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Via the [[Ceylonia|Ceylonian Consulate]], the Cape received diplomatic notice from Arcerion, supported by the navies of Burgundie and Alstin, that the invasion would continue until the Cape capitulated, expelled all Caphirian forces from its land, and submitted to an occupation by Urcean and allied forces for the duration of the war. The Cape unilaterally denied these terms, and continued to fight Arcer troops. As the summer ended and turned to fall in 1936, Arcer troops had established significant beachheads and consolidated their gains on the Capetian mainland, having fully seized the island of XX, which now served as an ideal staging point and base of operations to support the main offensives. To the North, Paulastra was driving its troops South, having been convinced to join the war effort by Urcean promises of additional territory and economic cooperation to support the Paulastran economy. Its forces split on two fronts, the Northern Front and the Peninsular Front, and its ships aggrieved by Burgoignesc , Alstinian, and Arcer fleets at sea, the situation for the Cape was bleak, and cries for assistance to Caphiria were unheeded as even the Caphirians were unable to extricate themselves fully across St. Brendan's Strait due to the growing number of Arco submarines and allied warships patrolling there. | Via the [[Ceylonia|Ceylonian Consulate]], the Cape received diplomatic notice from Arcerion, supported by the navies of Burgundie and Alstin, that the invasion would continue until the Cape capitulated, expelled all Caphirian forces from its land, and submitted to an occupation by Urcean and allied forces for the duration of the war. The Cape unilaterally denied these terms, and continued to fight Arcer troops. As the summer ended and turned to fall in 1936, Arcer troops had established significant beachheads and consolidated their gains on the Capetian mainland, having fully seized the island of XX, which now served as an ideal staging point and base of operations to support the main offensives. To the North, Paulastra was driving its troops South, having been convinced to join the war effort by Urcean promises of additional territory and economic cooperation to support the Paulastran economy. Its forces split on two fronts, the Northern Front and the Peninsular Front, and its ships aggrieved by Burgoignesc , Alstinian, and Arcer fleets at sea, the situation for the Cape was bleak, and cries for assistance to Caphiria were unheeded as even the Caphirians were unable to extricate themselves fully across St. Brendan's Strait due to the growing number of Arco submarines and allied warships patrolling there. | ||
As the initial invasion slowly ground to a halt due to harsh weather conditions in the late fall and winter months. Bitter fighting in the central highlands of the Cape, as well as significant urban combat in the city of XYZ characterized much of the late phases of Operation Lightfoot. The Cape by now had burned through much of their Caphirian-trained soldiers, which had been consistently thrown as shock troops to absorb Arcer offensives and blunt their advances, at great losses. Where they were unavailable, regular Arco formations had made gains and slowly enveloped these Capetian units, forcing their withdrawal to prevent being surrounded and cutoff from support and destroyed. Irregular, conscript, or poorly trained Capetian forces would melt away with successive actions by the Arcerion Parachute Regiment, which despite egregious losses early in the campaign, had received some reinforcement and was forcibly keeping Caphirian and Capetian troops on the back foot as they pushed towards Cape Town. the Confederate Parliament again submitted a memorandum to the Arcer General Staff on Christmas Eve, 1936 calling for the campaign plan for 1937, as soldiers in the Cape settled in for a lull in the fighting. | As the initial invasion slowly ground to a halt due to harsh weather conditions in the late fall and winter months. Bitter fighting in the central highlands of the Cape, as well as significant urban combat in the city of XYZ characterized much of the late phases of Operation Lightfoot. The Cape by now had burned through much of their Caphirian-trained soldiers, which had been consistently thrown as shock troops to absorb Arcer offensives and blunt their advances, at great losses. Where they were unavailable, regular Arco formations had made gains and slowly enveloped these Capetian units, forcing their withdrawal to prevent being surrounded and cutoff from support and destroyed. Irregular, conscript, or poorly trained Capetian forces would melt away with successive actions by the Arcerion Parachute Regiment, which despite egregious losses early in the campaign, had received some reinforcement and was forcibly keeping Caphirian and Capetian troops on the back foot as they pushed towards Cape Town. the Confederate Parliament again submitted a memorandum to the [[Arcer General Staff]] on Christmas Eve, 1936 calling for the campaign plan for 1937, as soldiers in the Cape settled in for a lull in the fighting. | ||
=== Operation Severance === | === Operation Severance === | ||
rearmament and reinforcement | rearmament and reinforcement | ||