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The "main" powers of the Nationalist Association, chiefly [[Corumm]], spent the early months preparing for a full offensive in December, the peak of campaign season in Alshar and Audonia. Although relatively inactive in the first months of the war in the east, Corumm began shelling [[Ayermer]] forty five minutes after the declaration of war was proclaimed. Local concentration of forces essentially allowed the Corummese to blockade the island, putting it under a state of siege. Lifting this early siege became the top priority of the [[Navy of Burgundie]] in early October 1934. | The "main" powers of the Nationalist Association, chiefly [[Corumm]], spent the early months preparing for a full offensive in December, the peak of campaign season in Alshar and Audonia. Although relatively inactive in the first months of the war in the east, Corumm began shelling [[Ayermer]] forty five minutes after the declaration of war was proclaimed. Local concentration of forces essentially allowed the Corummese to blockade the island, putting it under a state of siege. Lifting this early siege became the top priority of the [[Navy of Burgundie]] in early October 1934. | ||
===Beginning of the naval campaign=== | ===Beginning of the naval campaign=== | ||
Although stretched thin on land, the complete lack of a Derian naval force combined with the supremacy of the [[Urcea]]n [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] in and around [[Levantia]] ensured that [[Burgundie]] had a plethora of naval assets to dispose of by the time war in the east broke out in September 1934. | Although stretched thin on land, the complete lack of a Derian naval force combined with the supremacy of the [[Urcea]]n [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] in and around [[Levantia]] ensured that [[Burgundie]] had a plethora of naval assets to dispose of by the time war in the east broke out in September 1934. Accordingly, a massive share of Burgundie's naval forces were diverted from the Occident and locations abroad to the [[Middle seas region]], with a portion of those committed to keeping sea lanes between [[Levantia]] and the east open for both commerce and military purposes. By late October 1934, sufficient operational strength had been mustered to allow the [[Navy of Burgundie]] to begin offensive operations in various places, as well as stationing small flotillas around its coastal strongpoints to provide heavy artillery support. A major portion of the navy's offensive capacity were sent in the first week of November to [[Ayermer]], where it destroyed a smaller force of [[Corumm]]ese ships and lifted the month-long siege of the island. On 14 November, a Corummese defeated a Burgoignesc force to a draw near Salarive, requiring additional ships to move to the south Middle seas area to ward off the Corummese navy. For the remainder of 1934 and early 1935, the Corummese and Burgoignesc navies largely skirmished without a decisive engagement. The arrival of [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] ships at [[Antilles]] plus additional Urcean ships guarding the sea lanes gradually allowed the Navy of Burgundie to shift more of its ships to the combat theater. | ||
===Zaclaria enters the war=== | |||
===Corummese offensive=== | ===Corummese offensive=== | ||