Bretonian Armed Forces Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS) (iRP) (AO)

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From: Commodore John Redmond

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Enclosed is a report to the current situation of the New London battle, still ongoing.

Report is highly textual, and may conflict with events in details.

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The battle had continued to rage for many days, before finally the forces involved began to succumb to the weight of battle.

The first to fall was the Gettysburg and Warwick, both first in the line of fire of the trio of attack valors, the Dax, Gullistere and Nogent. The Gettysburg, along with the Carrier Warwick met the frontal assault with all their strength, with their combined efforts rendering the Gullistere a smoking wreck, and dealing considerable damage to the other two. Unfortunately, such was the weight of the assault, the Dax broke through the formation, with the Gettysburg and Warwick going down with all hands.



The Dax proceeded to enter the New London gravity well, and deployed all its destroyer escorts which consisted of a merged destroyer formation of all three assault Valors to form a huge force. Nogent remained to cover the Dax, the Suffolk is currently still engaged with it together with the Alma and Concord, it would seem victory is assuredly. The Dax was however not left to its own devices, and the McDuff, reinforcing from Kensington, followed it to the gravity well, and deployed snub wings, combined with several wings from the Liberty forces and the planetary defense forces. These forces, attempting to prevent bombardment of New London, engaged with a fury unseen of before, and dispatched the Triumph destroyers, albeit with moderate losses to the defending fighter craft. The destroyers were rendered inoperable within around 30 minutes, but the damage to the surface seems considerable, reports of casualties are pending.



Meanwhile in orbit, the Essex, supported by the Suffolk, took the initiative and engaged the carrier-type Valor that had been providing support to the frontal assault, the Castres was dealt with by the Essex as efficiently as possible. The Athos, the Corsair fleet engaged in the assault was then engaged by the Essex and is still fighting as this report is filed. As the Essex engaged Castres the Le Cendre and Ambazac were engaged by Concord, Ottowa and Alma, and were routed, with damage sustained by Ottowa and Alma. As mentioned the Alma and Concord are assisting Suffolk, while Ottowa is moving to assist the Essex.



Causality levels of the Essex, Suffolk, Ottowa and Alma are undetermined, though they have suffered greatly. The Concord remains mostly intact. The fate of the McDuff is yet unknown, though the Dax has spent much of its resources on attacking the surface, and we hope the McDuff will prevail, though likely with considerable damage.

REPORT FILED BY - Leftenant Vincent Greene

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Based on the situation as is, it would seem we are likely to emerge victorious in this battle. The loss of civilian life is expected to be nauseating, and I can only express my disdain for the tactic of mass murder used by our foe.

Assuming that as the above report details, we obtain total victory in New London, it is my recommendation that the Norfolk Battlegroup be moved to the front line, and a weakened group be moved to Cambridge and Omega 3 for repair and reinforcement. This was we can maintain momentum as we capitalise on the victory. I would also insist that with New London clear, the Harlow move from Cortez to Leeds to set up a flanking force therein. I also sincerely hope our Liberty allies can make ready atleast one fully operational Battlegroup to join us in liberating Leeds. We potentially must face down two Valor Battlegroups. As an extra note, the Ark Royal in Newcastle must be on full awareness as to the Embrun situation. Should the Embrun move to Leeds, the Ark Royal must follow in pursuit.

Commodore John Redmond
Dreadnought Venerable, New London Orbit
Bretonian Armed Forces

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