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Line 18: }} }} − The '''Battle of McCarel Farm''' took place on 11 December, [[3067]], during the larger campaign known as the [[New_Avalon#First_Battle_for_New_Avalon|First Battle of New Avalon]]<ref name=JSBD94>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 94, "31st Division (Purity of Faith)"</ref> at the start of the [[Jihad]]. It featured the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[31st Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-first Division]]<ref name=JTPNA8/> and a spot-hired mercenary unit named [[Grandin's Crusaders]]<ref name="TCp47">''Total Chaos'', p. 47, "Unwelcome Guests"</ref> against the [[Tenth Lyran Guards]] of the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name=JTPNA8>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8, "Unwelcome Guests"</ref> + The '''Battle of McCarel Farm''' took place on 11 December, [[3067]], during the larger campaign known as the [[Battle of New Avalon (Jihad)|First Battle of New Avalon]]<ref name=JSBD94>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 94, "31st Division (Purity of Faith)"</ref> at the start of the [[Jihad]]. It featured the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[31st Division (Word of Blake)|31st Division]] against the [[10th Lyran Guards]] of the [[Federated Suns]]. <ref name=JTPNA8>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8, "Unwelcome Guests"</ref> ==Details== ==Details== Line 23:
Line 24: In December 3067, a Word of Blake flotilla attacked [[New Avalon]], the capital of the [[Federated Suns]]. This was in response to [[First Prince|Princess-Regent]] [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] pulling the Federated Suns out of the [[Second Star League]] at the [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. Combined with similar declarations by the [[Lyran Alliance]] and [[Capellan Confederation]], this resulted in the collapse of the League. Enraged, the Blakists began an orbital bombardment of both [[Tharkad]] and New Avalon. In addition to three [[WarShip]]s attacking from above, the Thirty-first Division (known as the ''Purity of Faith'') landed in Avalon County under cover of the bombardment and rapidly moved on to the capital of [[Avalon City]] through the farmlands. <ref name=JTPNA8/> In December 3067, a Word of Blake flotilla attacked [[New Avalon]], the capital of the [[Federated Suns]]. This was in response to [[First Prince|Princess-Regent]] [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] pulling the Federated Suns out of the [[Second Star League]] at the [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. Combined with similar declarations by the [[Lyran Alliance]] and [[Capellan Confederation]], this resulted in the collapse of the League. Enraged, the Blakists began an orbital bombardment of both [[Tharkad]] and New Avalon. In addition to three [[WarShip]]s attacking from above, the Thirty-first Division (known as the ''Purity of Faith'') landed in Avalon County under cover of the bombardment and rapidly moved on to the capital of [[Avalon City]] through the farmlands. <ref name=JTPNA8/> − Although defended by several prestigious units, those commands were still recovering from the [[FedCom Civil War]] and most had been scattered from the orbital attacks. <ref name=JTPNA8/> The Tenth Lyran Guards RCT had chosen to remain on New Avalon after the Civil War as part of the new [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], pledging their loyalty to [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]]. <ref name=JTPNA6>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 6, "Combatants: Tenth Lyran Guards"</ref> Although operating at only about one-third strength even before the Jihad, <ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'' p. 179, Lyran Alliance Armed Forces: Units in Federated Suns/Chaos March</ref> they were the only unit able to mobilize in time to slow the invaders down, as the other defenders desperately attempted to regroup. <ref name=JTPNA8/> + Although defended by several prestigious units, those commands were still recovering from the [[FedCom Civil War]] and most had been scattered from the orbital attacks. <ref name=JTPNA8/> The Tenth Lyran Guards RCT had chosen to remain on New Avalon after the Civil War as part of the new [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], pledging their loyalty to [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]]. <ref name=JTPNA6>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 6, "Combatants: Tenth Lyran Guards"</ref> + Although