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The 2nd Emu War
Part of the The Emu Wars
Date 11 December 2016 to 17 April 2017 Location Australia
Belligerents
Commonwealth of Australia United Kingdom Indonesia United States of America New Zealand African Union Sweden(Materiel Support)	Emus Cassowaries Rheas
Commanders and leaders
General Max Marcellus Glabella, 1st Earl of Walhalla Matthew Nottingham Nathan Seacole, 1st Earl of Geraldton Anton Horsten Thomas Edward Rose, 1st Earl of Shepparton	Eustace Redime Cecil Bolisario Beak Diomedes Kaaww Septimus Skreech
Strength
A lot	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1.08 million	Unknown

The 2nd Emu War was an armed conflict between the Commonwealth of Australia (and their allies) and the Emus (and their allies) which took place between December 2016 and April 2017, leaving 1.08 million humans dead and countless emus.

Background

The Emus of Australia and the Humans of Australia had fought a long and bloody war from 1932 to 1989, ending in millions of deaths and the retreat of emu-kind into the outback. Hatred brewed between the two races, with neither attempting rapprochment.

Two major conflicts occured in between the 1st and 2nd Emu Wars. These were the East Victoria Campaign and the Broken Hill Incident these led to further tensions between the Australians and the Emus.

Outbreak of War

Tension spilled into armed conflict on the 11th of December 2016, when Emu forces under General Eustace Redime attacked the Northern Territory town of Alice Springs, causing much destruction and provoking an immediate reaction from the Australian Army and British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in Australia, both of which immediately mobilised and prepared to counter-attack. One group of refugees, led by historian and retired soldier Matthew Nottingham escaped to the town of Tennant Creek, many miles to the North, only to come under attack by a division of emus split off from the main force. By the end of the day, Australian forces under Major General Marcellus Glabella had liberated Alice Springs, while a unit of the Royal Lancers, attached to the BEF, liberated Tennant Creek.

Meanwhile, in Queensland, the Cassowaries under Cecil Bolisario Beak marched on Rockhampton.

First Stages of the War, December 2016

The BEF began to muster at Katherine, while the Australian Army mobilised. A state of emergency was declared on the morning on the 12th December.

The Race to Darwin

The BEF at Katherine numbered twenty-thousand when, in the early afternoon, an emu surprise attack by elements of the Emu forces heading for Darwin wiped out most of the existing BEF command structure. The following Battle of Katherine was a massacre, seeing 13,000 BEF casualties, and leading the 7,000 survivors to hurry to Darwin in retreat.

Hearing of the news, the Australian Army dispatched Major General Glabella and his division - the nearest in the field - to reinforce Darwin. A race between Emu and Human forces ensued, as the British and Australians hurried to reach Darwin before it was overrun by Emu forces. The BEF reached Darwin on the morning of the 13th December, followed by the Australians at noon. The siege began almost immediately, as the Emus arrived within hours of the Australians.

The British Government resolved to deploy its reserve force of 40,000 men under General WG Grace, setting into motion Operation Cochrane - the advanced new method of deploying large forces over long distances at very short notice.

The Siege of Darwin

The Emus immediately began a land blockade around Darwin, but were unable to prevent supplies coming in by boat, preventing any hopes of victory through attrition. Instead, the Emu forces began heavy shelling of the city, accompanied by repeated attacks on its defences. Colonel Rose, a hero of the First Emu War and East Victoria Campaign began co-ordinating the British forces in Darwin, sending reports to the new BEF commander General Grace, and working with the Australian commander in Darwin, Major General Glabella.

While Emu forces in Northern Territory gathered around Darwin, the refugee Historian Matthew Nottingham began organising the Northern Territory Resistance, a guerilla force that quickly began disrupting Emu operations in NT.

BEF reinforcements arrived in Darwin on the 15th December, with Colonel Rose being placed in charge of the 4th Cavalry Division and promoted to Major General. Joint planning with the Australian Army facilitated the Battle of Darwin on the 17th, at which the Emu besiegers were routed with heavy casualties.

