First Battle of Barkhamstead

The First Battle of Barkhamstead was a conflict during the Great War that took place on November 3rd, 1940, in the Canadish town of Barkhamstead, Jumanji-Capital. The events that took place during it were a major shock to the international community, who condemned Jonathia for it's actions.
== Background ==
Barkhamstead had been a major mining town since it's founding as Bagenstied in the 15th century. It's abundance of iron made it a key point of interest for the Canadish government, especially when the Great War came around.
== Conflict ==
The Jonathians had planned to attack Barkhamstead, but were unsure as to how the attack should take place. After a month of planning and a brief siege that lasted six days, the Jonathians charged into the city at 11:04am, firing indiscriminately on the Canadish soldiers, caught off-guard. Several soldiers clambered into the town hall and the general area around the building, where commander Randall Mesterbury recieved permission from Barkhamstead mayor Ward Meskill to invoke a town lockdown.
As the Jonathians made their way towards the town hall, they raided several stores, taking whatever they wanted. As a small contingent of Jonathian troops made their way to seize the mines, several Jonathian divisions swarmed the defences at the town hall, sweeping through line upon line of Canadish soldiers. Mesterbury, as well as 226 Canadish soldiers, was forced to make an escape to the nearby Barkham Forest, as the Jonathians seized the town hall, and arrested Meskill. The battle ended at 8:19pm, when the Jonathian flag was raised atop the statue of King Edward II of the former kingdom of Jumanji-Foradacia, signalling the capture of Barkhamstead.
== Aftermath ==
Casualties of the war were heavy for the Canadish. While the Jonathians had only suffered 3 deaths, with only 11 injured, the Canadish suffered 36 deaths, with 108 injured. Mesterbury remained in the forest, until the Jonathians were called back to the border with the sudden Canadish advance in 1941, of which to take advantage of this, he launched a surprise attack, sparking the Second Battle of Barkhamstead.
The international community was sickened by the pillaging and destruction the Jonathians had done to a small town just so they could capture an iron mine. The Jonathian government initially toned down the severity of the event in reports to Jonathian citizens, but an article regarding the siege from Lyvenan newspaper The Daily Journal was smuggled into the province of Miller, before the news eventually made it out to the citizens of Jonathia, who became outraged for a brief time.
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