Battle of Tudino
| Battle of Tudino | |||||||||
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| Part of the Peninsular Campaign of the War of the Trout | |||||||||
 Assault on Fort Marcellus | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Empire of Montcrabe  Viceroyalty of Ilírica |
 New Kingdom of Illyricum | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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6,500 Infantry (5,000 Montcrabin, 1,500 Ilírican) 100 Cavalry 54 Cannons 103 Naval Vessels |
14,500 Infantry 500 Cavalry 50 Cannons 33 Naval Vessels | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 234 killed, 2 ships sunk, 100+ injured | 7,500+ killed, 33 ships sunk, 4,000+ injured, 7,000 captured | ||||||||
The Battle of Tudino was a battle in the Peninsular Campaign of the War of the Trout between the Montcrabin Empire and the Viceroyalty of Ilírica and the New Kingdom of Illyricum. The battle resulted in a decisive Montcrabin victory, with the smaller force led by Maximiano I defeating the larger force of Illyrians under Julianinus Hyraecus who was killed in the fighting.
Contents
Prelude
Order of Battle
Assault on Tudino
On December 1, Hyraecus and his forces began constructing several fortifications around the northern section of the small town of Tudino, with the intent of either forcing Maximiano to assault their fortifications or to wait and gain aid from another army of 8,000 coming from Armorolaus under the leadership of Marcus Fabricius. The Illyrians began bombarding Tudino on the two days later, and despite their overwhelming numerical superiority of more than a 2:1 ratio, Hyraecus was extremely cautious knowing that numerical superiority meant little against the Montcrabins who had defeated the Illyrians at seemingly every turn. Maximiano decided that swift action was needed to avoid disastrous defeat and decided to launch a surprise dawn assault on the Illyrian fortifications. The Montcrabin forces charged out which heavily and well organized cannon support and took Hyraecus completely by surprise. The Illyrians immediately began to lose cohesion and by noon and December 5th the Illyrian forces had been completely dislodged from their siege of Tudino.
Assault on Fort Marcellus
Montcrabin forces continued to drive the Illyrian force from Tudino, however through use of well placed cavalry assaults on December 6th and 7th they forced the embattled Illyrian army to Fort Marcellus which stood atop a hill at the end of the small Tudinian Peninsula. The fifty three Montcrabin cannons, under the command of Agostinho, were placed on the larger hill which overlooked Fort Marcellus on the night of the seventh and began bombarding the fort. Hyraecus was struck and killed late that night on the battlements and the Illyrian army was spiraling, with droves escaping the fort and deserting to the Montcrabin army.
Evacuation of Fort Marcellus
In a last ditch effort to save the army, Illyrian general Umbrianus Polus organized an evacuation attempt on the ninth using the Illyrian fleet of 33 caravels. However Montcrabin command bought wind of the plan from Illyrian deserters and planned an ambush using their far superior fleet. Late in the night of December 9th Umbrianus led 4,500 troops out from Fort Marcellus, leaving several hundred to garrison the decrepit and crumbling fort, and marched them down to the beach where they began quickly evacuating into the waiting ships. Maximiano orchestrated the ambush which then took place, when 103 Montcrabin ships assaulted the convoying troops, sinking all 33 Illyrian ships and killing over 3,000, including Umbrianus.
