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|quote = '''''"Honour your wargear, give praise to the Emperor and maker every shot count - you'll see the Orks off soon enough."'''''
|source = - [[Imperial Guard Commander|Commander]] [[StormfjordStromfjord]] of the [[24th Ventrillian Nobles]]{{Fn|1b}}
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|Combatant1 =[[File:Aquila1transparent.png|30px]] [[Imperium]]
|Combatant2 =[[File:orks.png|30px]] [[Orks]]
|Commanders1 =[[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|30px]][[Imperial Guard Commander|Commander]] [[StormfjordStromfjord]] <small>(WiA)</small>{{Fn|1b}}<br>[[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|30px]][[Imperial Guard Commander|Commander]] [[Bauhin]]{{Fn|1d}}
|Commanders2 =[[File:orks.png|30px]][[Warboss]] [[Skogrin]]{{Fn|1c}}
|Strength1 =[[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|30px]]49 Troopers of the [[24th Ventrillian Nobles]]{{Fn|1b}}<br>[[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|30px]]10 Troopers of the [[1st Ventrillian Dragoons]]{{Fn|1b}}<br>[[File:Astra Militarum Symbol.png|30px]]7 Troopers of the [[95th Ventrillian Nobles|95th Ventrillian Jagers]]{{Fn|1b}}<br>[[File:Adeptus Ministorum Symbol.jpg|20px]]5 Members of the [[Adeptus Ministorum]]{{Fn|1b}}<br>[[Ortan Glazer]]{{Fn|1b}}
==Prelude==
[[Ortan Glazer]], son of [[Conrad Glazer]], had taken over his father's farm in the twenty years since the [[Last Stand at Glazer's Creek|first battle at Glazer's Creek]]. Ortan had heard rumours of [[ork]] presence near his farm. These rumours were confirmed when [[Imperial Guard Commander|Commander]] [[StormfjordStromfjord]] of the [[24th Ventrillian Nobles]] arrived at the farm, and had his troops construct makeshift defences to prepare for a coming ork raid.{{Fn|1a}}
==The First Assault==
As the first wave of orks neared the farm, Commander Stormfjord Stromfjord urged his men to hold their fire until the xenos were at short range. When the orks got close, the [[Ventrillia]]n [[autocannon]] teams, led by [[Corporal]] [[Jarvis]], opened up upon the [[Killa Kan]] that was closing in. Commander [[Bauhin]] ordered troopers to open fire upon an ork [[trukk]]. Despite their best efforts the trukk smashed into the stanchions of the grain silo. The orks were now in close combat with the Ventrillians. The survivors of the assault fell back and formed a gun line. The orks, with their assault faltering fell back. Four Guardsmen had died in the assault, two from self-inflicted [[plasma]] wounds.{{Fn|1d}}
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==The Second Assault==
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|quote = '''''"They appeared out of nowhere - sneaky ones these Orks!"'''''
|source = - Lieutenant Varenhalt's vox report to Commander StormfjordStromfjord{{Fn|1d}}
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The second ork assualt was also led by a [[trukk]]. Though it was quickly dispatched by Ventrillian [[meltagun]]s. It was then that [[Lieutenant]] [[Varenhalt]] noticed ork [[kommando]]shad snuck in through the western wall. They were beaten off by disciplined fire from second squad under the direct command of Stormfjord. It was then that Brother [[Vanhire]] led a charge into an ork [[Deff Dread]], though this lead to the loss of two of his [[Crusader]]s. The orks than began to target the make-shift hospital, formerly Ortan Glazer's home, that Corporal Jarvis' autocannon teams were stationed atop. Stormfjord Stromfjord ordered it evacuated, and not longer after the ork assault again ground to a halt, and the orks fell back. By this stage half of the [[1st Ventrillian Dragoons]] had been taken out of the fight, either wounded or killed.{{Fn|1d}}
==The Third Assault==
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|quote = '''''"Ventrillians! We fight to the last man!"'''''
|source = - Commander StormfjordStromfjord{{Fn|1d}}
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==Aftermath==
Commander Bauhin fetched medics to attend to the injured Commander StormfjordStromfjord. Stormfjord Stromfjord attempted to sit up, only to realise that half an ork was pinning his legs to the ground. Bauhin helped Stormfjord Stromfjord regain his feet, and informed him how the battle had ended. The farm was burning as the sun set, and the barricades were all destroyed. Stormfjord Stromfjord feared another ork attack, but was informed that Major Scharper's 95th Jagers had left the farm to scout and had seen orks in quite some time. The Ventrillians only had fourteen men left who were fighting fit, but the day had been won.{{Fn|1e}}
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