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Gannack's Charge

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An '''Gannack's Charge''' was the name given to an infamous military error during the Spiron campaign, occurring on 438.926.[[M41]]during the Spiron campaign. A [[Sentinel]] Troop led by [[Imperial Guard Captain|Captain]] '''Gannack''' from the [[Kalaman 3rd Hussars|3rd Kalaman Hussars]], charged an [[Ork]] redoubt containing an artillery battery after confusing their orders. There were no survivors<sup>1a</sup>.
==Trivia==
The Charge is probably based on the real-world [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of_the_light_brigade Charge of the Light Brigade|Charge of the Light Brigade]] during the [[wikipedia:Crimean War|Crimean War]], in which an English brigade misunderstood its orders and charged a Russian redoubt containing an artillery battery. Like the fictional Gannack's Sentinel Troop, the Brigade was completely slaughtered.
==Sources==
* ''<sup>1</sup>[[For the Emperor'' - (Novel )]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]] pg :**a: Chapter 3, p. 80, fn. 1
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