Woodhall Campaign

Combatants| * Kingdom of Wyrsia
* The Hexad Empire
* Kingdom of Fühlgart

Supported by:* Duchy of Woodhall Island
* Wyrsian Resistance Groups

Supported by:* Republic of Fühlgart
* Republic of Southern Wyrsia
* Wyrsian Collaborationist Groups

Commanders| * Cecilia von Kalzberg-Mitthel
* Oliver Oakfield
* Heng Jui
* Johann Erwin von Bochenberg
* Rowland Spencer †

***“**Brother fights brother while those in Freistadt laugh.**”***
— Cecilia von Kalzberg-Mitthel

The **Woodhall Campaign** was a short-lived conflict that is considered part of the Epilogue Wars between the Kingdom of Wyrsia and her allies and the Protectorate of Woodhall. The defense by the Protectorate was half-hearted at best, and mass desertion and defection led to the Protectorate collapsing at a rapid pace.

The war is notable for involving a large amount of civilian paramilitary groups that, in some cases, fought with more devotion than the officially involved armies.

## Belligerents

**The Monarchists**

* Kingdom of Wyrsia
	+ Duchy of Woodhall Island (material support)
* The Hexad Empire
* Kingdom of Fühlgart

**Wyrsian Resistance Groups**

* Redmile Liberation Front
* Cramsport Free Boys
* Clechland Peasant Army
* Ashwood Liberation Army
* Wyrsian Syndicate
* Wicktran Free Band

**The Republicans**

* Protectorate of Woodhall
* Republic of Fühlgart (material support)
	+ Republic of Southern Wyrsia (material support)

**Wyrsian Collaborationist Groups**

* Ashfrey Volunteer Force
* Purple Army of Wyrsia
* Woodhall Defense Army

## Context

The Republican-Wyrsian War, later becoming part of the Great War, saw the Kingdom of Wyrsia lose all its mainland possessions to the Republic of Fühlgart. Out of the ashes of the old kingdom came the Protectorate of Woodhall and the Republic of Southern Wyrsia. However, these states were widely unpopular and – in the case of Woodhall – very unstable.

When the Second Fühlgartian Civil War broke out in 1228 AW, the Republic recalled almost every last soldier deployed in its various subject states. This left the Protectorate of Woodhall largely undefended. Wyrsian monarchists under Cecilia von Kalzberg-Mitthel had already recaptured both Woodhall Island and Serpent Island in 1227 AW, leaving them nearby and primed to attack.

With a large invasion force consisting of both Wyrsian and allied troops assembled, a naval invasion of the Protectorate was launched on the 45th of Greenburst. Seeing the Protectorate on the brink of collapse, various resistance groups rose up across Wyrsia to support the Monarchist invasion. However, loyalists to the Republican cause also rose up, leading to much fighting between paramilitary groups in the streets.

## Events

**1228 AW**

* 45th of Greenburst - A large Monarchist force lands north of Cramsport and advances inland.
* 48th of Greenburst - Monarchist victory at the Battle of Cramsport.
* 52nd of Greenburst - Monarchist victory in the Redmile Uprising.
* 56th of Greenburst - Monarchist victory in the Clechwood Uprising.
* 57th of Greenburst - Monarchist victory at the Battle of Thorne.
* 59th of Greenburst - Monarchists take Lispoole without bloodshed.
* 1st of Nyara's Summer - Monarchist victory in the Burs Uprising.
* 3rd of Nyara's Summer - Monarchist victory at the Battle of Drallstone.
* 5th of Nyara's Summer - Republican victory at the First Battle of Luver.
* 11th of Nyara's Summer - Monarchist victory at the Second Battle of Luver.
* 14th of Nyara's Summer - Monarchists take Faefield without bloodshed.
* 27th of Nyara's Summer - All Republican forces west of the River Clech are defeated.
* 34th of Nyara's Summer - Monarchist victory at the Battle of Winfield.
* 40th of Nyara's Summer - Monarchists take Kersley without a fight.
* 47th of Nyara's Summer - Monarchist victory in the Ashwood Uprising.
* 11th of Starhearth - Monarchist victory in the Wicktra Uprising.
* 19th of Starhearth - Begin of the Siege of Woodhall.
* 38th of Starhearth - George Wallace dies in battle.
* 39th of Starhearth - Monarchist victory at the Siege of Woodhall.
* 42nd of Starhearth - Rowland Spencer moves the capital to Mellowood and continues the war.
* 59th of Starhearth - Monarchist victory at the Battle of Mellowood. Spencer flees into the countryside.
* 28th of Redfall - Rowland Spencer is assassinated.
* 36th of Redfall - The last remaining pro-Republican forces surrender, ending the war.

## Involved Forces

### Monarchist Forces

* **Land**
	+ Army for the Liberation of Wyrsia
	+ Army of the Green Grove
	+ Army of the Emerald Heaven
	+ Wyrsian Assistance Army
	+ Redmile Liberation Front
	+ Cramsport Free Boys
	+ Glechland Peasant Army
	+ Ashwood Liberation Army
	+ Wyrsian Syndicate
	+ Wicktran Free Band
* **Sea**
	+ Royal Navy of Wyrsia
	+ Fleet of Zengyu
	+ Second Fleet
* **Air**
	+ Airfleet Three

### Republican Forces

* **Land**
	+ National Army
	+ Ashfrey Volunteer Force
	+ Purple Army of Wyrsia
	+ Woodhall Defense Army
* **Sea**
	+ National Fleet
* **Air**
	+ None