Tollaran War

The **Tollaran War** or **Auri-Tollaran War** was a war fought in 1880 and 1881 between Auriroux and the Kingdom of Tollara with support from it's ally, Yeharon.

## Background

The 1860s and 1870s saw the subjugation of several Grutian and Soor countries by Euronian powers like Drecy, Selucia, and Kaden. Auriroux had recently obtained the Territory of Cartadura in 1873 and were wishing to expand their empire further into mainland Euronia. The nearby Kingdom of Tollara was seen as the logical next step in Auri expansion after securing Cartadura. Tollaran King Sergio Rivera realized this and actively pursued alliance and assistance from other powers like Drecy and Kaden, to no avail. Tollara's eastern neighbor, Yeharon, was willing to protect them, however. Yeharon's king, Ignacio III, was concerned about Auri expansion as well, hoping that protecting Tollara would prevent further their own subjugation.

In Summer of 1878, protests in the Sursian city of Zazkari began against Tollaran rule, orchestrated by the Sursian Communist Party. King Rivera ignored them, not wanting to cause even more unrest and hoped the protests would eventually end. The Yeharon government, however, decided to send a contingent of their army into Tollaran Sursia without permission to put down the protests using force. The Yeharon army arrived on July 18th and quickly forced the protests to end by September. Ignacio advised Rivera to officially ban the SCP but he refused.

In late 1879, the Yeharon government began meeting with the Tollaran government about concerns of Auri expansion in the region. Eventually they agreed to sign a military alliance and made their plans public on January 3rd, 1880. In response, on January 30th, the Auri government demanded Yeharon end the planned treaty and were ignored. The Auri government then worked with the Vinnish government to both demand the treaty stop on February 15th, hoping both nation's power would be enough to discourage them. The next week, on February 20th, Yeharon announced it was planning to finalize the treaty by the end of the year, but that it would now be finalized by Summer. With approval from the Vinnish government, the Auri military began planning an invasion of Tollara to prevent Yeharon from being able to threaten Auriroux's coastline.

## War

### Preparation

The Straight of Fiuno was chosen for invasion force's staging point. The Auri Navy estimated it would take a few hours for the invasion force to reach the Tollaran coast under ideal conditions, however it was determined it didn't matter much since they expected little to no resistance from the Tollaran military during the landings. An army of 80,000 was assembled in Fiuno under General Roderic Ossa in Spring and by April were prepared for invasion. The Cartaduran Army was also in cooperation with the Auri government and planned their own attack from the Soor mainland as part of the Auri invasion. A force of 40,000 Cartaduran volunteers were assembled under General Cosme Crescas who was being advised by Auri General Martí Salto. In early Summer, talks began with the Vinnish about their participation to reinforce their alliance with Auriroux, resulting in a small force of 8,000 Vinnish Marines joining the Auri military under Vinnish General Jannik Faerber. In total, around 130,000 soldiers were part of the coalition invasion force.

Opposing them, the Tollaran Army headed by Generalissimo Francisco Mesonero had 180,000 defending, however much of the army was preemptively stationed in Sursia to put down an uprising if one occurred. Only 100,000 were defending the coast with most of them stationed around the capital of Abramar. An Auri invasion wasn't anticipated, although throughout the Spring of 1880, Mesonero made several warnings to King Rivera that the Auri could be planning a military response to their treaty. While Rivera ignored him, Yeharo General Jaume Torres supported Mesonero and convinced the Yeharo government to allow a force of 30,000 Yeharo soldiers to be stationed in Tollara to help defend against an invasion.

On May 2nd, 1880, the invasion preparations were authorized by Auriroux's Minister of War Úmar Auladell and the military stood ready waiting. A few weeks later on May 15th, the Yeharon government announced the alliance treaty would be finalized on the final day of the month. Tollaran King Rivera would travel to the Yeharo capital of Lisaro where the treaty would be signed, meaning he would be out of the country when the invasion began.

### Invasion

On June 1st, at 6:00 AM, the Auri fleet led by Admiral Miquel Monzó left Fiuno to clear the way for the invasion fleet. For the first hour, they encountered nothing but fishing vessels in the Fiuno Straight until they made contact with the only ship in the Tollaran Navy at sea, the Argenta. A short skirmish broke out before the Argenta, a light steamship, was able to escape and headed to Abramar where the rest of the fleet was stationed.