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Hellman, a small community in the suburbs outside the largest city of Kilinmuir, was a convenient location for Ros Mac's 1st and 2nd Liberation Brigades of the National Liberation Army. Deploying 2 infantry brigades, the Chief of the Army General Staff, General Dunsworthe had both the initiative and the element of surprise. Attacking mid-morning on March 12th, they engaged elements foraging for food and shaking down civilians in outlying villages, infantry and armoured car units managing to rout the counterattacking forces, which lacked heavy equipment and weapons and were routed back to Hellman proper. Ros Mac, panicked at the thought of losing everything so early in the campaign, ordered a general retreat. In the ensuing panic, much of the 2nd Brigade was badly mauled by Royalist forces during their retreat Northward. | Hellman, a small community in the suburbs outside the largest city of Kilinmuir, was a convenient location for Ros Mac's 1st and 2nd Liberation Brigades of the National Liberation Army. Deploying 2 infantry brigades, the Chief of the Army General Staff, General Dunsworthe had both the initiative and the element of surprise. Attacking mid-morning on March 12th, they engaged elements foraging for food and shaking down civilians in outlying villages, infantry and armoured car units managing to rout the counterattacking forces, which lacked heavy equipment and weapons and were routed back to Hellman proper. Ros Mac, panicked at the thought of losing everything so early in the campaign, ordered a general retreat. In the ensuing panic, much of the 2nd Brigade was badly mauled by Royalist forces during their retreat Northward. | ||
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=== Evacuation of Taernsby === | === Evacuation of Taernsby === | ||
-arco generals see writing on the wall, begin an evacuation a la Manila to get loyalists to the north island | -arco generals see writing on the wall, begin an evacuation a la Manila to get loyalists to the north island | ||
Battle of Taernsby as its first major engagement, where two tank companies supported by an armoured reconnaissance battalion conducted a counter attack to engage communist forces, which lacked anti-tank weapons and were beaten back, giving time for Arcer forces to evacuate civilians and noncombatants through the port. | |||
==== Battles of the Southern Marches ==== | ==== Battles of the Southern Marches ==== | ||
''See: [[Operation Smatter]]'' | ''See: [[Operation Smatter]]'' | ||