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The '''Red Interregnum''', also sometimes called the ''''97 Rising''' or '''King Patrick's War''', was a conflict in Urcea that took place during the [[First Great War]]. The war began in opposition to the Crown Regency of Gréagóir FitzRex, who established himself in a position of power that many contemporary and modern commentators classify as a technocratic-oriented military dictator. While assuming the office of Procurator legally, the FitzRex regency, which began in 1889, began to reduce civil liberties and there were widespread accusations of election fraud, leading to the suppression of the National Pact, Urcea's largest political party. This action directly began the conflict, as the National Pact rallied to House de Weluta loyalist partisans in the Ionian | The '''Red Interregnum''', also sometimes called the ''''97 Rising''' or '''King Patrick's War''', was a conflict in Urcea that took place during the [[First Great War]]. The war began in opposition to the Crown Regency of Gréagóir FitzRex, who established himself in a position of power that many contemporary and modern commentators classify as a technocratic-oriented military dictator. While assuming the office of Procurator legally, the FitzRex regency, which began in 1889, began to reduce civil liberties and there were widespread accusations of election fraud, leading to the suppression of the National Pact, Urcea's largest political party. This action directly began the conflict, as the National Pact rallied to House de Weluta loyalist partisans in the Ionian Plateau to form a so-called "Legitimist Front". The Legitimist-Imperial alliance scored enough victories by 1902 that resulted in Gréagóir FitzRex's overthrow in 1902 and the creation of the short-lived, socialist, Urcean Republic, which immediately preceded the restoration. | ||
The conflict, which began as a guerrilla war, escalated quickly into a full national civil war engaging most of the important actors and resources of the time. The destructive nature of the conflict lead to large casualties and a major disruption of the Urcean Economy, which caused a recession across the Holy Levantine Empire which spread unrest throughout the Empire. Since the most recent war had been the Third Caroline War in the 1840s, the conflict is considered to be among the first truly "modern wars" Urcea fought in, and it left a lasting impact on the nation. Besides the changes to the Constitution of Urcea, the victorious House de Weluta bore a renewed enmity for Caphiria, which supported the Regency, an enmity that laid the groundwork for the Occidental Cold War. Additionally, the Depression of 1900 began a sequence of events that lead to the beginning of the Great War. It would take Urcea until 1915 to fully recover from the war. The conflict also brought the nearly century long Recess of the Julii to an end, and it brought about a geopolitical realignment of Urcea and House de Weluta by bringing it into cordial terms with the other members of the Holy Levantine Empire. | The conflict, which began as a guerrilla war, escalated quickly into a full national civil war engaging most of the important actors and resources of the time. The destructive nature of the conflict lead to large casualties and a major disruption of the Urcean Economy, which caused a recession across the Holy Levantine Empire which spread unrest throughout the Empire. Since the most recent war had been the Third Caroline War in the 1840s, the conflict is considered to be among the first truly "modern wars" Urcea fought in, and it left a lasting impact on the nation. Besides the changes to the Constitution of Urcea, the victorious House de Weluta bore a renewed enmity for Caphiria, which supported the Regency, an enmity that laid the groundwork for the Occidental Cold War. Additionally, the Depression of 1900 began a sequence of events that lead to the beginning of the Great War. It would take Urcea until 1915 to fully recover from the war. The conflict also brought the nearly century long Recess of the Julii to an end, and it brought about a geopolitical realignment of Urcea and House de Weluta by bringing it into cordial terms with the other members of the Holy Levantine Empire. | ||
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==== Battle of Abylf Steppe ==== | ==== Battle of Abylf Steppe ==== | ||
In January 1901 the only true naval engagement of the war occurred. The Imperial Naval Fleet was retiring for the winter but was caught by a large contingent of Burgoignesc counter-commerce raiders. The two forces hammered each other for thirty-seven hours until the Navy of Burgundie ships ran out of ammunition and the remaining Imperial Naval Fleet ships limped home. A fifth of the Imperial Naval Fleet's combat ships had been sunk, crippled, or disabled. Necessitating a total reenvisioning of the Imperial Naval Fleet. While naval strategy would not rise to the level of a priority again until after the Great War, the lessons of the Red Interregnum are the foundation of the Imperial Naval Fleet's blue water navy today. Alternatively, the single and decisive victory for the Navy of Burgundie stalled further development of the pre-Dreadnought battleship as the military extreme clipper proved king among lesser foe until the War of Faskano Strait in the 1910s. | In January 1901 the only true