operating at only about one-third strength even before the Jihad, <ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'' p. 179, Lyran Alliance Armed Forces: Units in Federated Suns/Chaos March</ref> they were the only unit able to mobilize in time to slow the invaders down, as the other defenders desperately attempted to regroup. <ref name=JTPNA8/> ===11 December 3067=== ===11 December 3067=== − The Thirty-first, relatively inexperienced, attempted to go around the veteran Revenants by sending a defensive screen against them. This proved ineffective against the determined Tenth Lyrans, who punched their way through the defensive screen, beelining for the Thirty-first's supply train. The Blakists employed a trio of [[Prairie Schooner (tractor)|Prairie Schooner Land Trains]] loaded with sufficient supplies to wage a campaign for the capital. The Tenth found their quarry in the prairies of [[McCarel Farm]],<ref name=JTPNA8/> farmland owned by one Harold McCarel.<ref name=JTPNA8A>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8, "Unwelcome Guests" : Aftermath</ref> Unbeknownst to the Tenth, the Blakists had spot-hired a mercenary unit named Grandin's Crusaders to assist them. The Crusaders were on New Avalon under contract to [[Interstellar Expeditions]] (IE) and charged with bringing a contact to the Blakist fleet, but the Thirty-First Division circumvented IE completely and hired [[Pierre Gardin]] and his unit directly to help them try and block the Lyran Guards.<ref name="TCp47"/> The Tenth managed to inflict serious damage before they were driven off by the superior numbers of the Thirty-first. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> Grandin had deployed his infantry forces in the fields of the McCarel Farm under the command of Mad Jack Cunningham, and the unexpected attack from the concealed infantry units disrupted a [[company]] of the Tenth enough that the Thirty-first Division was able to wipe that company out. This prevented the [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] from identifying Grandin's Crusaders as combatants in the battle.<ref name="TCp47"/> + The Thirty-first, relatively inexperienced, attempted to go around the veteran Revenants by sending a defensive screen against them. This proved ineffective against the determind Tenth Lyrans, who punched their way through the defensive screen, beelining for the Thirty-first's supply train. The Blakists employed a trio of [[Prairie Schooner (tractor)|Prairie Schooner Land Trains]] with sufficient supplies to wage a campaign for the capital. The Tenth found their quarry in the praries of [[McCarel Farm]], <ref name=JTPNA8/> farmland owned by one Harold McCarel. <ref name=JTPNA8A>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8, "Unwelcome Guests" : Aftermath</ref> The Tenth managed to inflict serious damage before they were driven off by the superior numbers of the Thirty-first. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> ===Aftermath=== ===Aftermath=== − Although the Tenth was forced to retreat, the delay gave [[Marshal_of_the_Armies#Marshal_of_the_Armies|Marshal of Armies]] [[Jackson Davion]] and the other defending units time to properly organize the defense of Avalon City. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> The Thirty-first pushed ahead with the attack on the capital, but the defenders held and they were forced to retreat after three weeks of fighting. <ref name=JSBD94/> Unfortunately by that time, casualties to the Tenth were too heavy to make them an effective independent fighting force, and by February [[3068]] they were merged into the [[First Davion Guards]]. <ref name=JTPNA6/> The Thirty-first would remain in-system and would later take part in the Second and Third Battles of New Avalon. By the time they retreated for the final time in September [[3074]], they had been effectively merged into the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|Thirty-sixth Division]]. <ref name=JSBD94/> Farmer McCarel lost half his crops in the fighting. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> + Although the Tenth was forced to retreat, the delay gave [[Marshal_of_the_Armies#Marshal_of_the_Armies|Marshal of Armies]] [[Jackson Davion]] and the other defending units time to properly organize the defense of Avalon City. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> The Thirty-first pushed ahead with the attack on the capital, but the defenders held and they were forced to retreat after three weeks of fighting. <ref name=JSBD94/> Unfortunately by that time, casualties to the Tenth were too heavy to make them an effective independent fighting force, and by February [[3068]] they were merged into the [[1st Davion Guards]]. <ref name=JTPNA6/> The Thirty-first would remain in-system and would later take part in the Second and Third Battles of New Avalon. By the time they retreated for the final time in September [[3074]], they had been effectively merged into the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|36th Division]]. <ref name=JSBD94/> Farmer McCarel lost half his crops in the fighting. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> ==References== ==References== Line 35:
