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Ros Mac's decision was to withdraw to the port of Tuton, where they had been smuggling most of their light weapons and preparing trucks to establish motorised regiments to more quickly move about the country. The garrison commander, upon learning of the rout, began to prep the town for an urban defense, including a heated argument with the Harbourmaster's Office regarding sinking coal freighters in the port's mouth to prevent the Royal Navy from entering. On the March to the Southeast, Ros Mac was now relying on veterans and former Army officers to stall and delay the Royalist forces as they chased them up the Northern coast along the Ardmori Gulf. The 2nd Brigade was now nearly half strength with deserters and casualties, many of the wounded forced to be left behind due to the lack of ambulances or horse carts from which they could transport the non-ambulatory. The larger loss was the multiple caches of weapons, including machineguns, that had been left in Kilinmuir and Hellman. The Battle was considered a defeat for the Socialist forces, and as they withdrew towards Tuton they would continue to lose support, many of those no longer believing in Ros Mac's ability to command a military force and flocked to join Ardghar's Ardmori Front.  
Ros Mac's decision was to withdraw to the port of Tuton, where they had been smuggling most of their light weapons and preparing trucks to establish motorised regiments to more quickly move about the country. The garrison commander, upon learning of the rout, began to prep the town for an urban defense, including a heated argument with the Harbourmaster's Office regarding sinking coal freighters in the port's mouth to prevent the Royal Navy from entering. On the March to the Southeast, Ros Mac was now relying on veterans and former Army officers to stall and delay the Royalist forces as they chased them up the Northern coast along the Ardmori Gulf. The 2nd Brigade was now nearly half strength with deserters and casualties, many of the wounded forced to be left behind due to the lack of ambulances or horse carts from which they could transport the non-ambulatory. The larger loss was the multiple caches of weapons, including machineguns, that had been left in Kilinmuir and Hellman. The Battle was considered a defeat for the Socialist forces, and as they withdrew towards Tuton they would continue to lose support, many of those no longer believing in Ros Mac's ability to command a military force and flocked to join Ardghar's Ardmori Front.  
{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict = Battle of Hellman
|partof = Ardmori Civil War
|image = Ardmori rout.PNG
|image_size = 200px
|caption = National Liberation Army irregulars rout after being engaged by Royalist forces outside of Kilinmuir, March 1927.
|date =  12-19 March 1927
|place = [[Hellman]], [[Ardmore]]
|result = Royalist Victory
|combatant1 = Royalists
|combatant2 = National Liberation Army
|commander1 = General Kenneth Dunsworth
|commander2 = Ros Mac
|units1 = 2 Infantry Brigades
|units2 = 2 Liberation Brigades (understrength)
|strength1 = ~8,000
|strength2 = ~6,500
|casualties1 = Unknown
|casualties2 = 500-600
}}


north island, loyalists smash commies
north island, loyalists smash commies
==== Battle of Tuton ====
==== Battle of Tuton ====
arrival of Arco paras, catch brigades retreating from hellman and destroy them, prevent them from evacuating most troops from the port
arrival of Arco paras, catch brigades retreating from hellman and destroy them, prevent them from evacuating most troops from the port