naval engagement of the war occurred. The Imperial Naval Fleet was retiring for the winter but was caught by a large contingent of Burgoignesc counter-commerce raiders. The two forces hammered each other for thirty-seven hours until the Navy of Burgundie ships ran out of ammunition and the remaining Imperial Naval Fleet ships limped home. A fifth of the Imperial Naval Fleet's combat ships had been sunk, crippled, or disabled. Necessitating a total reenvisioning of the Imperial Naval Fleet. While naval strategy would not rise to the level of a priority again until after the Great War, the lessons of the Red Interregnum are the foundation of the Imperial Naval Fleet's blue water navy today. Alternatively, the single and decisive victory for the Navy of Burgundie stalled further development of the pre-Dreadnought battleship as the military extreme clipper proved king among lesser foe until the War of Faskano Strait in the 1910s. | ||
The Battle enabled significant early amphibious operations to be an option for campaigning against [[Urcea]]. Additionally, the battle ensured the fate of [[Halfway]], which was captured by [[Navy_of_Burgundie#Marine_infantry|Burgoignesc marines]] in February [[1901]]. It also allowed legitimist forces to link up with the people of [[Tromarine]], which had been ruled by a legitimist provisional government since the first months of the war. | |||
===Overland Campaign=== | ===Overland Campaign=== | ||
[[File:French soldiers in the Tonkin circa 1890.jpg|right|thumb|Burgoignesc infantrymen take a rest after a day of marching and skirmishing in forests of Burgundiemarch, 1899]] | |||
The '''Overland Campaign''', also known as the '''Lake Run Campaign''', was a series of battles fought in the [[Urcea|Urcean]] province of [[Burgundiemarch]] early in the [[Red Interregnum]]. The Legitimists and allied forced envisioned a two-pronged offensive into [[Urcea]], with the eastern prong being a "lake run" - a quick offensive by forces of [[Burgundie]] through [[Burgundiemarch]] to the [[Magnag]]. Control of this narrow corridor would allow allied forces to land across the Magnag in [[Ardricampus]] and contest control of the Magnag and Canete Railroad, the main east-west method of transportation through the [[Urcean frontier]]. Control of Ardricampus and the railroad, as well as a victorious campaign in the west to take Cana and the Callan and Cana Railroad, would allow allied forces to bisect Urcea and have access to the [[The Valley (Urcea)|Urcean valley]] at multiple points, making a campaign against [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] easier. The overland route was necessitated by the naval interdiction of [[Caphiria]] in the [[Sea of Canete]], preventing amphibious landings on the western coast of [[Urcea]]. | |||
After [[Burgundie]]'s entrance into the conflict in late [[1897]], the leadership of the relatively newly consolidated [[Army of Burgundie]] was confident in their ability to easily command a multinational corps of troops, many of whom were from the [[Kingdom of Dericania|Dericanian]] nations that they had defeated in the [[First Fratricide]] only 20 years earlier, and overwhelm the defenses of eastern [[Urcea]] by using a complex multi-pronged attack over land and across the eastern lakes. | |||
The campaign was characterized by many operational-level failures, including a lack of appropriate small vessels to be carried by light infantry under the portage portion of the operation as well as a lack of ships by the [[Navy of Burgundie]] that could operate in the planned riverine theater. This latter issue was cited as a major failure of planning, as the operation did not account for the lack of shallow draft ships the navy could field. Burgoignesc intelligence had also failed to account for the level of preparation and static defenses that had been constructed in [[Burgundiemarch]] since its organization in [[1892]] specifically for the purpose of defending against a campaign similar to the one that took form. [[Burgundie]] also failed to make sufficient contact with pro-de Weluta insurgents in [[Eastvale]], which had taken control of the province in July of [[1899]] and offered several flanking opportunities. Lastly, the [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] commanders treated the [[Kingdom of Dericania|Dericanian]] soldiers with such distain and distrust that they could not command or utilize them effectively. [[Burgundie|Burgoignesc]] commanders were mercurial on which role the [[Kingdom of Dericania|Dericanian]]s should play either using them as cannon fodder or holding them permanently in reserve even when they would have been pivotal in combat. | |||
Unfortunately for the allies, Burgundiemarch was heavily defended with static defenses, and what was intended to be a quick campaign resulted in a long and ultimately unsuccessful slow march west. Allied forces, after a breakthrough, got within 50 miles of the Magnag but got no further before the campaign was ultimately called off in March [[1901]]. The death toll was staggering with an estimated 58,200 Urcean casualties, 68,500 Burgoigniac causalities, and 253,800 [[Kingdom of Dericania|Dericanian]] causalities. | |||
===Cana Campaign=== | ===Cana Campaign=== | ||
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== Legacy == | == Legacy == | ||
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