Part 2: Early battles of the Equestrian Civil War

Battle of Cloudsdale

Cloudsdale was one of the first targets for Nightmare Moon's untried army. With lightning speed her army attacked the cloud city. The guard had no time to act and were soon routed. The few guards who did fight didn't last long. Few causilties came from the fight but it was a huge moral booster for Luna's army. Despite the attempts from forces from Canterlot to retake the city it held firm and Celestia gave up the city to her corrupted sister. This city is a key point in Luna's republic as it held most of it's population and looted weapons and armor from the guard gave the army a boost to launch more attacks

The second battle took place at a Celestial fort outside of appleoosa called Fort Dawn. A force of 500 Lunar soldiers gave siege on the small wooden fort that held 1000 Celestial soldiers. For 15 days the lunar soldiers pounded at the walls of the fort with artillery. By the time the 15th day came only 650 Celestial units had survived. Only 300 had not retreated. The 300 Celestials were quickly defeated, over 200 were taken prisoner.

Being so close to the Everfree forest Canterlot was an immediate target. Luna’s forces were caught before they could reach the city by troops from Canterlot. It resulted in both sides hunkering down for a long fight. The railroads out of the city were destroyed in the opening stages of the fight. It went down into constant skirmishes and fighting.. Neither side could really gain the upper hand and stayed where they were waiting to strike. At the end of the battle the Celestials came out victorious. They pushed back the Lunar forces and defended the Capital.

Coming soon:

Part 3: Military advancements