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Royalist Armies Part Two
Today I bring you the second part of King Edward VIII Royalist Army and it is the Northern Army.
The Northern Army
In the North of England, Sir Thomas Percy appointed March Warden, has command of the loyalist Regulars and Territorials and has powers to raise militia forces as well. Percy has taken the line of an active defence and so it is common for cavalry and motorised units to raid into Scotland as “pre-emptive actions”.
The Border Division
Consisting of the forces covering the Borders from Berwick to Carlisle, this division’s focus is countering the raids and invasions of the Scottish Republic. It has a good record in defence already having fought off two sieges at Berwick and has taken offensive action in the borders burning Jedburgh, but was beaten back in a counter attack during a snow storm. Most recently, this division kept the Scottish Republic forces by bay during the Albertine landings on the Cumbrian coast and inflicted a major defeat on the Scottish forces around Kingstown just north of Carlisle.
The North East Division
This division has had variety of tasks including containing the uprising in Newcastle and Durham. Its main focus has been putting pressure on the Yorkist Front. As such it played an important part in the unsuccessful assault of Hull.
Cumberland and Westmoreland Division
This division has recently been formed to counter the Albertine enclave on the Cumberland coast and to take over policing the Lakelands. Much of its forces are militia and volunteers, as most of the regular are already stretched fairly thin in neighbouring divisions. However, the division has picked up some of the Lancashire Territorial and Yeomanry units and shares a few Cumberland and Westmoreland unit the Border Division.
Liverpool Division
The one responsibility of this division is to continue the siege of the Free State of Liverpool. It brings together the Loyal Liverpool units and reinforcements largely drawn from Manchester and Lancashire. The Division famously refused assistance to the British Union of Fascists expedition against the Isle of Man and consequently has a difficult relationship with some of the reactionary militias under its command.
Cheshire Division
This was originally part of the Liverpool Division but had to be broken off to deal with the Anglican League rising from Cheshire and the increased incursions by the Nationalists in Wales. Under the command of Lord Farndon, this is essentially a county force supplemented by private and reactionary militias.
In addition to these there are a number of independent divisions and these include
The City of London Division
Devon and Cornwall Division
Eastern England Division
Duke of Rutland’s East Midlands Division
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