Ludwiggian-Monovian War

Ludwiggian-Monovian War
Date II.1702 AN - present Location South-East Cibola Status Ongoing
Belligerents
Sankt Ludwigshafen	Monovian militants
Commanders and leaders
Adam Rettich	Elonzo XII
Units involved
Dragonerkorps Ludwigshafen Kriegskorps Ludwigshafen	Royal Guard of King Elonzo XII Monovian Royal Army

The Ludwiggian-Monovian War was a conflict that was fought out between the Republic of Sankt Ludwigshafen and the Monovian militants from the Green. Prior to the war, Monovian troops had invaded Zandarijn, which was defeated after the Sack of Hamstadt. In 1699, Sankt Ludwigshafen launched a limited military incursion called Operation Enduring Fellowship, into Zandarijn, to protect Ludwiggian interests in the town of Oudorp and also to protect that town's inhabitants. Operation Enduring Fellowship was considered by the Stadtparlement to be completed in late 1701, but this appraisal of the situation proved to be premature. In XIII.1702 mounted patrols belonging to the Dragonerkorps Ludwigshafen encountered Monovian scouts, belonging to the Monovian Royal Army trespassing into the Lanzerwald. The scouts were apprehended and their belongings searched, they were found to be in the possession of maps detailing the fortifications of Stadt Sankt Ludwighsafen and the defences of Oudorp and Louisville. The Stadtparlement was informed of the findings and resolved to declare that the republic was under attack, and that it would have to fight a war to stamp out the Monovian threat.

In XIV.1702 Stadtholder Adam Rettich petitioned to the Stadtparlement to form an expeditionary force to combat the Monovian threat both within Ludwiggian borders, as well as in the the Green. This Kriegskorps Ludwigshafen as it was called, consisted of 5,000 infantrymen belonging to the various Bezirkbürgerwehrs along with several donkey-drawn pieces of artillery. The Kriegskorps was assisted by ten patrols of scouts belonging to the Dragonerkops Ludwigshafen, who were sent out to find hostile positions.