Verdictine-Yrvaincais Invasion of Rictuvia

The Verdictine-Yrvaincais Invasion of Rictuvia was a campaign undertaken by the allied Verdictine Empire and the Kingdom of Yrvaincais during the early parts of the First Continental War.

The invasion began on 2 January 1780, as the outbreak of hostilities between the Mologians and the Mirvanians began. General Henley Murray, under orders from King Edlund I, marched directly to the recently lost territory of Rictuvia and the Kola-Voska Union to reclaim it. The Verdictine Army had mobilized around 290,000 troops for the invasion.

Reaching the border of the Kola-Voska Union, the Verdictine army was joined by the allied Yrvaincais army, led by Generals Harmon Venshaw and Florian Emmile Le Tonnelier.

Murray, who led the Verdictine army against the Rictuvians in the Rictuvian Revolution, took command of the allied armies. He opted to march immediately to the border town of Gadonovich to gain a foothold.

The sudden invasion surprised the Rictuvians, who managed to make an ineffective defense of the town. The allied army took the town immediately on the night of 3 January.

The Verdictine-Yrvaincais victory gave way to the invasion. However, the fierce defensive put out by the committed Rictuvian National Army made it hard for the allied army to attain victories during the majority of the campaign. The situation was made harder for the attackers due to the help of the Kola-Voskan Army.

The campaign ended in a Rictuvian Victory. However, the victory was costly and casualties were high in both sides. It was during the Defense of Racilia that the campaign took a turning point. Mounting a desperate defense, the Rictuvian National Army pushed back the invading armies.

The Siege of Racilia (1780)
In late August 1780 the allied Verdictine and Yrvaincais army had been marching towards the Rictuvian capital, Racilia. The allied army had recently defeated a Rictuvian army led by Romuald Strigott at the Battle of Złiepnwa, which blocked the road to Racilia. The allied army had around 25,000 soldiers along with 500 cannons ready to siege racilia. The Siege of Racilia was initially planned to start around 28 of August, but was delayed due to the Battle of Lopragna.

On 12 September 1780 Zygmunt Kieroklawski took command of the defending army. The next day, he received a letter from Kola-Voskan army commander Fyodor Nogamodsky that he will aid the Rictuvian army in defeating the invading army.