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[[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]] | [[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]]. | 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]]. | ||
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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. | 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=== | ||