First Battle of Augusthal

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First Battle of Augusthal
Part of the Continental War
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Hytekojuznik troops moving a 15-inch shell with rails outside Augusthal
DateOctober 19, 1910 – February 27, 1911
Location
Augusthal, Mascylla
Result

Hytekojuznik victory:

  • Hytekojuznik advance into Mascylla
  • Emergence of trench warfare
Belligerents
 Hytekojuznia  Mascylla
Commanders and leaders
Hytekojuznia Arke Visser
Hytekojuznia Konrad, Count Bridai
Mascylla General Paul von Blogner
Mascylla Adolf Möttwitz
Strength
Hytekojuznia 571,000 Mascylla 235,620
Casualties and losses
Hytekojuznia 28,172 Mascylla 105,000 (including 42,574 dead)

The First Battle of Augusthal (Hesurian: Erste Schlacht von Augusthal, also known as the Augusthal Shock, Augusthaler Schock) was a battle of the Continental War fought from 19 October 1910–27 February 1911. It resulted in a Hytekojuznik victory against the defending Mascyllary armies in the east. The battle was the culmination of the Hytekojuznik rush into Mascylla and pursuit of the Mascyllary armies which had established a defence line at Augusthal. An attack by three Hytekojuznik armies along the Elbgau River forced the Imperial Army of Mascylla to retreat east and regroup at Weidenau. Though the Mascyllary armies were able to evacuate most of the troops and equipment within the city, the battle was a victory for Hytekojuznia, as it opened the strategically viable Elbgau Gap to further advance into Mascylla. However, with Mascylla fully mobilizing and eigth armies drawn together at the proximity of Hytekojuznik strongholds to counter any push, a trench warfare stalemate for the next two years began to emerge.