Battle of Hill 239

The Battle of Hill 239 was an engagement between the Victorian Independent State and the during the latter's attack on in . During the early stages of the landings, the dropped units of the on top of a hill outside Agley. The rebels, who had spotted the fiery trails left by the battalion's , prepared for combat. Oliver Graham, the rebel commander, had his troops wait until the had clustered together and began preparing to fortify the area to attack, driving the troopers off the hill.
Fighting from makeshift bunkers, for several hours, thanks to a rebel air attack that morning on the UNSC landing site, Graham's rebels were able to hold out. However, as began providing air support to the ODST's, Graham's rebels, now numbering barely over fifteen, were forced to retreat into the wilderness, allowing the to use Hill 239 as an important observation post during the Battle of Agley.
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