Board Thread:Forum Roleplays/@comment-26210095-20150624141404/@comment-108.161.10.253-20150629180832

While Umbar was under siege in the southern theater of war Gondor with the help of fire arms was gaining ground in the northern, taking back all of Belafas, Linhir, and Peltagir.

Battle of the Anduin. After crossing from harondor into lebenein Travian's unit was tasked with scouting across the Anduin and north towards Peltagir along with another regiment of irregular skirmishers and a regiment of janissary line infantry. The march was uneventful but halfway between the ford to cross the anduin and Peltagir Travian's column ran into several regiments of peltagir and linhir marines. Travian's men being skirmishers retreated and let the janissaries fight. After several volleys and return volleys the janissaries joined Travian's irregulars across the ford. While speaking with the janissary officer Travian saw a large force of gondorians advancing towards the ford. After a few words it was decided that Travian's regiment and the other irregulars would stay at the ford and hold off the gondorians while the janissaries went to warn the main force. Before the janisaarys could leave Travian had the officer take his horse which confused him but he did it anyways, and Travian's men saw this as Travian saying he has no escape either so the irregulars straightened their backs and dug in on the west side of the andauin. As the gondorian marines advanced across the ford Travian had his men hold fire, after the marines stoped and prepared to volley Travian ordered his men to fire killing the first row of marines. Then Travian had his first rank go behing his third rank to reload and his second rank step forward to fire. The result was a continue slaughter of the marines until finally the gondorian army retired from the field of battle. By the end of the day 3 Regiments of marines lay dead in the ford but Travian had lost have of his regiment and a quarter of his fellow irregulars a costly victory for the caliphate and the names of the men Travian lost would stay with him forever.