Battle of Besorrowed Gorge

Battle of Besorrowed Gorge
Part of the aftermath of the Unification of the Earth Kingdom
View of Marine Ridge after the battle
Date 7–12 June 2021 Location Besorrowed Gorge Result Decisive Earth Kingdom victory End of the Omash'ite resistance Rescue of the Earth King
Belligerents
Earth Kingdom	National Committee for the Liberation of Omashu
Commanders and leaders
VAdm. Wing Cheefung VBdg. Kwan Seo (WIA)	Prince Woo-yung † Duke Kong-bu  Duke Wan Dan †
Strength
1,065 soldiers and marines Onboard ENS Andorra 1 yacht 85 passengers Naval task force 1 aircraft carrier 1 battlecruiser 2 light cruisers 1 destroyer 2 frigates 6+ merchant marine ships 6 F-1/NG Bosco fighters 3 H-20/N Seahorse helicopters 6,000+ naval personnel	500–700 fighters
Casualties and losses
1 yacht damaged 2 helicopters destroyed 1 helicopter damaged 146 killed 244 injured	480 killed 33 captured
19 ENS Andorra civilian crew killed 22 ENS Andorra civilian crew injured

The Battle of Besorrowed Gorge was a military engagement between the Earth Kingdom and the National Committee for the Liberation of Omashu (NCLO), a clandestine exile group of Kingdom of Omashu loyalists. The battle was precipited when Earth King Ainin and the crew of the royal yacht ENS Andorra were attacked and abducted by NCLO fighters while transiting the Cape of Omashu on the way from Fort Bosco to Ba Sing Se. The captives were imprisoned in a cave system beneath a gorge in the uncharted western continent of Tiansi, with the NCLO demanding that the Earth Kingdom withdraw from Omashu and restore the independent kingdom in return for their release.