UFR under Rowan Glenmoreland W of Mineralian River
**2k UFR at Montgomery
**2k UFR under Hallos Luvlin at Lover's Den
**16k UFR under Tufjon Simmons
**47k Rulians under Leroy Macy in North Cheselwyn
**5k Kadrese under ___ on Naran Woods Peninsula
**42.4k (2.4k Kadrese, 15k Rulians, 25k LC) marching to North Cheselwyn
* Agovild
** Leaving behind sizable garrison of 6k at Langlais, Glenmoreland continues push east into Brelsh territory, meets Locke's army of 38k vs his 33k, while Locke had the larger army and on friendly territory, rushed into battle with a far less disciplined force, Glenmoreland sweeps aside his host with relative ease, and the remnants retreat back to Latford.
* Siege of 
** After crushing the main Brelsh army at Agovild, the path to the Brelsh heartland was open to the UFR. Glenmoreland knew at this point that Ruil's army was pushing Poncelauine's up from the southeast. He was also extremely displeased that Leroy Macy, commander of the Rulians, had been named the supreme commander of the Pact Forces against Brell rather than himself. Even while he was given the highest seniority in the UFR army, effectively second only to the Director himself, Glenmoreland had an oversized ego accompanying his genuine talent as a commander, and it would not be satiated without proper recognition. The perceived slight of Macy's command would color Glenmoreland's strategy for the rest of the war. He detailed 10k of his force under Jork Hedonno to besiege Delta Blue and to cover his flank while he moved the rest of his force in a daring strike at Latford itself. Glenmoreland hoped to end the war before those peons in Ruil could wrest it from him, the savior of the UFR. 
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* Rulian Theater 6
* Center 8
** The Brelsh forces were in complete disarray. Mason Locke was sacked as Minister of War after the debacle of Agovild, and the previously disgraced Alexander Brown was hurriedly reinstated by Horatio Alms as commander of the central Brelsh army. Brown had to scrape up the remnants of the central army, now a paltry amount around 20,000, and quickly get them in line against Glenmoreland's tenacious veterans, numbering 25,000. Brown, himself a fairly arrogant man, had been wounded by his replacement as commander, and thusly viewed his reinstatement as a moral necessity. He rushed his men to the banks of the ___ river just hours before the arrival of Glenmoreland's forces. The UFR assault was thusly blunted and repulsed, much to the rejoicing of the Brelsh, who had not achieved a victory of note on this front since the Second Battle of Scalthe two years previously. Casualties were fairly light on both sides, 1600 Brelsh and 2700 UFR. The UFR offensive was finally blunted and both sides were able to take a moment to catch their breath. 
* Rulian Theater 7
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* Center 9
** Having rebuilt their forces after the long-running campaign beginning at Montgomery the previous year, the central Brelsh and UFR forces once again squared off. The Rulians had made prodigious progress in their advance, occupying much of Southeastern Brell and pushing Poncelauine's army group northwest. Still viewing the UFR front as its primary concern, Alms's war department reinforced Brown's army to 36,000 and left Poncelauine and his 25k to their own devices. Feeling as though the initiative was now in his hands, and wanting to relieve the immense pressure put on Brell, Brown decided to go on the offensive against Glenmoreland. 
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*Rulian Theater 8
*Protection of Latford
* Larouche
* Mayfell
** In what amounted to a final Hail Mary, Poncelauine basically decided to unite both the Rulian theater army and the Mineralian Brelsh army under one unified command: 20,000 men from the central Brelsh army, commanded by Alexander Brown; 25,000 from Poncelauine's own force; and 12,000 men stripped from various garrisons and castles (much of them from Latford), amassing the largest force yet seen under Brelsh command, 57,600 in total. Peter de Foist had 11,000 men at Cottam, Alexander Dixon had about 5,000 men with which to defend Latford, and Matthew Sincewhin had about 10,000 men North of the Fentan River to face off against Glenmoreland's UFR army. Overall, this placed the entire Brelsh army at about 90,000, and the odds were certainly against them. Brown chafed at once again being placed in a subordinate position to a man of the same rank, and who he personally viewed as an inferior commander. Considering his continual lack of success, which he blamed on tampering and interference from high command, Brown prepared his resignation. However, he was disarmed by the amiable and gentlemanly Poncelauine, who warmly invited Brown into his inner circle. Though Poncelauine was only four years Brown's senior, he took on a mentorlike, almost fraternal role. Elazorwyn found Brown to be a "pretentious blowhard, who contends himself as being surrounded by vagarous foes; they simultaneously both restrict him and deny their support. He has negligible military skill, even though he has known high command for some time. I suspect he knows nothing of how to achieve victory, nor even the concept of it, and if it were by some happy circumstance to stumble into his lap, he would shove it away towards his enemy with the utmost speed." 
** The Gilted Pact was in a similar position of centralizing its command. The Southern UFR army under Tufjon Simmons had successfully blocked off the Brelsh army of Peter de Foist from reinforcing the enemy at Mayfell, and was thus able to finally unite with the combined allied army. This force consisted of: 50,800 Rulians, the majority of those present and commanded by Matthew Davern; 23,200 UFR under Tufjon Simmons, who had been named second in command of the overall allied force; 24,400 Lesser Chausarians under ___; and a small detachment of 2,400 Kadrese under ___. In summation, the force was over 100,000 men. This was the largest armed force assembled on the continent since the Battle at the Black Gate in 380 AT at the conclusion of the Great Riverlands War, exactly 100 years earlier. They outnumbered the Brelsh force nearly 2 to 1, with over 40,000 more men than them. Supplying the army was a prodigious undertaking as well, requiring hundreds of thousands of pounds of food, water, blankets, weapons and arms, and various other supplies. Macy was very much game to this challenge, and thanks to his previous efforts in reforming the Rulian army's logistics, he was able to successfully provide for the massive force. The more difficult challenge for him was the balancing of politics and feuding egos in the army, as well as ensuring a tactical victory against the Brelsh.
