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| partof      = [[1704 Free Elwynn elections#Aftermath|1704 Free Elwynn political crisis]]
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| place       = [[Cimmeria and Raikoth]]
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| combatant1  = {{team flag|Benacian Union}}
| combatant2  = {{unbulleted list|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|name=Holy Party of the Divine Icebear}}|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|name=Ayreonist Independence Party}}|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|name=Elwynnese Workers' Party}}|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|name=Union for Truth and Beauty}}}}
| combatant3  = {{team flag|Free Elwynn|name=Verionist Union}}
| commander1  = {{team flag|Benacian Union|name=Adam al-Osman}}
*{{team flag|Benacian Union|flag}} Hassan Bagherzadeh
*{{team flag|Benacian Union|flag}} Farrokh Aurangzebzadeh Keshavarz
*{{team flag|Benacian Union|flag}} Iskander Rustam al-Osman
| commander2  = {{unbulleted list|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|flag}} Rost Pedressen|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|flag}} Marcus Alondorion|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|flag}} Ezabel Kaaq}}
| commander3  = {{unbulleted list|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|flag}} [[Eki Verion]]|{{team flag|Free Elwynn|flag}} [[Stephen Lewis]]}}
| units1      = {{team flag|Raspur Pact|flag}} [[Benacia Command#Northern Banner Group|Northern Banner Group]]
*{{team flag|Benacian Union|flag}} 30th Army
*{{team flag|Benacian Union|flag}} Northern Banner Fleet
**{{team flag|Benacian Union|flag}} Cimmerian Fleet
*{{team flag|Benacian Union|flag}} Northern Banner Air Force
| units2      = {{team flag|Free Elwynn|name=Self-Defence Forces}} <small>(Nativist faction)</small>
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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was initiated by the [[Benacian Union]] at midnight on 36.XV.{{AN|1704}} to coincide with dawn on 01.I.{{AN|1705}}, in an attempt to take by surprise and overwhelm the nativist and democratic forces which participated in the governance of [[Cimmeria and Raikoth]], whilst they were distracted with internal feuding directed against the partisans of the [[Verionist Union]] as a consequence of the contested results of the [[1704 Free Elwynn elections]].