Sir Horace Lindegard
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| Born | 18 August 1880 Monton, Kingdom of Vionna |
| Died | 1 June 1964 Monton, Kingdom of Vionna |
| Service/ |  Imperial Vionna-Frankenlischian Army |
| Rank | Romulus General |
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Horace Lindegard (18 August 1880-1 June 1964) was a military officer and knight that served in the Imperial Vionna-Frankenlischian Army. He is ranked amongst the greatest expeditionary officers in Vionna-Frankenlischian military history.
Military Career
Ai Chi War
Vionna-Frankenlisch, ruled at that time by King Alexander II, entered the Ai Chi War formally on the eleventh of July 1899, just over a month from the start of the war. Horace Lindegard was, at that point, training troops for the Sultan of Okkamidur, an Imperial ally. Noting Lindegard's subsequent experience with foreign troops the War Office recalled him and gazetted him as a Major General in the Imperial Expeditionary Force to be sent to Ai Chi.
Upon arrival in late July, the Imperial Expeditionary Force was divided into two columns, the first one larger than the second and commanded by Lieutenant General William Sandoral. Lindegard commanded the Second Column of five thousand troops and sixteen field howitzers, the Second Column was made up mainly of dragoons and light infantry including the Light Dragoon Battalion of the Baron of Clare. Lieutenant General Sandoral commanded the IEF as a whole as well as the First Column in detail. The Imperial Expeditionary Force fought first at the Second Battle of Chari, an engagement which highlighted some severe deficiencies in the Imperial Expeditionary Force. During the battle, Sandoral was wounded by shrapnel and returned to Frankenlisch to recuperate while Lindegard took temporary command of the IEF, delegating command of the Second Column to the Earl of Brice who had just arrived with reinforcements in the form of Rifle Infantry and Artillery from Briceport along with his family retainers and mercenary cavalry from Wolfswood, two of the Second Column's Light Infantry units were transferred to the First Column as a result, the First Light Wingston Foot and the First Light Harmstead Rifles.