GNN newspaper · record 227

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TRUTH PEOPLES

IN TURBULENT TIMES NATIONS
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TOMORROW G WORLD

REVARA NEWS NETWORK

VOL. XLVII, NO. 456 INTERNATIONAL EDITION 14 February 1213

HUQAIT RETREATS APTER THE BAFTLE OF Hl VALLEY

Syran breaks a major mountain position as shortages weaken the defense,

BY GNN CORRESPONDENTS

THE SITUATION
AT A GLANCE

Huqaiti forces have
withdrawn from

High Valley after Syran
captured the routes
connecting key
defensive positions.

Hugait
Falls Back

From Hi
vay

HUQAIT — Hugaiti
forces have withdrawn
from High Valley after
Syran captured the routes
connecting its principal
defensive positions.
Surviving units are

moving toward the
remaining valley fortress
and higher mountain
tracks.

Surviving units are
moving toward the
remaining valley
fortress and higher
mountain tracks.

The battle followed

Sa prolonged pressure
ssure on

scr einen sipaiee eur

had dwindled since dwindled since
Trenoa's fall. Defenders Trenoa’s fall.

held rocky positions a2 ee
through repeated attacks, Soares
but could not restore

attacks along the
contact once the lower icks along the

routes were lost. valley floor, helping
Mountain carriers are seize the lower routes

bringing out wounded eS a while Hugaiti defenders

recur lendeental bringing ther guns tobearon Hua postions above. ossrororn nme |! Sontinued fighting

records. Civilians leaving from the heights.
with the troops face
difficult journeys and
few reliable places to
obtain provisions.

The defeat concentrates
Hugait’s organized
defense around fewer
positions. Its last major
valley fortress remains |
in government hands, " ° 5
although the loss of . :
High Valley makes its Me s ray z &
support more difficult. ES ‘ 4 a 7

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attacks along the valley
floor, using the limited
roads to bring their guns | GNN ANALYSIS
Taal lower positions. | Supply Strain Tells Terrain Still Favors a FightingRetreat | Syran Momentum on Key Routes
continued fighting from | The fall of High Valley reflects the strain | Hugaiti units are falling back toward a Syran use of tanks along the limited
heights beyond the ‘on Hugaiti forces after months of reduced | smaller number of positions, including valley roads proved decisive in breaking,
tanks’ reach, but lost supplies. Repeated attacks made their | the remaining valley fortress. The the position, While Huqaiti defenders
the road connections positions harder to hold once the lower | mountain terrain continues to offer kept fighting from the heights, the loss
on which those positions | routes were lost, leaving defenders defensive advantages, but the loss of of the routes has shifted the battle in
depended. unable to maintain contact across the road connections makes it more difficult Syran’s favor and forced a general

| valley. to support those positions. | withdrawal from High Valley.

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