Battle of Lodz

A massive battle, considered the turning point of the War of the Poles.

King Dobreslaw had led his numerically smaller army against a great Galicia-Lodomerian army; the two sides had their own strengths and weaknesses. The Polish had a small number of grand artillery batteries and relatively modern rifles and weapons, while the Galicians had a massive army of levied troops, all with their own personal equipment, outnumbering the Poles by far.

The two armies went to battle on the 15th of November, 2101, and Dobreslaw led them into a trap. His artillery roared the entire battle, causing many a death. His troops stood atop a hill with Galicians trying to fight their way up. Their ranged units, mostly archers and snipers, stayed behind the lines and near the base of the hill alongside their own King.

As soon as the main bulk of the army was halfway up the hill, fighting with troops meant to distract them, hundreds of horsemen charged out of the treeline nearby. They were lead by King Dobreslaw, who had donned the armor of Hussars of yore. His army had grand wings and great armor, with spears, pistols, and rifles. The majority of the Hussars ran down most of the bowmen and riflemen at the base of the hill, many fleeing for their very lives at the onslaught of cavalry. Fabin's Army was surrounded, and began to break.

The Galician morale was entirely different from the Polish, as the Polish were fighting for their home and King; the Galicians for the simple fear of their King.

Troops began to break lines and run, and soon Fabin had to start running with his own troops when the Hussars began to reach his side of the army. During the course of the battle, Fabin had been shot twice, and during the retreat slashed with a saber; causing him to think less of the war at hand, and more of just going home and letting his people do the same. Both sides would take heavy casualties and wounded, this battle culminating almost half of all wounded and killed in the entirety of the war.

King Dobreslaw would gain his nickname, "The Hussar", for this victory. Hussars would become a major staple of the Kingdom, an important troop and an important ceremonial guard.