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The Battle of the Fords of Flotir was the first major land battle of the War of the Velaran Succession. Fought on 6 February 1769, it saw an army under Kenti of Ja'ekha engage a large Velaran force under Atnas Laidakon on the eastern bank of the Flotir. The two commanders hastened to the frontier as soon as war broke out, with Laidakon gaining the ford two days before the Ja'ekhans' arrival. He positioned himself between Kenti and the river, hoping to stop their advance there, but found himself outnumbered. His army suffered heavy losses under withering cannon fire and was unable to launch a counter-assault, breaking by mid-afternoon and abandoning the field.
Laidakon nevertheless managed to form a rearguard out of the rout, which prevented Kenti from quickly gaining the river and seizing land in Retikh, although Velaran resistance in the province melted away until the first siege of Zarthalin two weeks later. Modern consensus is now that Kenti's victory at the Flotir effectively guaranteed Trellin's victory on the mainland. (See more...)