Battle of Qanteng

Battle of Qanteng
Part of the Qanteng War
Date January 16th, 1911-January 16th, 1911 (21 hours) Location Port Friedrich, Falkenberg Result Decisive Elodian victory Reichskrieger forces expelled from northern Celestial Empire Swarzian declaration of war on Elodia Reichskrieger declaration of war on the Celestial Empire Severe damage to the port of Friedrichsburg Elodian annexation of Qanteng
Combatants
Reichskrieg	Elodia
Commanders and leaders
Roland von Scheifer	Gaius Publius Cornelianus
Strength
Approx. 13,000 garrison troops 7 warships	Approx. 15,000 Elodian troops 5 warships
Casualties and losses
12,981 dead or wounded 3 warships sunk 4 missing	11,237 dead or wounded 4 warships sunk 67 missing

The Battle of Qanteng, also known as the First Battle of Qanteng, was the opening battle of the larger Qanteng War. The siege was waged by Elodia against the Reichskrieger colonial garrison of Friedrichsburg. Rogue Elodian artillery brigades began shelling of Qanteng- also known as Friedrichsburg- at around 1:00AM on the morning of January 16th without official authorisation from their commanders, and the garrison of Friedrichsburg responded by returning fire. By 6:00AM, both Elodian and Reichskrieger forces were engaged in combat around the boundaries of the Port Friedrich colony. The battle would start the Qanteng War and provoke a declaration of war from the Empire of Reichskrieg against the Celestial Empire.

Causes of the Battle

The Valmerian power of Reichskrieg had long held an interest in carving out colonies wherever they could, as their colonial empire paled in comparison to that of Great Tarst and Morsain. Indeed, this colonial ambition had led the Celestial Squadron of the Reichskrieger Navy, commanded by Admiral Roland von Scheifer, to seize the port city of Falkenberg and integrate it into the Reichskrieger empire.

Roland von Scheifer, commander of the Celestial Squadron.

In late 1910, Reichskrieg also obtained the port settlement of Qanteng through a deal with the military junta that had taken power in the Celestial Empire. It was this port that sparked the war.

Following the Luhai Crisis of late 1910, the greatly-weakened Celestial Squadron of Reichskrieg returned to their berths in Port Friedrich.