Battle of Sudbury
| Battle of Sudbury | |||||||
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| Part of Herzetian Nativist War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Nolius |
 Herzetian Nativist Force | ||||||
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None |
Unknown | ||||||
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| Nolius Constabulary Force | |||||||
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| 3 | 3 | ||||||
The Battle of Sudbury was an important military engagement of the Herzetian Nativist War, occurring a considerable amount of time after the preceding Battle of Highland. The battle solidified Nativist occupation of the western regions of Nolius, and occurred on the same day as the bloodless occupation of Harlaus. The battle resulted in a Nativist victory, and forced the remaining bastions of Nolius' military presence in the West to flee toward the central region of Rochester.
Timeline
Prelude
After the successful repelling of Nolius troops at the Battle of Highland on 4 April, the HNF did not take any significant military action, aside from sending individual Nativists into the Rochester region, seemingly to conduct surveillance on military movements and mayoral activity. Beginning on 20 April, however, the Nativists launched a sudden and overwhelming offensive into the outlying western regions of Nolius, mostly unoccupied by any Nolius military presence. The regions of Shaniko, Seaman Island, Harlaus, Roosevelt, and Harlaus, in addition to Sudbury were successfully invaded and occupied over the course of five days. The campaign would end with the penultimate Battle of Sudbury.
Invasion of Harlaus
On 25 April, the same day of the Sudbury battle, the HNF conducted a successful invasion and occupation of the Harlaus region. The invasion was without bloodshed, due to the lack of any kind of permanent population in the region. The small Nativist force decided to move on and conduct an invasion of the closely located Sudbury region. The Nativists, according to accounts of the few members of the Constabulary Force that were present, would arrive at Sudbury at about 11:30 AM PST.
Attempted diplomacy
Lacking a commander, the Constabulary officers walked out to attempt a negotiation with the equally strong Nativists as a group. The Nativists declared their intent to invade and occupy the Sudbury region, and offered to allow the safe evacuation of any military personnel or civilians before their attack began. The officers declined to let the region fall into Nativist hands peacefully, and retreated into defensive positions. The Nativists began their short attack only a minute after.
Battle
The three officers took up defensive positions with an airsoft weapon facing northward, where the Nativists stood only a hundred feet away. The Nativists were better equipped, each one possessing an airsoft weapon, and began to fire at the defending officers from a distance, landing several hits. The officers refused to surrender despite the sustained fire, and verbally taunted the Nativists. The Nativists, realizing that their tactic would not be sufficient to snatch a victory, organized themselves in a line and charged at the defensive positions. The defending officers, possessing only one weapon, fired only a few shots into the oncoming charge to no effect. The Nativists charged into the defensive positions and forced the officers to surrender at gunpoint, ending the battle. The Nativists collectively agreed that taking prisoners was not worth the trouble, and decided to send the officers on their way toward Rochester as a show of force. The engagement only lasted a few minutes.
Retreat to Rochester
At noon, the officers completed their retreat to Rochester, and were brought to the government building for questioning. They testified their account of the battle before mayor Asher Young, who immediately issued the order to place the Rochester region under lockdown in case the Nativists decided to follow the officers. The Nativists never came to Rochester, but the nearby Roosevelt region was successfully occupied only an hour later.