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Giggins' combined forces continue to harass the Loyalist forces until mid-August, when Giggins decided to stand the unit down for a few days, as fatigue and damage were becoming serious problems. Unfortunately for the Allied forces, a [[Boomerang]] spotter plane identified both the Lancer's camp at the base of Monte Diablo and the position of the HQ company, and General Voss-Steiner launched a swift attack against the Allied camp. The attack surprised the Allied forces, and the senior Guards officer leading the attack, [[Hauptmann]] [[Susan Reeves]], was able to focus her forces on downing Giggins' ''[[Sagittaire]]'' before attempting to kill him as he retreated on foot. The Guards' focus on Giggins allowed the Allied forces to launch a savage counterattack, and [[Demi-Precentor]] [[Demetria Loris]] deliberately put her [['Mech]] between Reeves' massive ''[[Fafnir]]'' and Giggins, decapitating the larger 'Mech with a [[PPC]] strike and buying time for Giggins to be rescued and evacuated from the battlefield.<ref name="FCCWp145"/>
 
Giggins' combined forces continue to harass the Loyalist forces until mid-August, when Giggins decided to stand the unit down for a few days, as fatigue and damage were becoming serious problems. Unfortunately for the Allied forces, a [[Boomerang]] spotter plane identified both the Lancer's camp at the base of Monte Diablo and the position of the HQ company, and General Voss-Steiner launched a swift attack against the Allied camp. The attack surprised the Allied forces, and the senior Guards officer leading the attack, [[Hauptmann]] [[Susan Reeves]], was able to focus her forces on downing Giggins' ''[[Sagittaire]]'' before attempting to kill him as he retreated on foot. The Guards' focus on Giggins allowed the Allied forces to launch a savage counterattack, and [[Demi-Precentor]] [[Demetria Loris]] deliberately put her [['Mech]] between Reeves' massive ''[[Fafnir]]'' and Giggins, decapitating the larger 'Mech with a [[PPC]] strike and buying time for Giggins to be rescued and evacuated from the battlefield.<ref name="FCCWp145"/>
  
Buoyed by the victory at Monte Diablo, the Allied forces went on the offensive, scoring a number of victories against the Loyalists, culminating on an attack on the HQ Company of the Second Donegal Guards, which a scout company stumbled across on the 9th of September. The scouts attacked the HQ forces, destroying various support trucks and the mobile HQ from which Delmar Voss was operating. Although Voss wasn't killed, he was badly injured, and had to be medevaced to New Munich, unable to continue to take a part in the campaign. As bitter as the loss of their CO was, the Guards were enraged further by the accidental destruction of a Donegal MASH unit, caused by a downed [[aerospace fighter]] crashing into the complex, prompting a bitter, furious campaign against the Allied forces.<ref name="FCCWp145"/>
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Buoyed by the victory at Monte Diablo, the Allied forces went on the offensive, scoring a number of victories against the Loyalists, culminating on an attack on the HQ Company of the Second Donegal Guards, which a scout company stumbled across on the 9th of September. The scouts attacked the HQ forces, destroying various support trucks and the mobile HQ from which Delmar Voss was operating. Although Voss wasn't killed, he was badly injured, and had to be medivaced to New Munich, unable to continue to take a part in the campaign. As bitter as the loss of their CO was, the Guards were enraged further by the accidental destruction of a Donegal MASH unit, caused by a downed [[aerospace fighter]] crashing into the complex, prompting a bitter, furious campaign against the Allied forces.<ref name="FCCWp145"/>
  
 
Although Voss was a drunk, he was also a tactical genius; with him out of the picture, command disputes within the Second Donegal Guards hampered Loyalist operations, culminating in the Second withdrawing to New Munich in November, leaving the Seventh to fight alone. The increasingly vicious battle had marked Giausar permanently, but with the Seventh no longer on the field, the tempo of the campaign dropped back to a pattern of raids and counterraids that finally came to a conclusion on the 11th of December with the arrival of [[General]] [[Caesar Steiner]]. Caesar was both the former commanding officer of the Second Donegal Guards and the liaison between the [[LAAF]] and the [[Star League Defense Force]]. Caesar called for a ceasefire, and all of the commands on Giausar complied, much to Caesar's surprise. He openly acknowledged the bravery of the units, and announced his intention to take command of the Second Donegal to fight against the [[Free Skye]] rebellion currently in full flow, while the Seventh Donegal Guards would limp back to [[Launam]], and would leave Giausar in the hands of the Lancers. [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Gavin Dow]] disowned the surviving elements of the 167th, leaving them to be incorporated permanently into the Lancers.<ref name="FCCWp145"/>
 
Although Voss was a drunk, he was also a tactical genius; with him out of the picture, command disputes within the Second Donegal Guards hampered Loyalist operations, culminating in the Second withdrawing to New Munich in November, leaving the Seventh to fight alone. The increasingly vicious battle had marked Giausar permanently, but with the Seventh no longer on the field, the tempo of the campaign dropped back to a pattern of raids and counterraids that finally came to a conclusion on the 11th of December with the arrival of [[General]] [[Caesar Steiner]]. Caesar was both the former commanding officer of the Second Donegal Guards and the liaison between the [[LAAF]] and the [[Star League Defense Force]]. Caesar called for a ceasefire, and all of the commands on Giausar complied, much to Caesar's surprise. He openly acknowledged the bravery of the units, and announced his intention to take command of the Second Donegal to fight against the [[Free Skye]] rebellion currently in full flow, while the Seventh Donegal Guards would limp back to [[Launam]], and would leave Giausar in the hands of the Lancers. [[Precentor Martial of ComStar|Precentor Martial]] [[Gavin Dow]] disowned the surviving elements of the 167th, leaving them to be incorporated permanently into the Lancers.<ref name="FCCWp145"/>

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