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| conflict    = Battle of the San Salvador Catacombs
 
| conflict    = Battle of the San Salvador Catacombs
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| partof      = the [[Siege of San Salvador]]
 
| partof      = the [[Siege of San Salvador]]
 
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| date        = 1946 – 1949
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| date        = 1946–1949
 
| place      = [[Catacombs of San Salvador|San Salvador Catacombs]], [[San Salvador, San Salvador|San Salvador]], [[San Salvador (department)|San Salvador]], [[Creeperopolis]]
 
| place      = [[Catacombs of San Salvador|San Salvador Catacombs]], [[San Salvador, San Salvador|San Salvador]], [[San Salvador (department)|San Salvador]], [[Creeperopolis]]
 
| territory  = Imperial Council gains control of the catacombs
 
| territory  = Imperial Council gains control of the catacombs
 
| result      = Imperial Council victory
 
| result      = Imperial Council victory
| combatant1  = {{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[National Council for Peace and Order|National Council]]
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| combatant1  = {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council|Imperial Council]]
| combatant2  = {{flagicon|Creeperopolis}} [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council|Imperial Council]]
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| combatant2  = {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} [[National Council for Peace and Order|National Council]]
| commander1  = {{flagicon|Creeperopolis|1939}} Uncentralized
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| commander1  = {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis}} Unknown
| commander2  = {{flagicon|Creeperopolis}} Uncentralized
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| commander2  = {{flagdeco|Creeperopolis|1939}} Unknown
| strength1  = Unknown
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| strength3   = Unknown
| strength2   = Unknown
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| casualties3 = "Thousands"
| casualties1 = Unknown
 
| casualties2 = Unknown
 
 
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The '''Battle of the San Salvador Catacombs''' ([[Spanish#Creeperian Standard Spanish|Creeperian Spanish]]: ''Batalla de los'Catacumbas de San Salvador'') was a series of unorganized skirmishes which occurred between the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] (National Council, ''Miguelists'') and the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] (Imperial Council, ''Romerists'') in the [[Catacombs of San Salvador]] during the [[Siege of San Salvador]] from 1946 to 1949.
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The '''Battle of the San Salvador Catacombs''' ([[Spanish#Creeperian Standard Spanish|Creeperian Spanish]]: ''Batalla de las'Catacumbas de San Salvador'') refers to a series of unorganized skirmishes which occurred between inside the [[Catacombs of San Salvador|San Salvador Catacombs]] beneath the city of [[San Salvador, San Salvador|San Salvador]] during the [[Siege of San Salvador]] of the [[Creeperian Civil War]]. From 1946 to 1949, soldiers of the [[Catholic Imperial Restoration Council]] (Imperial Council) and the [[National Council for Peace and Order]] (National Council) would encounter each other and often fight each other within the catacombs.
  
Both the ''Romerists'' and ''Miguelists'' utilized the catacombs as underground bases due to their mysterious and unknown nature. It was not unheard of for ''Romerist'' and ''Miguelist'' soldiers to encounter each other while tasked with carrying out operations resulting in skirmishes, injuries, and deaths. Due to the shear size of the catacombs, many bodies were never recovered and remain in the labyrinth of the catacombs.
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The catacombs were built during the 1780s and used periodically during the 1700s and 1800s before being abandoned in 1888. Upon the outbreak of the civil war in 1933, the catacombs were reopened, and with the beginning of the Siege of San Salvador in 1946, the catacombs were used by both the Imperial Council and National Council to covertly transport supplies, establish barracks and hospitals, hold prisoners-of-war, conduct intelligence operations, among other uses. Both factions utilized the catacombs due to their mysterious and unknown nature. Several reports recount how soldiers from both factions encountered each other while executing tasks and operations which resulted in skirmishes, injuries, and death.  
  
People who venture into the catacombs illegally can still find remains of dead ''Romerists'' and ''Miguelists'' who were killed in the 330 miles of tunnels during the civil war whose bodies were forgotten about and left behind.  
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Due to the large size of the catacombs—spanning over 330 miles of underground tunnels—many bodies were never recovered and remain within the catacombs. From 1950 to 1952, the Creeperian government recovered a total of 603 soldiers' bodies from the catacombs who were killed during skirmishes within the catacombs' tunnel system, but the government estimates that at least "thousands" of bodies remain unrecovered. Several of soldiers' bodies are recovered each year after individuals who illegally enter the catacombs came across them; since 1952, around 320 additional bodies have been recovered.
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Revision as of 01:33, 26 September 2023

Battle of the San Salvador Catacombs
Part of the Siege of San Salvador
Date1946–1949
Location
Result Imperial Council victory
Territorial
changes
Imperial Council gains control of the catacombs
Belligerents
Imperial Council National Council
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Unknown
Strength
Unknown
Casualties and losses
"Thousands"

The Battle of the San Salvador Catacombs (Creeperian Spanish: Batalla de las'Catacumbas de San Salvador) refers to a series of unorganized skirmishes which occurred between inside the San Salvador Catacombs beneath the city of San Salvador during the Siege of San Salvador of the Creeperian Civil War. From 1946 to 1949, soldiers of the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council (Imperial Council) and the National Council for Peace and Order (National Council) would encounter each other and often fight each other within the catacombs.

The catacombs were built during the 1780s and used periodically during the 1700s and 1800s before being abandoned in 1888. Upon the outbreak of the civil war in 1933, the catacombs were reopened, and with the beginning of the Siege of San Salvador in 1946, the catacombs were used by both the Imperial Council and National Council to covertly transport supplies, establish barracks and hospitals, hold prisoners-of-war, conduct intelligence operations, among other uses. Both factions utilized the catacombs due to their mysterious and unknown nature. Several reports recount how soldiers from both factions encountered each other while executing tasks and operations which resulted in skirmishes, injuries, and death.

Due to the large size of the catacombs—spanning over 330 miles of underground tunnels—many bodies were never recovered and remain within the catacombs. From 1950 to 1952, the Creeperian government recovered a total of 603 soldiers' bodies from the catacombs who were killed during skirmishes within the catacombs' tunnel system, but the government estimates that at least "thousands" of bodies remain unrecovered. Several of soldiers' bodies are recovered each year after individuals who illegally enter the catacombs came across them; since 1952, around 320 additional bodies have been recovered.

See also