Battle of Ebro

The Battle of Ebro was a engagement in the Offensive of Ebro against the Tribe of the Mutants of the Swamp near River Ebro, located to the north of Baix Ebre, Catalonia, and is generally considered part of the larger Offensive Of Ebro during the year 2280-2283.
==Background==
After several decades of conquests of cities weak states and communities to directly oppose the war machine of the Barcino Empire, the Imperator-Caesar Marco Trajano, decided to eliminate a threat that threatened the stability of its borders: the Mutants. That is why I entrust the work to his next friend and General, the Primus Legatus Flavio Belisario.
Belisario managed to obtain by means of traders, travelers and scavengers enough information to notice a certain difference between the mutants of the different regions of Catalonia Barbara. Their goal was to secure the south, controlled by the tribe known as Mutants of the Swamp.
At the end of 2280, Flavius Belisarius settled in Tarraco, a city that became his headquarters. He showed up in person at Móra d'Ebre and set up camp there. Set up three other camps along the Ebro River to control the Mutants of the Swamp. Then he divided the army into three parts and made a kind of safety line, locking this ferocious town in a kind of net, as is done with the beasts. The Mutants, by this time emerged from the swamps with a large army and prepared to attack simultaneously the three Imperial camps.
==Battle==
The battle began when the scouts Alae Imperiales located the movement of mutant troops, they quickly reported the movement of thousands of mutants against the fortified positions. The Legionnaires prepared in advance while the observers of the Ballistari detachments marked bombing positions that were bombarded by 155 mm artillery. The mutants before the shelling of the artillery began a charge against the entrenched positions, the mutants at that time were completely overwhelmed and helpless against the superior firepower of machine guns and tanks and their primitive weapon as arrows and muskets were completely useless against the modern steel plates of the tank and armored vehicles. The Warchief in command attempted to reach enemy positions by initiating a mass charge on the hill, but perished at the foot of the hill. As a result, the mutants were decimated after a whole day of futile fighting. The mutants withdrew at the high number of casualties.
==Aftermath==
After the battle, the bodies of the mutants were presumably buried in a mass grave by the Imperial Army using heavy excavating machinery. After the defeat, the mutants of the South lost significant amounts of military power.
Category:Battles