Bashriyyan-Inyurstan Barbary War

Bashriyyan-Inyurstan Barbary War
Intense fighting at the Battle of Halij Haraq
Date 1848-1852 Location Bashriyya, Tifya Result Draw/Pyrrhic Inyurstan Victory Mixed casualties Inyurstan destruction of Bashriyyan coastal cities Bashriyyan official claims to end slavery Bashriyyan Sultan remains in power
Belligerents
Inyursta	Bashriyya
Commanders and leaders
Admiràle Enriqué D'Andalucia Admiràle Jerman Biron Major Pierre Ramires	N/A
Strength
(ships) (marines)	(ships) (pirates) (Bashriyyan soldiers)
Casualties and losses
Inyursta KIA: WIA: POW: Ships sunk Total: ...	Lolloh KIA: WIA: POW: Ships sunk Total: ...

The barbary wars

Background

Captive Inyurstan women sold at a market in Bashriyya

Able-bodied men, especially captured bodyguards, sailors or even a few unlike marines, were often pressed into service and forced to operate in "penal battalions" or "slave labor battalions" where they would be forced to carry extra supplies, dig trenches, set up camp, etc. Often times in combat, primarily in the Bashriyyan-Afruikahn Colonial Incursions but also in separate barbary wars with other coastal powers, they would be used as disposable "arrow fodder" to suck up the opening barrages of enemy forces (usually spears & arrows used by local Afruikahn warlords).

Second Inyurstan Campaign

With Biron's detachment regrouping off the coast of Bolreig, they were soon joined by Enriqué D'Andalucia arriving from Inyursta with fresh ships. In spite of the setbacks of the initial campaign, the Inyurstan Navy was ready to engage a renewed offensive against the barbary pirates and their Bashriyyan state supporters.

Battle of Halij Haraq

In order to strike at the Bashriyyan Sultan, the Inyurstan commanders deduced they would first have to destroy his navy. Given the ability of shore-borne artillery and excess locations to launch "suicide rafts", engaging them close to shore was considered too risky, and it was decided that the Bashriyyans should be engaged in open water.

Baiting Al-Monharaf

Fortunately, the Inyurstan retreat had left the Bashriyyan navy and barbary pirates alike believing they had effectively won the conflict and asserted their right to take ships and hostages. Playing further into the Inyurstan hands was that much of D'Andulcia's reinforcement fleet was comprised of former merchant vessels purchased or pressed into service after the conclusion of the Polaches-Juarez War, which allowed a group of three ships to effectively disguise themselves as a civilian merchant convoy.

On the night of the second day, Al-Monharaf had taken the bait.