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* [[Battle of Sivarka (2013)|Battle of Sivarka]]
* [[Parnello Offensive]]
** [[Battle of Sivarka (2013)|Battle of Sivarka]]
** [[Battle of Mikivik]]
** [[Battle of Matiavik]]
** [[Battle of Kobirit]]
** [[Battle of Ivorka]]
** [[Battle of Parnello]]
* [[Zugalsk Offensive]]
** [[Battle of La-Minning's Ford]]
** [[Battle of Kruggova-Rukinsk]]
** [[Siege of Zugalsk]]
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'''First Expeditionary Corps''' was a formation of the [[Imperial Vionna-Frankenlischian Army|Imperial Army]] of [[Vionna-Frankenlisch]] formed for service in the [[Cassadian Civil War]].
'''First Expeditionary Corps''' was a formation of the [[Imperial Vionna-Frankenlischian Army|Imperial Army]] of [[Vionna-Frankenlisch]] formed for service in the [[Cassadian Civil War]]. Under the command of the [[Karl, 9th Duke of Teutonberg|Duke of Teutonberg]], the corps was the first part of the Imperial intervention in Cassadia and undertook the [[Parnello Offensive]] in mid-2013.
 
==History==
===Parnello offensive===
===Zugalsk offensive===
==Order of Battle==
===2013===
In May 2013, when the corps arrived in Cassadia, it consisted of four brigades and a support group. It remained in this configuration until the end of the Parnello Offensive in July of that year. The four infantry brigades which made up the corps were provisional units made up of battalions taken from other (permanent) brigades.
 
