Southern Indiae Raids
The Southern Indiae Raids (20 August 1821 - 15 January 1822) were a series of raids, ambushes, espionage, and sabotage operations that took place throughout the 1821 Maharashtra-Andhrapradesh Campaign in order to deter Aurucolian and Sikh forces to advancing towards the Port of Pondecherry.
Aurucolian Flórián Székely de Kisbátor expected the Indiaen natives to welcome them but unfortunately, the Southern Indiaen natives believed that they would be ruled by the Sikh Empire and would be forced to adopt the Sikh's way of life and religion. With Southern Indiae having diverse religions that the Lucis Empire allowed them to practice, the natives refused to accept the Aurucolians and Sikhs. Most natives banded together to aid the Lucians and Galbadians and provided them with various intelligence and enemy positions, which proved to be an advantage. General Sir. Benedict Humeray left the task to General Johannes Vandemeer to wage a massive guerilla campaign against the Sikhs and Aurucolians in order to delay them. Vandemeer's assignment in overseeing the raids proved to be decisive, as Vandemeer knew the behavior and discipline of the Aurucolians and Sikhs. Aurucolian troops under Vandemeer often commited espionage in the enemy lines to find out supply lines and reinforcement columns. Some regular infantrymen regiments were converted to irregulars to wage guerilla warfare. The most distinctive of the irregulars were the Chiyoda Company Regiment under the command of Nihhonese Colonel Akina Sumiyoshi, who used the forested terrain to her advantage. Meanwhile, Governor Richard Kelkirk-Kitagawa created a band of group dubbed as Richard's Gentlemen Irregulars, which would pose as a black market group of traders that would trade poisoned food or grinded charcoal as black powder to the Sikhs and Aurucolians.
The tactics succeeded in delaying and causing various havoc in the Sikh and Aurucolian lines. Marshal Kisbátor gave out an order not to take prisoners against irregulars in response. The raids would continue to go on until the Battle of Chindewara, which ended the campaign with the Allies retaking lost territories.