First Expeditionary Corps (Vionna-Frankenlisch)

First Expeditionary Corps
Troops of the corps resting outside Weira. Soldiers appear to belong to the Royal Gestoria Rifles.
Active	2013-15
Country	Vionna-Frankenlisch
Branch	Imperial Army
Size	20,000 initially 26,000 by late 2013 30,000 by mid-2014
Engagements	Cassadian Civil War Parnello Offensive 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
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.

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