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Close to the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]]'s initial line of advance, Ambold Eleven was advocated, during the planning phase of the Crusade as an initial target for invasion, especially by [[Lord Militant]] [[Dravere]], as part of his "mid-line assault" approach. Instead, [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]] vetoed Dravere's proposal, leaving Ambold Eleven as an objective of the second phase, [[Operation Newfound]].{{Fn|1a}}

The assault by a joint [[Imperial Guard|Guard]] and [[Imperial Navy|Naval]] task force began in 756. [[Admiral]] [[Karslae]] swiftly overwhelmed the orbital forts and Chaos fleet, establishing void superiority and allowing [[General]] [[Dilen Belfry]] to drop his forces into the important cities of '''Pelbury Civitas''', '''Upper Ganff''', and '''Amboldus Hive'''.{{Fn|1a}}

Disaster struck when General Belfry was killed in a mortar attack, elevating his subordinate, [[Colonel]] [[Begulin]] of the [[Sarpoy Regiments]] to field command. Begulin blundered, trapping his men in a fire trap between the third and fourth walls of Pelbury Civitas (an area that was dubbed "Begulin's Folly" on later Imperial maps). The only thing that saved the Guard forces was the timely and spectacular arrival of the [[Iron Snakes]] [[Space Marines]], via [[drop pod]]. The Snakes of [[Ithaka]] not only saved the Guard forces from being massacred, but went on to overwhelm the Chaos defenders of Pelbury and Amboldus Hive, slaughtering 29,000 Archenemy soldiers at the cost of only 8 of their own.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|1b}}

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