Line 37: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' + *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' − * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' + *''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' − * ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]'' + *''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]'' − * ''[[Total Chaos]]''+ [[Category:Minor Battles (Jihad)|McCarel Farm]] [[Category:Minor Battles (Jihad)|McCarel Farm]]
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| date = 11 December [[3067]] | | date = 11 December [[3067]] | ||
| − | | place = McCarel Farm, Avalon County | + | | place = [[McCarel Farm]], Avalon County |
| planet = [[New Avalon]] | | planet = [[New Avalon]] | ||
| commander1 = [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[James McFarland]] | | commander1 = [[Marshal (rank)|Marshal]] [[James McFarland]] | ||
| − | | forces1 = [[ | + | | forces1 = [[10th Lyran Guards]] |
| commander2 = [[Precentor]] [[Terry McQuinn]] | | commander2 = [[Precentor]] [[Terry McQuinn]] | ||
| − | | forces2 = [[31st Division (Word of Blake)| | + | | forces2 = [[31st Division (Word of Blake)|31st Division]] |
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| − | The '''Battle of McCarel Farm''' took place on 11 December, [[3067]], during the larger campaign known as the [[ | + | The '''Battle of McCarel Farm''' took place on 11 December, [[3067]], during the larger campaign known as the [[Battle of New Avalon (Jihad)|First Battle of New Avalon]]<ref name=JSBD94>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 94, "31st Division (Purity of Faith)"</ref> at the start of the [[Jihad]]. It featured the [[Word of Blake]]'s [[31st Division (Word of Blake)|31st Division]] against the [[10th Lyran Guards]] of the [[Federated Suns]]. <ref name=JTPNA8>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8, "Unwelcome Guests"</ref> |
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In December 3067, a Word of Blake flotilla attacked [[New Avalon]], the capital of the [[Federated Suns]]. This was in response to [[First Prince|Princess-Regent]] [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] pulling the Federated Suns out of the [[Second Star League]] at the [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. Combined with similar declarations by the [[Lyran Alliance]] and [[Capellan Confederation]], this resulted in the collapse of the League. Enraged, the Blakists began an orbital bombardment of both [[Tharkad]] and New Avalon. In addition to three [[WarShip]]s attacking from above, the Thirty-first Division (known as the ''Purity of Faith'') landed in Avalon County under cover of the bombardment and rapidly moved on to the capital of [[Avalon City]] through the farmlands. <ref name=JTPNA8/> | In December 3067, a Word of Blake flotilla attacked [[New Avalon]], the capital of the [[Federated Suns]]. This was in response to [[First Prince|Princess-Regent]] [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]] pulling the Federated Suns out of the [[Second Star League]] at the [[Fourth Whitting Conference]]. Combined with similar declarations by the [[Lyran Alliance]] and [[Capellan Confederation]], this resulted in the collapse of the League. Enraged, the Blakists began an orbital bombardment of both [[Tharkad]] and New Avalon. In addition to three [[WarShip]]s attacking from above, the Thirty-first Division (known as the ''Purity of Faith'') landed in Avalon County under cover of the bombardment and rapidly moved on to the capital of [[Avalon City]] through the farmlands. <ref name=JTPNA8/> | ||
