After securing Hamalia the Saltwater Marine Corps began to consolidate their forces.
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However, just sixteen days after the invasion, three BoC warships arrived off the coast. Consisting of one battlecruiser and two LPDs the ships put hundreds of troops ashore. They quickly overran the unprepared marines, who retreated by six kilometres, just four kilometres from the border with the Conegsreich Republic sector. There, however, eight Osprey II strike fighters took off and engaged the invasion force, knocking out both LPDs for the loss of two aircraft. Recovering from the shock, a combined Saltwater-Conegsreich force began to re-take the island.
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Meanwhile the SWS Hammerwood took on the battlecruiser, scoring severn hits with its cruise missiles. However, after its initial charge the Hammerwood received two hits and was forced to retire. The damaged battlecruiser was sunk half an hour later by a pair of Terminator-E attack helicopters, one of which was shot down in the process.
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Back on the ground the soldiers, supported by fifteen Earthquake ALS light tanks and ten Conegsleader tanks, were advancing slowly, pushing through the lightly-equipped Brotherhood forces. After three hours the BoC were trapped on a cliff edge, without any escape route. At that point the SWS Agamemnon had arrived and it pounded the BoC forces with its railguns. Ten minutes later the allied forces took the cliff, capturing twenty Chaos soldiers, with 120 committing Rapture.
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The SWS Agamemnon landed, providing reinforcements and caring for the wounded. The SWS Euryalus arrived, taking over as guard ship from the damaged SWS Hammerwood. Eight Arctic Armour main battle tanks have also been flown in as further deterrent. The nation of Hamalia is secure once more.
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Allied Losses:
230 killed.
221 wounded.
9 Earthquake ALS light tanks destroyed.
3 Earthquake ALSs damaged.
2 Conegsleader tanks destroyed.
2 Conegsleader tanks damaged.
1 Willow-class cargo frigate damaged.
2 Osprey II strike fighters destroyed.
1 Osprey II damaged.
1 Terminator-E attack helicopter destroyed.
1 Terminator-E attack helicopter damaged.
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BoC Losses:
856 killed.
20 captured.
1 battlecruiser sunk.
2 LPDs sunk.
4 tanks destroyed.
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Civilian Casualties:
34 killed.
63 wounded.
3 fishing trawlers destroyed.
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A new Willow-class frigate has been commissioned to fill gaps in the fleet formed by the need to keep a surface combatant stationed in Hamalia.