1705 Benacian intervention in Cimmeria and Raikoth

1705 Benacian intervention in Cimmeria and Raikoth
Part of 1704 Free Elwynn political crisis
Location Cimmeria and Raikoth
Parties
Benacian Union	Holy Party of the Divine Icebear  Ayreonist Independence Party  Elwynnese Workers' Party  Union for Truth and Beauty	Verionist Union
Commanders and leaders
Adam al-Osman Hassan Bagherzadeh Farrokh Aurangzebzadeh Keshavarz Iskander Rustam al-Osman	Rost Pedressen Marcus Alondorion Ezabel Kaaq	Eki Verion Stephen Lewis
Units involved
Northern Banner Group 30th Army Northern Banner Fleet Cimmerian Fleet Northern Banner Air Force	Self-Defence Forces (Nativist faction)	Self-Defence Forces (Verionist faction)

The 1705 Benacian intervention in Cimmeria and Raikoth was initiated by the Benacian Union at midnight on 36.XV.1704 AN to coincide with dawn on 01.I.1705 AN, 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.