** On a strategic level, it was quite clear at this point that Brell had likely lost the war. Their chance to achieve an offensive victory against the UFR had failed back in 478 after the catastrophe at Montgomery, and their attempts to hold the line in 478-479 against the subsequent UFR counterattack under Glenmoreland was utterly disastrous. As such, much of the west of Brell was lost, and Poncelauine simply could not have stalled the Rulians any longer than he already had with his diminished forces, resulting in most of the southeast falling as well. The Brelsh population had little left to give for the war effort, as most of military age had already been conscripted. Attempts to pull from this pool had rapidly diminishing returns. At this point, all the Brelsh could hope was to stall out the Pact offensive as long as possible and bleed them out to the point where their willingness to propagate an offensive war collapsed; after that, they could regain some lost territory and negotiate a peace from a stronger position. The allies on the other hand were hoping for a decisive defeat of the remaining Brelsh field armies, which had conveniently mostly coalesced in one single centralized army. Allied goals of the year were therefore to try and seize the seat of Brell's power, Latford, and bludgeon the Brelsh forces that defended it to death. The aim was to use the Pact's superior numbers to put pressure on multiple fronts: in the south, the great allied army under Leroy Macy would push north and force a Brelsh defense or yield their heartland; in the north, Glenmoreland would wreak havoc and force the Brelsh to divide their forces in order to prevent his own seizure of the capitol; in the east, the Rulians and Kadrese would deploy additional forces to overextend the Brelsh defenses. The Triplicanum did not have enough manpower to defend all areas at once, and gradually would be worn down through attrition. De Foist's army was left to "wither on the vine" as it was small and defending an insignificant area. Even after his great victories against the Rulians, Poncelauine was considered to be a backwater and "nonserious" commander, though Macy had a begrudging respect for him. 
** There was one last card up Brell's sleeve: Greater Chausar, which had entered the war in 478 on the side of the Triplicanum. Greater Chausarian troops were currently helping Cromski in pacifying angry citizens in his territory. They numbered around 15,000, with another detachment of 15,000 sent from GC to assist the Brelsh. The Brelsh wanted ALL of those 30,000 men though, and quick negotiations sent the GC troops under Cromski marching south. This pissed Cromski off to no end, and effectively ensured that Cromium and Brell would have negative relations in the future. If these GC troops could unite with Sincewhin's forces, they could slam through Glenmoreland's army and link up with Poncelauine, giving him enough manpower to beef up the defensive cordon around Brell's heartland. On the Pact side, it was therefore utterly necessary that this could not happen.
* Mayfell Pursuit
480 AT
*Triplicanum Forces - ~97k (75k Brelsh, 3k WR, 19k GC) 
**10k Brelsh under Marshal Peter de Foist NE of Cottam
**2k Brelsh under Marshal Jessica Mallistone at Hearth
**45k (42k Brelsh and 3k WR) under Marshals Cloudan Poncelauine and Alexander Brown SE of Capstick
**12k Brelsh under Marshal Alexander Dixon at Latford
**28k (9k Brelsh and 19k GC) under Marshal Matthew Sincewhin and Marcus X at Hollis
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*Pact Forces - ~151k (52k UFR, 69k Rulian, 23k LC, 8k Kadrese) 
**30k UFR under Rowan Glenmoreland at Leloun
**2k UFR at Montgomery
**86.4k (2.4k Kadrese, 45k Rulians, 23k LC, 16k UFR) under Leroy Macy
**5.6k Kadrese under ___ on Naran Woods Peninsula
**10k Rulians under ___ heading NE from E of Waleaux
**14k Rulians under ___ heading N from North Cheselwyn
Against all odds, Poncelauine had managed to stabilize the Brelsh front lines, though the situation faced by the Brelsh was still daunting. 
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481 AT
*Triplicanum Forces - 78k (61k Brelsh, 2k WR, 14k GC) 
**7k Brelsh under Marshal Peter de Foist at Cottam
**1k Brelsh under Jean Maiuel in Tane of Elnora
**27k (25k Brelsh and 2k WR) under Marshals Cloudan Poncelauine and Alexander Brown
**10k Brelsh under Marshal Alexander Dixon at Latford
**4k (3k Brelsh and 1k GC) besieged at Greyford Castle
**18k (5k Brelsh and 13k GC) under Duncan Callebard and Marshal Matthew Sincewhin N of Fentan
**10k Brelsh under Marshal Custance Clement in Newport
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*Pact Forces - ~120k (45k UFR, 68k Rulian, 9k Kadrese) 
**28k UFR under Rowan Glenmoreland besieging Greyford Castle
**17k UFR under Facellus Arras
**4.6k Kadrese under Farvela Hilluski in Tane of Elnora
**44k Rulians under Marshal Leroy Macy
**7k Rulians marching to Macy
**20k (17k Rulians, 2.4k Kadrese) under ___
**2k Kadrese under ___ on Naran Woods Peninsula
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