Battle of Parcellus Minor

|prev=Battle of Aargonar
|conc=
|next=Rescue at Riflor
|image=
|name=Battle of Parcellus Minor
|conflict=War of the Ring
|date=April 26, 1982The Essential Reader's Companion
|place=Parcelus Minor
|result=Separatist victory
|side1=Galactic Republic
|side2=Confederacy of Independent Systems
|commanders1=General Roblio Darté
|commanders2=
|forces1=*Clone troopers
*LAAT/i gunships
*Delta-7 light interceptors
*V-19 Torrent starfighters
*At least 2 ships similar to GR-75 medium transports
*At least 1 Acclamator-class assault ship
|forces2=*B1-Series battle droids
*B2 super battle droids
*C-9979 landing craft
*At least 3 cruisers
|casual1=*At least 1 Acclamator-class assault ship
*90% of clones
|casual2=*Numerous Separatist droids}}
The Battle of Parcellus Minor took place a year after the start of the War of the Ring. A Republic force under Jedi Roblio Darté clashed with a Separatist army in orbit and on the surface of Parcelus Minor, a swamp world.
==The battle==
Almost from the start the battle proved to be a growing series of disasters for the Republic. The first indication of trouble became evident when, due to the planet's conditions, the GAR could not land any of its heavy equipment. The second piece of bad news came when it was discovered that Republic Intelligence had underestimated the Separatist forces at Parcellus Minor by at least a factor of ten. On top of it all a Separatist reinforcement fleet arrived soon after the battle began, trapping the Republic army and its orbiting support fleet.
Despite incurring heavy casualties, the Republic force managed to fight off the Separatists for a protracted time. Finally the Separatist commander chose to order the execution of BDZ against the planet; using his ships' turbolasers, he ignited the flammable tzeotine resin created by all of that world's plant life. The remaining Republic and Separatist ground forces were nearly eliminated in the ensuing conflagration; in the haste to evacuate, General Darté was forced to order his forces to leave all wounded troopers behind. In the end over 90% of the clone troopers involved in the battle died, and it was later described as being close to a second Battle of Jabiim.
==Appearances==
*Republic 61 
*Labyrinth of Evil 
==Sources==
* The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia
*The Essential Atlas
==Notes and references==
Category:War of the Rings battles