Battle of Gisoreux Gap

Battle of Gisoreux Gap.[1a]
Date	2141 IC[1a]
Location	Gisoreux Gap[1a]
Outcome	Stalemate[1a]
Combatants
Bretonnia[1a]	Westerland[1a]
Commanders
Sir Desfleuve [1a]	Countess Bergbrech[1a]
Strength
Losses/Survivors

The Battle of Gisoreux Gap

History

The Gisoreux Gap is a valuable trade route between the Grey Mountains and the Pale Sisters and is heavily guarded, enabling the nobles at either end to levy heavy tolls on those passing through. In 2136 IC plague caused the mercenary's manning Fort Bergbres to demand higher pay from their employer, Countess Bergbrech who in turn targeted Bretonnian merchants to recover her costs. In retaliation, Sir Desfleuve countered by charging imperial merchants traveling the other way! ^[1a]

For several years the pattern continued, even after the plague had faded away with the two nobles imposing ever more ludicrous charges and exchanging insults. Finally in 2141 IC, the two garrisons marched forth to do battle, their patrons at the head of each force. ^[1a]

Battle

There was little room for complex battle plans and so it became a brutal slugging match which soon turned into an increasingly bloody stalemate and both armies retreated. Sir Desfleuve fell in the battle itself and the Countess would herself die several weeks later from her wounds. ^[1a]

In the aftermath, the heirs of both nobles quietly agreed to review the tolls. ^[1a]

Sources

• 1: Warhammer: The Old World Rulebook
  • 1a: The Battle of Gisoreux Gap, pg. 296