battle of Koch

the bloodiest battle of the great crisis. the town of koch saw the castilan army and the vearinberg army clash.

The Conflict

Prelude

as the verainberg army streamed across the castilan border they made there way to the to koch the main road link to the capital becelo. the imperial generals believed that they could be halted hear and then thrown back across the broader. the army under Francisco pasha dug in north of the town. the verianberg army had made stunning success smashing through the weak defenses and had taken thousands of prisoners. lead by a legendary commander general scartofski of duchy of Szlski . soon he had reach his enemys defences.

The Engagement

Day One-in the late morning verainberg artillery opened fire on the Castilian defenses. they bombarded the positions for 4 hours and then in waves of 1000 infantry attacked the left wing of the defenses. this forced Francisco pasha to commit his reserve.these reserves however were much stronger than scartofski had thought. this forced him to change his axis of attack. he assaulted along the road. 40000 men were committed lead by a vanguard of Szlski cavalry. the center soon cracked under the weight of the attack. but they were to badly damaged to continue the attack along the road. the Castilian attempted a counter attack. committing 30000 men along with elven mercenary
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Outcome

verainberg forces were able to advance down the quickest route to becelo

Historical Significance

Legacy

the 3rd mountian division held a defensive line along the road in order for the rest of the destroyed army to retreat south. these men were heralded as heros

Included under Conflict

The great crisis

Conflict Type

Battle

Battlefield Type

Land

Conflict Result

verianberg victroy

Belligerents

the verianberg empire

• The Grand duchy of Szlski
• the verianberg empire

twin sultanates of Castilian and abria

• the sultanate of Castilian

Strength

250000

200000

Casualties

10000 dead 20000 wounded 4000 POWS

15000 dead 17000 wounded 7000 POWS

Objectives

take the road link to becelo

hold the road leading to the capital of becelo and if possible force the verainberg army back across its own boarder