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On October 27th, the Royal Moorden Regiment led 7 Rifle Brigade ashore as they landed on Larton. With no enemy contact, reconnaissance patrols and screens were established as the rest of the Brigade landed, setting up light artillery pieces and air defense systems. Reconnaissance patrols determined the Kelekonese had primarily garrisoned the Southern Cape of Larton, and van der Berg quickly moved the Arcerion Fusilier Regiment Southwest to engage them. There, two battalions of the Fusiliers encountered an entire regimental group dug into the beach. It was the first documented use of bayonets in modern Arcer history, as the Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Jerry Sherwick, ordered the battalion to close with the Kelekonan positions as they were outnumbered and relied on violence of action and surprise. | On October 27th, the Royal Moorden Regiment led 7 Rifle Brigade ashore as they landed on Larton. With no enemy contact, reconnaissance patrols and screens were established as the rest of the Brigade landed, setting up light artillery pieces and air defense systems. Reconnaissance patrols determined the Kelekonese had primarily garrisoned the Southern Cape of Larton, and van der Berg quickly moved the Arcerion Fusilier Regiment Southwest to engage them. There, two battalions of the Fusiliers encountered an entire regimental group dug into the beach. It was the first documented use of bayonets in modern Arcer history, as the Commanding Officer of 2nd Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Jerry Sherwick, ordered the battalion to close with the Kelekonan positions as they were outnumbered and relied on violence of action and surprise. | ||
With large elements of the 98th fixed in the South, van der Berg ordered the remainder of 7 Rifle Brigade to march to Larton overland, where they conducted a long ruck march that was dubbed 'Long March at Larton.' Poor weather conditions and harsh terrain meant that the soldiers were both fighting Kelekonan forces as well as the elements, with a number of Kelekonan and Arcer troops succumbing to the cold and becoming exposure casualties. Arriving at Larton, the Royal Easthampton Borderers and the Royal Moorden Regiment worked to clear the town, which by October 31st was liberated. Remaining Naval infantry from the Kelekonan Army, which had inflicted serious casualties on both the RMR and APR during the fighting withdrew in good order to the North, delaying as they prepared to be evacuated to mainland Kelekona or Sharnwick. Arcer troops in the town, once reasonably certain that the last Kelekonan troops had been mopped up or taken prisoner, pooled what little sweets, candies, and chocolate they had in their rations and held a small Halloween event in Larton's Catholic | With large elements of the 98th fixed in the South, van der Berg ordered the remainder of 7 Rifle Brigade to march to Larton overland, where they conducted a long ruck march that was dubbed 'Long March at Larton.' Poor weather conditions and harsh terrain meant that the soldiers were both fighting Kelekonan forces as well as the elements, with a number of Kelekonan and Arcer troops succumbing to the cold and becoming exposure casualties. Arriving at Larton, the Royal Easthampton Borderers and the Royal Moorden Regiment worked to clear the town, which by October 31st was liberated. Remaining Naval infantry from the Kelekonan Army, which had inflicted serious casualties on both the RMR and APR during the fighting withdrew in good order to the North, delaying as they prepared to be evacuated to mainland Kelekona or Sharnwick. Arcer troops in the town, once reasonably certain that the last Kelekonan troops had been mopped up or taken prisoner, pooled what little sweets, candies, and chocolate they had in their rations and held a small Halloween event in Larton's Catholic Church, doling out the goods to children in the town. | ||
[[File:1 November troop placement.png|thumb|Locations of forces as of 1 November, 1986. ]] | [[File:1 November troop placement.png|thumb|Locations of forces as of 1 November, 1986. ]] | ||
=== Surrender of Sharnwick === | === Surrender of Sharnwick === | ||