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Unit
! Commander
! Strength
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | First (Duchy of Teutonberg) Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Victor Poltov]]
| 4,600
|-
| 1st Battalion, [[Royal Teutonberg Rifles]]
| Colonel Nathaniel Packham
| 1,000
|-
| 2nd Battalion, [[Royal Teutonberg Rifles]]
| Colonel Jonathon Berry
| 1,000
|-
| [[Royal Aston Rifles]]
| Colonel Sir Bernard Gibbs
| 1,000
|-
| [[Royal Bredwardine Rifles]]
| Colonel Powell Stoughton
| 1,000
|-
| [[Teutonberg Fortress Yeomanry]]
| Colonel Lady Ellyn Eyer
| 600
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Second (Riverland-Palatinate) Brigade
| Major General [[William McKieth]] {{KIA}}
| 4,600
|-
| [[Prince of Riverland's Light Infantry]]
| Colonel George Vaudray
| 1,000
|-
| [[Prince of Riverland's Grenadiers]]
| Colonel Sir Daniel Cavell
| 1,000
|-
| 1st Battalion, [[Royal Lawrenceburgh Regiment]]
| Colonel Sir Edmund Catesby
| 1,000
|-
| 2nd Battalion, [[Royal Lawrenceburgh Regiment]]
| Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas de Salle
| 1,000
|-
| [[City of Lawrenceburgh Yeomanry]]
| Colonel Samuel Redwyn
| 600
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Third (Middle Frankenlisch) Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Frederick Fitz-Hampton]]
| 4,600
|-
| [[King's Own Middle Frankenlisch Rangers]]
| Colonel [[Matthew, 7th Viscount Rachdale|Lord Matthew Saunders]]
| 1,000
|-
| [[Royal Drakeson Regiment]]
| Colonel [[Sir Norbet Drakeson]]
| 1,000
|-
| [[Royal McCaulin Regiment]]
| Colonel [[Sir Jock McCaulin]]
| 1,000
|-
| [[City of Frankenlisch Regiment]]
| Colonel Godfrey Askew-Parker
| 1,000
|-
| [[Kamber Castle Yeomanry|Kamber and Rachdale Yeomanry]]
| Brigadier Alice Frefwyll
| 600
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Fourth (Duchy of Gestoria) Brigade
| Major General [[Henry, 7th Marquess of Hornebolt|Lord Henry Hornebolt]]
| 4,600
|-
| 1st Battalion, [[Royal Gestoria Rifles]]
| Colonel [[William Danvers]]
| 1,000
|-
| 2nd Battalion, [[Royal Gestoria Rifles]]
| Major Benedict Osborne
| 1,000
|-
| [[King's Own North Gestoria Rifles]]
| Colonel [[Sir Francis Molland]] {{DOW}}
| 1,000
|-
| [[Royal Emmereton Rifles]]
| Colonel [[Lady Elizabeth La-Minnings|Elizabeth La-Minnings]]
| 1,000
|-
| [[South Gestoria Yeomanry]]
| Colonel Avery Rawston
| 600
|}
An additional infantry brigade joined the corps in September 2013 following the [[Battle of Parnello]].
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Unit
! Commander
! Strength
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Fifth Brigade
| Brigadier General [[Senan, 14th Earl of Clare|Sir Senan de Clare]]
| 4,600
|-
| 1st Battalion, [[Royal Monton Rifles]]
| Colonel Wilfried Savaas
| 1,000
|-
| 1st Battalion, [[Royal Erin Regiment]]
| Colonel [[Niamh d'Laiphre]]
| 1,000
|-
| 2nd Battalion, [[Royal Erin Regiment]]
| Colonel [[Sir James O'Mackey]]
| 1,000
|-
| 3rd Battalion, [[Marienberg Regiment]]
| Colonel [[Christopher Fitz-Lewis-Lyme]]
| 1,000
|-
| Aminburgh Imperial Yeomanry
| Colonel [[Sir George Taylor]]
| 600
|}
Following the [[Battle of La-Minning's Ford]], in which a train carrying the [[King's Own North Gestoria Rifles]] and the [[Royal Emmereton Rifles]] was ambushed and heavy (44%) casualties inflicted on the Imperial defenders, the two battalions were temporarily combined into the '''Composite (North Gestoria and Emmereton) Rifle Battalion''' with a strength of 1,100 troops under the command of Colonel [[Lady Elizabeth La-Minnings|Elizabeth La-Minnings]]. This left Fourth Brigade looking like this:
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
! Unit
! Commander
! Strength
|-
| style="font-weight:bold;" | Fourth (Duchy of Gestoria) Brigade
| Major General [[Henry, 7th Marquess of Hornebolt|Lord Henry Hornebolt]]
| 3,700
|-
| 1st Battalion, [[Royal Gestoria Rifles]]
| Colonel [[William Danvers]]
| 1,000
|-
| 2nd Battalion, [[Royal Gestoria Rifles]]
| Major Benedict Osborne
| 1,000
|-
| Composite (North Gestoria and Emmereton) Rifle Battalion
| Colonel [[Lady Elizabeth La-Minnings|Elizabeth La-Minnings]]
| 1,100
|-
| [[South Gestoria Yeomanry]]
| Colonel Avery Rawston
| 600
|}
 
===2014===
 
==Leadership==
[[Category:Units of the Cassadian Civil War]]

Latest revision as of 21:01, 29 November 2022

First Expeditionary Corps
Roadside March.jpg
Troops of the corps resting outside Weira. Soldiers appear to belong to the Royal Gestoria Rifles.
Active2013-15
CountryFlag of Castile-La Mancha.svg Vionna-Frankenlisch
BranchImperial Army Flag.png Imperial Army
Size
  • 20,000 initially
  • 26,000 by late 2013
  • 30,000 by mid-2014
EngagementsCassadian Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Karl, 9th Duke of Teutonberg

First Expeditionary Corps was a formation of the Imperial Army of Vionna-Frankenlisch formed for service in the Cassadian Civil War. Under the command of the Duke of Teutonberg, the corps was the first part of the Imperial intervention in Cassadia and undertook the Parnello Offensive in mid-2013.