| − | Although defended by several prestigious units, those commands were still recovering from the [[FedCom Civil War]] and most had been scattered from the orbital attacks. <ref name=JTPNA8/> The Tenth Lyran Guards RCT had chosen to remain on New Avalon after the Civil War as part of the new [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], pledging their loyalty to [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]]. <ref name=JTPNA6>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 6, "Combatants: Tenth Lyran Guards"</ref> Although operating at only about one-third strength even before the Jihad, <ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'' p. 179, Lyran Alliance Armed Forces: Units in Federated Suns/Chaos March</ref> they were the only unit able to mobilize in time to slow the invaders down, as the other defenders desperately attempted to regroup. <ref name=JTPNA8/> | + | Although defended by several prestigious units, those commands were still recovering from the [[FedCom Civil War]] and most had been scattered from the orbital attacks. <ref name=JTPNA8/> The Tenth Lyran Guards RCT had chosen to remain on New Avalon after the Civil War as part of the new [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]], pledging their loyalty to [[Yvonne Steiner-Davion]]. <ref name=JTPNA6>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 6, "Combatants: Tenth Lyran Guards"</ref> |
| + | Although operating at only about one-third strength even before the Jihad, <ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'' p. 179, Lyran Alliance Armed Forces: Units in Federated Suns/Chaos March</ref> they were the only unit able to mobilize in time to slow the invaders down, as the other defenders desperately attempted to regroup. <ref name=JTPNA8/> | ||
===11 December 3067=== | ===11 December 3067=== | ||
| − | The Thirty-first, relatively inexperienced, attempted to go around the veteran Revenants by sending a defensive screen against them. This proved ineffective against the | + | The Thirty-first, relatively inexperienced, attempted to go around the veteran Revenants by sending a defensive screen against them. This proved ineffective against the determind Tenth Lyrans, who punched their way through the defensive screen, beelining for the Thirty-first's supply train. The Blakists employed a trio of [[Prairie Schooner (tractor)|Prairie Schooner Land Trains]] with sufficient supplies to wage a campaign for the capital. The Tenth found their quarry in the praries of [[McCarel Farm]], <ref name=JTPNA8/> farmland owned by one Harold McCarel. <ref name=JTPNA8A>''Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon'', p. 8, "Unwelcome Guests" : Aftermath</ref> The Tenth managed to inflict serious damage before they were driven off by the superior numbers of the Thirty-first. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> |
===Aftermath=== | ===Aftermath=== | ||
| − | Although the Tenth was forced to retreat, the delay gave [[Marshal_of_the_Armies#Marshal_of_the_Armies|Marshal of Armies]] [[Jackson Davion]] and the other defending units time to properly organize the defense of Avalon City. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> The Thirty-first pushed ahead with the attack on the capital, but the defenders held and they were forced to retreat after three weeks of fighting. <ref name=JSBD94/> Unfortunately by that time, casualties to the Tenth were too heavy to make them an effective independent fighting force, and by February [[3068]] they were merged into the [[ | + | Although the Tenth was forced to retreat, the delay gave [[Marshal_of_the_Armies#Marshal_of_the_Armies|Marshal of Armies]] [[Jackson Davion]] and the other defending units time to properly organize the defense of Avalon City. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> The Thirty-first pushed ahead with the attack on the capital, but the defenders held and they were forced to retreat after three weeks of fighting. <ref name=JSBD94/> Unfortunately by that time, casualties to the Tenth were too heavy to make them an effective independent fighting force, and by February [[3068]] they were merged into the [[1st Davion Guards]]. <ref name=JTPNA6/> The Thirty-first would remain in-system and would later take part in the Second and Third Battles of New Avalon. By the time they retreated for the final time in September [[3074]], they had been effectively merged into the [[36th Division (Word of Blake)|36th Division]]. <ref name=JSBD94/> Farmer McCarel lost half his crops in the fighting. <ref name=JTPNA8A/> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | + | *''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | + | *''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' |
| − | * ''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]'' | + | *''[[Jihad Turning Points: New Avalon]]'' |
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[[Category:Minor Battles (Jihad)|McCarel Farm]] | [[Category:Minor Battles (Jihad)|McCarel Farm]] | ||