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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' took place in '''757.[[M41]]''' during [[Operation Newfound]], the second phase of the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]].
[[Sverren]] was a vital objective world, both strategically and for morale purposes, being located in a central part of the region known as the Holy Visage (a stellar formation said to resemble the face of [[Saint Sabbat]]). The invasion force was placed under the joint command of [[Lord Militant]] [[Humel]] and [[General Bulledin]]. The initial assault succeeded in routing the primary concentration of [[Chaos]] forces and in killing the Archenemy leader, [[Magister (Chaos)|Magister]] [[Kuvelo]].{{Fn|1a}}
During the second phase of the invasion, the [[Imperial Guard]] was slowed by bad weather, allowing the retreating Chaos forces to rally together and fortify three bastions: [[Neffr City]], [[Colchis (City)|Colchis]] and [[Rammery]]. Colchis fell after a brief siege by Bulledin, while Humel managed to establish air superiority over Rammery after a six-week campaign.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}
Neffr City, however, resisted assault for eight full weeks, costing Bulledin an estimated three thousand [[Guardsmen]] for an advance of only two kilometres. Bulledin, characteristically, offered his resignation to [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]]. Slaydo's response was terse: ''"Do it again."''{{Fn|1b}}
Bulledin obeyed. With the aid of a single [[Warlord Titan]], the ''[[Victrix Impassionata]]'', on loan from the [[Mechanicus]], Bulledin's assault overran the walls of Neffr City on the 241st day of '''758.M41'''. The Archenemy commander, Kuvelo's deputy [[Pater (Chaos)|Pater]] [[Bucher]], died while trying to resist being taken alive.{{Fn|1b}}
Because of his experience in the theatre, Bulledin was assigned to the Imperial force sent to retake Sverren two years later, when the planet was overrun by [[Archon (Chaos)|Archon]] [[Nadzybar]]'s vicious counterattack, leading to the [[Second Battle of Sverren]].{{Fn|1c}}
== Source ==
*1: [[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 26
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 27
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 34
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sverren, First Battle of}}
[[Category:Battles (Sabbat Worlds Crusade)]]
The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' took place in '''757.[[M41]]''' during [[Operation Newfound]], the second phase of the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]].
[[Sverren]] was a vital objective world, both strategically and for morale purposes, being located in a central part of the region known as the Holy Visage (a stellar formation said to resemble the face of [[Saint Sabbat]]). The invasion force was placed under the joint command of [[Lord Militant]] [[Humel]] and [[General Bulledin]]. The initial assault succeeded in routing the primary concentration of [[Chaos]] forces and in killing the Archenemy leader, [[Magister (Chaos)|Magister]] [[Kuvelo]].{{Fn|1a}}
During the second phase of the invasion, the [[Imperial Guard]] was slowed by bad weather, allowing the retreating Chaos forces to rally together and fortify three bastions: [[Neffr City]], [[Colchis (City)|Colchis]] and [[Rammery]]. Colchis fell after a brief siege by Bulledin, while Humel managed to establish air superiority over Rammery after a six-week campaign.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}
Neffr City, however, resisted assault for eight full weeks, costing Bulledin an estimated three thousand [[Guardsmen]] for an advance of only two kilometres. Bulledin, characteristically, offered his resignation to [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]]. Slaydo's response was terse: ''"Do it again."''{{Fn|1b}}
Bulledin obeyed. With the aid of a single [[Warlord Titan]], the ''[[Victrix Impassionata]]'', on loan from the [[Mechanicus]], Bulledin's assault overran the walls of Neffr City on the 241st day of '''758.M41'''. The Archenemy commander, Kuvelo's deputy [[Pater (Chaos)|Pater]] [[Bucher]], died while trying to resist being taken alive.{{Fn|1b}}
Because of his experience in the theatre, Bulledin was assigned to the Imperial force sent to retake Sverren two years later, when the planet was overrun by [[Archon (Chaos)|Archon]] [[Nadzybar]]'s vicious counterattack, leading to the [[Second Battle of Sverren]].{{Fn|1c}}
== Source ==
*1: [[The Sabbat Worlds Crusade (Background Book)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 26
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 27
**{{Endn|1c}}: pg. 34
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sverren, First Battle of}}
[[Category:Battles (Sabbat Worlds Crusade)]]
