Floe Major War

The Flow Major War was a conflict between the Kingdom of Pyrus and the Principality of Lihex. The Pyrusians, having secured their southern flank through the Treaty of Grasnake, launched an invasion through the southern pass in the Lihexian Mountains into the Principality of Lihex on 13th August 1752, without a formal declaration of war. The Lihexian Army was engaged around the town of Floe Major at N:21 by the Pyrusian 1st and 4th Divisions, supported by the 5th Division.
Following the Battle of Floe Major, the Principality of Lihex capitulated with the signing of the Treaty of Floe Major on the 15th August 1752.
==Background==
The Kingdom of Pyrus and Principality of Lihex had had a taciturn relationship for most of their history. The Lihexians greatly benefited in previous conflicts by strategic use of the Lihexian Mountains for defence, often making attacks by Pyrus difficult, time-consuming and costly. There was also the clearly perceived benefit of having a buffer state between the militant Thanorian Republic and Kingdom of Endra to prevent the Kingdom of Pyrus being dragged into continental affairs. The long peace of King Bach enabled a perception of the weakness of Lihex to become almost proverbial, while the taciturn nature of Pyro-Lihexian relations encouraged a belief in Lihexian backwardness.
The inconclusive results, despite the military successes, of the Baroness' War and the 1st Anzio-Pyrusian War continued to produce agitation for stronger action against the Kingdom of Anzio by certain elements within the Pyrusian Royal Court. Certainly after the alleged assassination by Anzion agents of King Bach, many anticipated a resumption of hostilities with the Kingdom of Anzio, irrespective of the terms of the recently signed Treaty of Horld.
However, the accession of King Balin enabled a strategic reassessment - that Pyrus needed to be decidedly stronger to overcome it's southern neighbour and therefore it needed to find room to expand elsewhere. The obvious alternative to southern conquests was to the north in the form of the Principality of Lihex. Therefore in January 1752 King Balin began talks with King Giles of Anzio to gain a guarantee that the Kingdom of Anzio would not attack the Kingdom of Pyrus until the spring of 1753, this led to the Treaty of Grasnake being signed by the two kings on 21st January 1752.
==Pre-War events==
Orders issued to the Pyrusian Army the day after the assassination of King Bach, demonstrate that the High Command were prepared to launch an invasion of the Kingdom of Anzio, with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Divisions along the Pyro-Anzion border in coordinated attacks upon Nisloque and the (now lost) town at I:8. Meanwhile the 4th Division was to launch an invasion of the Principality of Lihex from Longern.
However the signing of the Treaty of Grasnake led to an eventual redeployment in July 1752 of the 1st Division to Longern, while the 2nd Division took its place east of Mabshatum. While the newly formed 5th Division was also deployed to Longern.
Following the arrival of the 1st Division at Longern on 10th August 1752, the Marshal Commander in Chief order a two day 'make and mend' period before ordering the invasion on 13th August 1752.
==Course of the War==
Having been ordered to form a column of march at dawn on 13th August 1752, led by the 1st Foot Musketeers, it took the Pyrusian 1st Army only two days to cross the Lihexian Mountains using the southern pass and they discovered the Lihexian Army in defensive positions around the town of Floe Major at N:21 late on 14th August 1752. Having bivouacked overnight, the Battle of Floe Major commenced at 9:00am the following day and lasted only a little over three hours before the remaining Lihexian forces withdrew.
The almost complete defeat of the Lihexian Army forced the Principality of Lihex to capitulate by signing the Treaty of Floe Major on 15th August 1752, which ended the Flow Major War.
==Aftermath==
The Kingdom of Pyrus received a Liberation Fee of 15scs per capita.
The Principality of Lihex regained their occupied territories and a guarantee of peace for nine months. They also gained the recognition from the Kingdom of Pyrus for being the party responsible for the war, as well as an official salute to the fallen and the 15th August to be marked as Saint Peter's Day by the King of Pyrus.
As a consequence of the Treaty of Floe Major the International Council was established by the Kingdom of Pyrus and the Principality of Lihex to foster peaceful relations between states.
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