Battle of Williamsburg
| Battle of Williamsburg | |||||
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| Part of Second Imperial-Balonic War | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 Vionna-Frankenlisch |
 Republic of Urat | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Lord Richmond |
George Whittaker | ||||
| Strength | |||||
| 75,000 |
40,000 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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11,058 |
24,600 (estimated; at least 8,000 killed) | ||||
The Battle of Williamsburg was a major battle of the Second Imperial-Balonic War. The Imperial Expeditionary Army, under the command of the Viscount Richmond, defeated a combined Balonic-Uratic army under the joint command of General Gaberiel H. Beauchamp and General George Whittaker. The Imperial Expeditionary Army, cut off from supplies by Balonic movements during May, was caught by an outnumbered army of Balonic and Uratic troops while attempting to march on Woodsburg. The capture of Woodsburg would allow reinforcements and supplies to be brought in by ship and Beauchamp was wary of this possibility.
In the ensuing battle, which lasted from midday on the fourth of June until 6pm on the sixth, Lord Richmond's army bloodily repulsed multiple attacks by the Uratic Army of Balion and, later in the battle, counterattacked. The Union army was driven from the field in disarray, having taken terribly high casualties at a rate of over a third.
Background
Following the Battle of Greenfield Station in early May, the Imperial Expeditionary Army had been cut off from their supply base at New Tevetdale and, able to march faster than General Stanley P. Peck's pursuing Army of the Yellowback, Lord Richmond turned towards Woodsburg, a port town with only a militia garrison. Richmond planned to seize Woodsburg and hold it against Peck's army by fighting a pitched defensive battle. The port would allow Richmond's army to receive supplies and reinforcements despite being cut off from New Tevetdale.