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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' was a series of battles fought during the early [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|1}}
By this point in the Crusade, only three of the [[primarch]]s - [[Horus]], [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] and [[Ferrus Manus]] - had been rediscovered by the [[Emperor of Mankind]]. The battle was waged by the [[Space Wolves]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]], still consisting of many [[Terra]]n recruits, against billions of [[Ork]]s within the [[Wheel of Fire]] [[Subsector]]. After a bloody five year campaign, the Orks were annihilated but a third of the Space Wolves were destroyed.{{Fn|1}} This included the former [[Legion Master]] [[Enoch Rathvin]].{{Fn|2}}
In the aftermath of the campaign, Russ was given two gifts. The first was the construction of [[The Fang]] by the [[Chamber Castellanis]] and the second was the [[Spear of Russ]], which was given to Russ by the Emperor personally.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Wolfsbane (Novel)]], Chapter 9
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Seven]], pg. 80
[[Category:Battles (Great Crusade)]]
[[Category:Battles (Orks)]]
[[Category:Battles (Space Wolves)]]
