Operation Harrowed Veldt

Operation Harrowed Veldt
Part of 1676 Northern unrest in Sanama
Date 1679–present AN Location Highpass, Shireroth Result Destruction of the Istvanistani Patriotic Army in Highpass Establishment of Sanaman rule in Highpass
Belligerents
Sanama	Istvanistani Patriotic Army Highpass
Strength
Federal Army VI Division 5th Mechanised Brigade Combat Team 12th Light Brigade Combat Team 13th Light Brigade Combat Team 16th Mechanised Brigade Combat Team 19th Light Brigade Combat Team 22nd Armoured Brigade Combat Team 1st Army Aviation Brigade Special Army Service Total: Approx. 30,000 Federal Air Force 51. Fighter Squadron 54. Light Attack Squadron 71. Tactical Airlift Squadron	Approx. 15,000–18,000

Operation Harrowed Veldt is the name for the 1679 invasion of Highpass by the new military junta in Sanama. Its stated goal was to defeat the Istvanistani Patriotic Army and institute responsible government in Highpass, which had sorely lacked such government ever since the Kalirion Fracture.

Invasion

On 1.I.1679, the first tanks of the 22nd Armoured Brigade Combat Team rolled over the line of control between Sanaman and IPA forces, headed for Spleazure. Simultaneously to the east, the 12th Light Brigade Combat Team crossed the line moving towards Churn, through IPA-controlled territory. To the west, the 13th LBCT crossed the line towards Perrynge. Even further east the 16th Mechanised Brigade Combat Team, after transiting through Shimmerspring, bypassed Rantingstone and moved in on the capital Rhodondra. In northwestern Highpass, the 19th LBCT crossed the border from northern Tellia to occupy Newtell, while the 5th MBCT crossed the border north of Freetellya, moving to take Tusk. Both units had previously transited through northern Tellia, facilitated by the existing Sanaman presence there.