Battle of District 9 - Mortwald

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Dawn Of War / Chilling Rain.

Primary Objective: Take And Hold.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Fellhammer Siege Host.

After the Battle of the Bridge, the force of the Iron Warriors planned a large scale offensive on the Imperial lines ahead of them, the various lines of advance converging on District 9.

Blocking the highways, the Maridan canal served as a retrenchment for a number of Rift Wardens. Though it was a largely unknown battle, District 9 was the scene of fierce fighting between the Rift Wardens and the Iron Warriors for it's control over two months of fighting before the traitor forces won the day.

Battle At The Bridge - Mortwald

 

Points: 2000.

Deployment and Mission: Dawn Of War / Chilling Rain.

Primary Objective: Take And Hold.

Detachment: Anvil Siege Force.

Opponents Detachment: Fellhammer Siege Host.

The Rift Wardens fortified a skyway bridge which connected Imperial held territory with a transit station controlled by the Iron Warriors. To do this, they had to destroy a portion of the bridge and barricade it with heavy weapons at the other end. The space marines took their position at an elevated point. The Iron Warriors decided not to storm the bridge and began using their daemon engines instead, before finally deciding to try and cross at another location.

During the night, a company of legionnaires crossed the bridge and were soon joined by a force of Nurgle daemons. During the night the Iron Warriors attacked en mass. The Rift Wardens lacked enough ammunition and after hours of fighting, were forced to regroup several streets back from the bridge.

Battle of the Deinos Trenchworks - Mortwald

Points: 1500.

Mission: Data Scry-Salvage.

Secondary Objectives: Bring It Down, Engage On All Fronts and No Prisoners..

Opponent's Secondary Objectives: Engage On All Fronts, Grind Them Down and Raise The Banners High.

The Astra Militarum forces attempting to defend the outer defences of Mortwald request desperate aid as their lines were being overrun by forces of the Iron Warriors. Despite waging a war of attrition against the traitor forces already within the city walls, a detachment was dispatched to aid in the fight against the Rift Warden's mortal enemy. Lieutenant Aurellius was placed in charge and upon reaching the Deinos Trenchworks he immediately abandoned any idea of a major offensive feeling that such a course of action would come at too great a cost. Instead, he intended to secure the defences and maintain a strong link back to his battle brothers on the walls of the hive city.

To achieve this, the space marines would need to capture portions of the trench works currently held by the enemy. The plan was to attack the Iron Warriors with everything at his disposal while the Astra Militarum fought to keep further enemy reinforcements arriving to bolster their numbers. As with most Rift Warden attacks the initial attack was impressive but achieved little. The trenchworks were obscured by mist and smoke from the battle, while the Iron Warriors had ample opportunity to prepare for the Rift Wardens arrival.

One detachment attempted to capture the trenches with a determined assault but the attack collapsed as they were confronted by strong-point and artillery fire. As a consequence when the main force arrived they found themselves under heavy fire from obliterators higher up the trenches who were all too accurate with their attacks, The Rift Wardens retreated, still pouring bolter fire into the enemy positions.

As evening began to fall, Aurellius led his battle brothers forward, scouting out into the desert wastes in an attempt to out flank the Iron Warrior positions. By this time the air was thick with mist and smoke from the battle so they had little idea of where the enemy was located. Unfortunately, the marines ended up being easy targets for the obliterators and enemy tanks. The advance was halted and the space marines went to ground in the ash dunes. The battle to dislodge the Iron Warriors was going to be harder than first imagined.