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| commander1 = [[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] [[William Porter]]<br /> | | commander1 = [[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] [[William Porter]]<br /> | ||
[[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] [[Sir Richard Acton]]<br /> | [[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] [[Sir Richard Acton]]<br /> | ||
[[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] [[James Eccleston]] | [[File:Flag of Castile-La Mancha.svg|25px]] [[James Eccleston]] [[Wounded in Action|(WIA)]] | ||
| commander2 = [[File:Molvani.jpg|25px]] [[Cadensk Dzendrich]]<br /> | | commander2 = [[File:Molvani.jpg|25px]] [[Cadensk Dzendrich]]<br /> | ||
[[File:Molvani.jpg|25px]] [[Ivan Stuk]] | [[File:Molvani.jpg|25px]] [[Ivan Stuk]] | ||
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[[Imperial Army Marine Corps]] | [[Imperial Army Marine Corps]] | ||
| units2 = | | units2 = [[Northern Squadron (Molvani)|Northern Squadron]]<br /> | ||
Dragovich Garrison | Dragovich Garrison | ||
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The '''Second Battle of Dragovich''' was a major engagement of the [[Third Vionnan-Molvanian War]] fought between forces of the Imperial Navy and Imperial Army Marine Corps against the Molvanian Northern Squadron and garrison of the port of Dragovich. The battle, fought on the 25th of March, 1897, ended in an Imperial victory albeit with many casualties. The port of Dragovich was captured along with 10 Molvanian ships at the cost of almost two thousand men and heavy damage to two ships. | The '''Second Battle of Dragovich''' was a major engagement of the [[Third Vionnan-Molvanian War]] fought between forces of the Imperial Navy and Imperial Army Marine Corps against the Molvanian Northern Squadron and garrison of the port of Dragovich. The battle, fought on the 25th of March, 1897, ended in an Imperial victory albeit with many casualties. The port of Dragovich was captured along with 10 Molvanian ships at the cost of almost two thousand men and heavy damage to two ships. | ||
==Background== | |||
==Opposing Forces== | |||
===Imperial=== | |||
===Molvanian=== | |||
==Imperial Plan== | |||
===Imperial Landings=== | |||
===Porter's Attack=== | |||
===Force A=== | |||
==Battle== | |||
==Aftermath== | |||
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| Second Battle of Dragovich | |||||||
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 HMNS Orion under fire from Molvanian defences in Dragovich | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Vionna-Frankenlisch |
 Molvani | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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James Eccleston (WIA) |
Ivan Stuk | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Molvani Fleet | Dragovich Garrison | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 36 ships, 22,000 marines | 15 ships, 3,000 men, 18 shore emplacements | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2 ships badly damaged. 1,934 Killed and Wounded | 5 ships destroyed, 10 ships captured. 401 Killed and Wounded, 255 Captured. | ||||||
The Second Battle of Dragovich was a major engagement of the Third Vionnan-Molvanian War fought between forces of the Imperial Navy and Imperial Army Marine Corps against the Molvanian Northern Squadron and garrison of the port of Dragovich. The battle, fought on the 25th of March, 1897, ended in an Imperial victory albeit with many casualties. The port of Dragovich was captured along with 10 Molvanian ships at the cost of almost two thousand men and heavy damage to two ships.