Great Scuffle

Clockwise from top left: Hybretian tanks enter Templari'i Gorathica, Kolanski soldiers man a machine gun near Dalovsk, Templari'i soldiers man a trench outside the city, Kolanski soldiers fire on charging Templari'i, the Templari'i fleet attacks Taris, Kolanski soldiers muster in Fyodvensk

### Cause

Break down of relations Economic sanctions and blockade of Templari'i ports by the Hybretian Navy

### Result

Abandonment of Hybretia's periorismós strategy against the TemplarResumption of relations and trade

Hybretia and Kolangrad pay the Templari'i 20 million dukats in reparations payable in silver or trade rebates

### Combatants

Hybro-Gorathic EmpireGrand Duchy of Kolangrad

vs

Templari'i Republic

**The Great Scuffle** or the **Kolanski-Templari'i War, War of 311, or the 9 Weeks War** was a brief but violent war between the Templari'i Republic against the Grand Duchy of Kolangrad and the Hybro-Gorathic Empire. The War began after the Hybretian Navy sunk a Templari'i trade ship attempting to break the blockade of Eastport on May 4th, 311, and ended with a ceasefire in July 311 after the Imperial Commonwealth and Second Kygonese Empire threatened to heavily sanction both sides if the war continued. The Conflict was formally ended with the Treaty of Triers in 312KOR.

## Strained Relations

Hybro-Templari'i Relations had been poor since the end of the Second Great War, and worsened during the 290s as the Gorathic Republic increasingly demanded the Templari'i cede their possessions in the region. Templari'i-Kolanski relations had been poor since much earlier, and worsened massively following the death of Grigorien Yskorov. In 302 the Templar condemned the August War, claiming the Hybretians had used the actions of a radical to justify their vicious desperation to be seen as a military superpower. In 305, the Templari'i also condemned the treatment of protestors in Palovensk by the Kolanski government. The two allies then tightened sanctions against the state, imposing tariffs on nations who conducted major amounts of trade with the Templar. In 310, when this plan was unsuccessful and was openly flaunted by the Kordynians, Varisians, Kygonese, and Gretians, the two allies dispatched their fleet to try and blockade Templari'i ports.

## Eastport Stand Off and Breakout of War

From August 310 to May 4th, 311, the Templari'i managed to continue trade despite the Hybretian blockades of their eastern ports. However, trade was greatly disrupted when a major accident occurred at the Templar's primary western port. As a result the Templari'i needed to reopen eastern trade.

On the morning of May 4th, the cargo vessel *Ever Gore* attempted to break the blockade, reasoning the Hybretians would be unwilling to fire on the vessel with the Templari'i Navy also in port. They were incorrect. The Hybretian torpedo destroyer *Valkis* launched torpedoes at the cargo ship, striking it. The *Ever Gore*'s hull was ruptured and it began to sink. While the vessel took three hours to sink, the battle began in less than twenty, as the Templari'i vessels at port attacked the blockading vessels.

## Invasion of Dalovsk and the Battle of Taris Port

The Hybro-Kolanski combined fleet battled the Templarii at sea for the first week of the war, engaging in occasional skirmishes. On May 15th, the Templari'i Southern Fleet arrived and sunk a Hybretian destroyer group, leaving Taris open for attack. The Battle of Taris began on May 18th, and lasted three weeks. Templari'i vessels engaged the Tarisian Fleet under Admiral Karaneas while fighter planes skirmished over the city. Significant damage was sustained to the attacking fleet, forcing a withdrawal on June 9th, but the Hybretian fleet was greatly weakened.

On May 25th Templari'i forces suddenly launched an invasion of Dalovsk. Templari'i bombers began with a midnight bombing run on the city and its sprawl, as well as conducting raids on Fyodvensk. Templari'i soldiers crossed the Kolanski border on June 2nd and were met by the Kolanski army at the disastrous Defense of Dalovensk. The Kolanski were forced to fall back to a defensive line. Hybretian forces arrived to attempt to break the stalemate in late June.

Gorathic forces launched an invasion into Templari'i Gorathica, attempting to incite a local rebellion against the Templar, which failed to materialize. By June 13th Gorathic troops were stuck only 15 miles into the southern border.

## International Pressure Mounts

The Kordynian Government expressed disapproval for the blockade in 310 when it broke out and sent several frigates to Kodani. The Kygonese Emperor also condemned the actions that immediately caused the war. On June 18th, the ambassadors for the United Federal Republic, Imperial Commonwealth, Kygon, and Novac met in Abhainn Garman. On June 25th they issued a demand that the three states negotiate a ceasefire and come to the negotiation table. Facing major economic sanctions or military intervention, the Templari'i and Kolanski agreed on the 27th, and the Hybretians caved on the 29th after their effort to break the Siege of Dalovsk ended with the death of the Crown Prince Caestor.

The fighting continued in Dalovsk, at sea, and in Gorathica until July 7th, when a ceasefire was agreed upon and came into effect. The Templari'i recognized that fighting a war would be too costly in resources, time, and manpower, and the Allies realized their position was untennable.

A treaty was negotiated in Kygon in the city of Trier. It was eventually agreed that the Hybretians and the Kolanski would acknowledge the illegality of the blockade, rescind the economic sanctions on the Templar, and pay a combined indemnity of 10 million silver dukats to the Templar in exchange for the return of borders to status quo on the borders. The treaty also forced the Goraths to recognize Templari'i ownership of their provinces there.

The affect of the treaty was mostly felt in Hybretia, where it greatly soured public opinion of the Empress and the government, leading to a humiliating loss in the 314 elections for the Government. It also greatly freed up the Templar.