Siege of Amburgh

The Siege of Amburgh(1–24 December 2009) was the pivotal battle of the Democratic Army Conflict, fought between Autocrat and Democrat forces.

Amburgh was the capital of Barrettstia, lying in the central Barrettstia province. Separated from the mainland by wide man-made canals to the North, South and East, and meeting the interior Chevkor Sea on it's west banks. Essentially, the city was an island, and was designed this way in previous centuries to withstand assaults. Amburgh was targeted by the Autocrats as the location that James Baltimore was imprisoned, and was chosen as the next major line of defence for the Democrats after Pederton had fallen.

Unable to stop the advance of the numerically superior Autocrats, the defending forces chose to give much ground to the invaders, in order to gather in strength further away from their line of advance. Some units were cut off in the rush, and had to be evacuated to Amburgh by air and sea lift operations. The bulk of the Democrats had been in place in and around the outskirts of the city for just under a week, before the Autocrats, held up by the movement problems their bulk presented, arrived on the 1st of December.

Forces
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The Battle
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