Assault of Pederton

The Assault of Pederton(14–21 November 2009) was an engagement of the Democratic Army Conflict between Autocrat and Democrat forces.

Pederton is a medium sized city in the south-east of Barrettstia, in the Pederland province. The approach to Pederton on land is mountainous, and sea routes to the city make use of a wide harbour surrounded by high Fjords. The city itself is thinly stretched along the interior coast of this harbour, as the ground becomes steep very quickly more than 800 meters away from the shore. Pederton is the closest major Barrettstian city to Revolvisia, and also the most isolated from the rest of the country, it was therefore an obvious choice by both sides of the conflict for the landing site in the planned autocrat invasion.

Intelligence reports made it clear that Pederton would be the first target for the invasion, so in the days before the battle the bulk of the Democrat forces allocated to the defence of the south were moved in to positions within the city. The remaining southern defenders took up smaller positions along the road to Pederton or in isolated places amongst the mountains surrounding it, whenever the ground was flat enough. Despite the obvious build up of defences, the city remained a target to the Autocrats, and on the 10th of November, expeditionary forces began moving to gather in the Neoacian Sea, due south of Revolvisia.

Things changed in the days following, with only the Fasdian fleet having met up with the Revolvisians by the 13th. Losing patience, and eager to take the fight to Barrettstia, Revolvisian high command chose to start heading towards Pederton immediately. This choice caused some anger amongst the expeditionary fleet of Brachyuria, who had just departed the country to rendezvous with the others, and also the southern fleet of Archonis-Thay, which had left at around the same time. Though their allies were only half a days travel away, Fasdia and Revolvisia chose to press on with the invasion by themselves, and were in coming into range of the defending Democrat naval forces in the early hours of the 14th of November.

Forces
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The Battle
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