18th Legion Counter Attack

Life, Death

Having broken through loyalist lines earlier in the battle, the Word bearers cabal continued its push towards the centre of installation Delta.
  A hasty counter attack by the salamanders would ultimately succeed but proves costly for the sons of vulkan

Having broken through loyalist lines earlier in the battle, the Word bearers cabal continued its push towards the centre of installation Delta. Their advance was slowed by a series of rituals enacted after the slaughter of PDF troops and base personnel.
  This lull in the advance allowed time for a hasty counter attack by Salamanders forces, the 18th legion arriving too late to stop the manifestation of neverborn , but catching the freshly spawned daemons before they could fully coalesce, driving them back into the warp.
  Dragon's breath met warpfire and a bloody clash ensued in the defensive works of the polar defences.
  Observers note in particular the effectiveness of psycanik powers in banishing the neverborn, however as this was one of the earliest manifestations of daemons on the planet, the warp entities do not seem to have been fully matured.
  This banishment and the engagement with the Word Bearers was not without cost, initial reports indicate that the leader of the Salamanders warband was killed in action holding the line against the neverborn, struck down by a large specimen of extraplanar xenoform.
  The loyalists ultimately carried the day, inflicting heavy losses on the traitor sons of Lorgar and blunting their advance. Having cleared the field and cleansed the enemy dead with ritual fire, the salamanders withdrew, carrying the body of their chaplain upon his dragonscale shield.