Batalla de Rod-Had-Ingriad

The Battle of Rod-Had-Ingriad was fought during the Anglasecuarnian Wars on 7 until 12 august 3140. It resulted in the defeat of the Anglasecuarnian army of Sultan Eik Zinkh in the Sierra of Rod-Had-Ingriad in an annihilation battle, and large numbers of Anglasecuarnian soldiers where captured. However, this wouldn't be a decisive battle of the war.

The 240,000 strong Anglasecuarnian Army of Kórdova, commanded by the General Al-Baja Wendev and accompanied by Sultan Eik Zinkh, was attempting to repel the Cretorian-Sretonian invading forces in the Peninsula that had retreated to the Sierra of Rod-Had-Ingriad.

The Allied Cretorian-Sreton-Motzabilian army, commanded by General Omar al'Kahiff and acompanied by Sultan Alí Megreb VIII Khamilo, lured the Anglasecuarnian army into the sierra, where they where cutted from their comunications and supply lines, surrounded and defeated.

Beligerents:
_{Anglasecuarnia______________ Cretor, Sretor and Motzabili}
Comanders and Leaders
_{Al-Baja Wendev (POW) _______ Omar al'Kahiff
Eik Zinkh ____________________ Alí Megreb VIII Khamilo}
Strenght
_{240,000 Infantry______________ 400,000 Infantry (210,000 from Cretor, 110,000 from Sretor, 80,.000 Motzabilian)
1,370 guns___________________ 940 guns}
Casualties and Losses
_{36,000 Dead__________________ 42,000 Dead
60,000 wounded_______________ 70,000 wounded
84,000 Captured_______________ 6,000 missing
Total___________________________Total
180,000 casualties_____________ 118,000 casualties}

Background
During the First World War of Aiers, as well known as the Anglasecuarnian Wars, fightet between the 3139 to the 3155 a.a.H in Aels, Zarhuy, the seas of Caritz and Tok, and as well, in Ushaenor and Hieyoks.

the alliances where:

The Anglasecuarnian Alliance: from one side: the Sultanate of Anflasecuarnian, Danaanland, Ingoland, the Dukedom of Badheen -The "Ignacian" from Ignacio I, duke of Badheen, who during the war will conquest Franchia and procalim the IG, or Gastronomic Empire, The Calintropian Empire, The United Kingdom of Sargos -Under the Joaquinian-Dinatsy: Joaquintopia- , Jean Joseph, The Trutsian and the Sueccian empires.

They faced the Cretorian Alliance: The Tork Empire of Cretor, The Kingdom of Motzabili, Carlotterdam, the Kingdom of Polak, Fisherburg, Franchia, Degoland, the JPM, Marcelooneo and the Califate of Sretor.

The Battle of Rod-In-Hiad or Rod-Had-Ingriad or Rodingrado was fought between the 7 to the 12 of august, 3140, where fought 240.000 Anglasecuarnian soldiers against 400.000 soldiers of the Cretorian alliance.

Until then, after a year of fighting the war was in a stalemate, without the victory inclining to any side, and neither was visible the end of the war.

Because of this, the Tork Sultan of Cretor, Alí Megreb VIII Khamilo, to put an end to this situation decided to put an end to the war hitting the core of the Anglasecuarnian alliance: Anglasecuarnia.

However, as his better forces where engaged against the Trutsians in the Tok sea region, most of the avaible forces where regional militias, with few artillery or modern equipment, ill-equiped to fight against the better armed, disciplined, modern and equiped Anglasecuarnian army.

Because of this, he seeked for support from the Califate of Sretor and the Motzabilian Kingdom.

The Cretorian and Sretones crossed the Straits of Graval the 2 of march 3140, while the Motzabiliani attacked from the east Anglasecuarnia. During months, the invading forces destroyed and sacked all the south of Anglasecuarnia in the Peninsula Campaign, fighting the forces of the Anglasecuarnian Sultan Eik Zinkh ocassionaly, without any decisive victory as the Anglasecuarnian did an orderly retreat to gather their forces.

This situation continued until the first days of August, when the Sultan Eik Zinkh launched from Kórdova the counter-offensive, having gathered 224.000 soldiers of infantry, 16.000 cavalry soldiers and 1.370 guns, who advanced to the southwest to stop the depredations of the Cretorian and Sretonian forces, who where somewhat dispersed due the previous campaign, engaged in the siege of several anglasecuarnian fortresses and pursuiting smaller units of the Anglasecuarnian armies.

Because of this dangerous situation of his army, Alí Megreb retreated with his forces to the Sierra of Rod-In-Hiad, to wait from here the arrival of Motzabiliani reinforcements to face off the main anglaecuarnian army in battle.

The Motzabiliani will arrive only on the 6th of august, one day before the date the Anglasecuarnians had decided to attack, and they did right so under the noses of the Anglasecuarnian, who while observed the arrival of some Motzabiliani forces, underestimated the reinforcements that Alí Megreb had received.

Battle

At the 7th august, the Anglasecuarnian army marched against the allied army in the Sierra. As the Cretorian, rather than to prepare for a Field Battle, dispersed in the sierra.

The Anglasecuarnian commanders, both annoyed by the "cowardly tactics" of the Cretorian, and thinking they had them on the run, began to pursuit the "escaping enemy". Due the bad roads of the Sierra, they where forced to march in several smaller columns, being lured due the negligence of the Anglasecuarnian generals -appointed due relations with the royal family, rather than being professionals of the army- to a serie of ambushes and minor battles, where the Anglasecuarnian army will be defeated and crushed by their enemies.

During 6 days of combat in the sierra, both sides fought bravely, but the Anglasecuarnian, better armed and equipped, but commanded by political generals rather than army officers, began to demoralize, specially as the supply routes where cut and they where left without food, water, a medical service or munitions.

Finally, General Al-Baja, commander of the Anglasecuarnian army, surrendered with his fources surrounded in the sierra: over 84,000 anglasecuarnian were taken prisoners.

Conclusion and Aftermath

And so, in Rod-Had-Ingriad was sacrified the better of the Anglasecuarnian army, by the worse of it. The modern equiped, modern doctrine, the disciplined and trained soldiers, led by politicians and court fools, where thrown against a numerical superior enemy to a difficult terrain, without any plan and without securing the suppy routes, communication lines -or a possible retreat-.

After this battle, the only good thing that happened to the Anglasecuarnians was that the Sultan finally realized that the generals of the army should be "professionals of the war", from the Academy War and with a career in the armed forces, rather than political officers, uncles, sons-in-law, sons and friends.

After this defeat, Anglasecuarnia will need 5 years to expulse the enemy of their own borders, and 5 years, to reorganize their army.

However, despise their victory, to Alí Megreb and his allies, this victory didn't meant the wanted end of the war, that will last for other 15 years, as neither Anglasecuarnia falled, and neither the alliance around Anglasecuarnia falled due this battle.

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Made near the end of 2006, I believe:

I was drawing this one, as allways, during classes, but the normal professor of Spanish wasn't present, so they sended the Art teacher.

She saw my drawing, and asking my poor draw to be hanged in a presentation of art of my school:

I was reluctant, because they allways end lossing the works they present!

But after several months, and hard work, I was able to recuperate the drawing, who was ready to be used for the fire, as many others