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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]]. | 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=== | ||