History

Parnello offensive

Zugalsk offensive

Order of Battle

2013

In May 2013, when the corps arrived in Cassadia, it consisted of four brigades and a support group. It remained in this configuration until the end of the Parnello Offensive in July of that year. The four infantry brigades which made up the corps were provisional units made up of battalions taken from other (permanent) brigades.

Unit Commander Strength
First (Duchy of Teutonberg) Brigade Brigadier General Victor Poltov 4,600
1st Battalion, Royal Teutonberg Rifles Colonel Nathaniel Packham 1,000
2nd Battalion, Royal Teutonberg Rifles Colonel Jonathon Berry 1,000
Royal Aston Rifles Colonel Sir Bernard Gibbs 1,000
Royal Bredwardine Rifles Colonel Powell Stoughton 1,000
Teutonberg Fortress Yeomanry Colonel Lady Ellyn Eyer 600
Second (Riverland-Palatinate) Brigade Major General William McKieth  † 4,600
Prince of Riverland's Light Infantry Colonel George Vaudray 1,000
Prince of Riverland's Grenadiers Colonel Sir Daniel Cavell 1,000
1st Battalion, Royal Lawrenceburgh Regiment Colonel Sir Edmund Catesby 1,000
2nd Battalion, Royal Lawrenceburgh Regiment Lieutenant Colonel Nicholas de Salle 1,000
City of Lawrenceburgh Yeomanry Colonel Samuel Redwyn 600
Third (Middle Frankenlisch) Brigade Brigadier General Frederick Fitz-Hampton 4,600
King's Own Middle Frankenlisch Rangers Colonel Lord Matthew Saunders 1,000
Royal Drakeson Regiment Colonel Sir Norbet Drakeson 1,000
Royal McCaulin Regiment Colonel Sir Jock McCaulin 1,000
City of Frankenlisch Regiment Colonel Godfrey Askew-Parker 1,000
Kamber and Rachdale Yeomanry Brigadier Alice Frefwyll 600
Fourth (Duchy of Gestoria) Brigade Major General Lord Henry Hornebolt 4,600
1st Battalion, Royal Gestoria Rifles Colonel William Danvers 1,000
2nd Battalion, Royal Gestoria Rifles Major Benedict Osborne 1,000
King's Own North Gestoria Rifles Colonel Sir Francis Molland  (DOW) 1,000
Royal Emmereton Rifles Colonel Elizabeth La-Minnings 1,000
South Gestoria Yeomanry Colonel Avery Rawston 600

An additional infantry brigade joined the corps in September 2013 following the Battle of Parnello.

Unit Commander Strength
Fifth Brigade Brigadier General Sir Senan de Clare 4,600
1st Battalion, Royal Monton Rifles Colonel Wilfried Savaas 1,000
1st Battalion, Royal Erin Regiment Colonel Niamh d'Laiphre 1,000
2nd Battalion, Royal Erin Regiment Colonel Sir James O'Mackey 1,000
3rd Battalion, Marienberg Regiment Colonel Christopher Fitz-Lewis-Lyme 1,000
Aminburgh Imperial Yeomanry Colonel Sir George Taylor 600

Following the Battle of La-Minning's Ford, in which a train carrying the King's Own North Gestoria Rifles and the Royal Emmereton Rifles was ambushed and heavy (44%) casualties inflicted on the Imperial defenders, the two battalions were temporarily combined into the Composite (North Gestoria and Emmereton) Rifle Battalion with a strength of 1,100 troops under the command of Colonel Elizabeth La-Minnings. This left Fourth Brigade looking like this:

Unit Commander Strength
Fourth (Duchy of Gestoria) Brigade Major General Lord Henry Hornebolt 3,700
1st Battalion, Royal Gestoria Rifles Colonel William Danvers 1,000
2nd Battalion, Royal Gestoria Rifles Major Benedict Osborne 1,000
Composite (North Gestoria and Emmereton) Rifle Battalion Colonel Elizabeth La-Minnings 1,100
South Gestoria Yeomanry Colonel Avery Rawston 600

2014

Leadership

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