January 25, 2009
Yesterday the armies of Norland successfully ambushed the ithilian army in Winwich. After starting a fake TO of Dunstoke to lure the Ithilian forces into attacking the apparently defenseless region of Winwich, the armies of Norland quickly returned to Winwich to meet the Ithilian attack head on. Although the ithilians had a greater number of nobles and cavalry, Norland and our Barony allies had the element of surprise. (Minas Ithil: 39 attackers: 526 Inf, 106 Arch, 92 Cav: 9,353 CS vs Norland and Barony:26 defenders:580 Inf, 50 MI, 121 Arch, 22 Cav: 8692 CS)
Expecting an easy victory, the Ithilians were stunned when they found a Northern Federation army f equal size waiting for them in Winwich. Taking advantage of this, the Norland forces quickly attacked the enemy lines as our archers fired into the packed infantry squares of the Ithilians. After several hours of intense combat the battle seemed able to swing any way with the ithilians holding the advantage. However, at that moment the last moment, Norlands reserve of 28 infantrymen of the Nemesis militia unit and the Grey Wolves lead by Sortel were ordered into the ithilian flank. Though the units did little damage themselves, the flank attack forced the ithilians to divert much of their forces to deal with the reserves and allowed the rest of Norland's infantrymen to reorganized and regain the momentum eventually breaking the Ithilian line before falling back themselves. With all of the infantry gone, the battle turned into shootout between the archers of Norland and Minas Ithil.
Having stalled the Ithilian advance, Norland's forces returned to brackhead to refit and prepare for another offensive while MI started a TO of Winwich.
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