Battle of Tiko's Pass

The Battle of Tiko's Pass was the first battle of the Great War between the Empire of Kordowyn and the Gretian-Sidonian Empire. The battle was a devastating loss for the Gretians, who were taken by surprise by the much larger Kordynian Grand Army. 
When a Kordynian scout failed to return, Emperor Arthwr III, who personally led his men during the battle, ordered his men to defensive positions. When the Gretian forces came into range, Kordynian artillery at the top of the mountain pass began a heavy barrage on their forces, dealing heavy casualties and forcing the Gretians to scramble. Later, the Gretians attempted to sneak past the Kordynians through a small mountain pass south of the Kordynian entrenchments, but were spotted by a Kordynian scout sent out to find the scrambled Gretian forces. 
With the Gretians spotted in the pass, Arthwr III ordered men to attack them from either end of the pass, and being trapped in the small pass with nowhere to escape to, the majority of the Gretian riflemen were killed. As the riflemen were trapped and being slaughtered, the Gretian cavalry appeared and attempted to break an opening on the western end of the pass, but failed to break the Kordynian lines and fled. 187 survivors were cared for by Kordynian medics, then sent to the POW camp established to the north of Varsais.
Category:Great War
Category:Battles