The Fall of Perth and Geraldton

While the Human forces focussed on Darwin, a devastating emu attack - the success of which has still not been fully explained - captured Perth on the 13th December, beginning what would be one of the longest occupations in the Second Emu War. An attack the next day sacked the nearby town of Geraldton, forcing the flight of Nathan Seacole and other residents (aided by Sergeant Matthew Ickles), who formed the Geraldton Volunteers on the 18th December, and marched North to Darwin.

After the relief of Darwin, Major General Glabella was ordered to lead his forces to Adelaide, where troops were mustering for the liberation of Perth, however he was ambushed by Emu forces en route on the 19th, and held in captivity. In response, the BEF marched to liberate Glabella, doing so on the 20th. For their services, many of the British commanders, including Rose, were knighted.

The BEF then marched to besiege Perth, while the Australians moved to gather their forces to defend Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland.

Early Naval Operations

Suspicion of Emu naval capabilities triggered an immediate deployment of the Royal Australian Navy in the Timor Sea, the Arafura Sea, the Coral Sea and the Gulf of Carpentaria, followed by an additional deployment in the Indian Ocean - the entirety of Fleet West, stationed in Perth, was deployed mere hours before the Emu occupation. Indonesia's role in the war began with its participation in the early Anti-Emu Naval Patrol on the 14th December.

Christmas Truce 20th-22nd December

An early truce attempt was announced on the 20th December, with both sides hoping for time to recuperate. However the Northern Territory Resistance controversially defied the truce, while the Cassowaries denied that it affected them. This led both sides to believe the truce was a ruse, leading to its quick disintegration.

Early Action in Queensland

Emu Attacks on Rockhampton and Port Douglas were repulsed on the 12th and 13th of December respectively. An abortive attack on Port Douglas was launched again on the 15th of December. The forces of Bolivario Beak seemed undeterred, quickly establishing dominance of the rest of Cape York Peninsula. Seeking to combine with sympathetic New Guinea Cassowaries, Beak ordered the beginning of the Torrest Strait Campaign on the 19th December, launching a series of attacks on the Torres Strait Islands, beginning a long and largely stalemated theatre of the war.

Beak's great breakthrough came on the 26th December when he led an all-out attack on the Army of Queensland under Lieutenant General Gill Gilliam, shattering Gilliam's forces, and allowing for the capture ofTownsville on the 28th of December, and Mackay, Port Douglas and Cairns on the 29th December. Gilliam and his forces fought a fighting retreat to Brisbane, where they prepared for further attacks. Rockhampton fell to Emu forces on the 30th December, Sunshine Coast the 31st.

The War in Western Australia

By Christmas Day, no one could doubt that the Truce was over. Emu forces marched into Broome amid the Christmas festivities, confirming their control of almost all of Western Australia. This flagrant disregard for the Truce which was still officially in force prompted the Australian government to allow the formation of Special Squadron 1 "The Exterminators" under a man known only as "Rhodes". The BEF, meanwhile, began the First Siege of Perth.

The effective Emu defeat in the Northern Territory was consolidated by the Battle on Boxing Day (or 2nd Battle of Katherine), where a combination of remnant Western Australian forces numbering 7,000 defeated a 20,000-strong Emu force. The victorious Australian army then marched to Hall's Creek, where they established a foothold for the liberation of Western Australia on the 28th December. The First Siege of Perth was not going well - Emu forces were constantly harassing the besiegers, while relief forces from elsewhere in Western Australia bore down upon the BEF. On the 27th December, only a day after the siege began, General WG Grace committed suicide. Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Martin took over as General Officer Commanding.

After the Battle on Boxing Day, the Army of Western Australia was formed, with Glabella (promoted to Lieutenant General) in command. The first operation of this force was to aid General Martin's full withdrawal from the First Siege of Perth on the 28th December.

The 29th December saw the first success of the new Army of Western Australia, now incorporating the remnant forces that had fought on Boxing Day, with the Liberation of Broome on the 29th December. The BEF and Army of Western Australia then liberated Derby the next day, before repelling a large counter-attack in the Battle of Derby on the 30th December. The Kimberley Region was deemed secure on the 31st December.

The Sack of Canberra

On the 28th December, a surprise Emu attack sacked the Federal Capital of Canberra, with the Government only narrowly escaping. Most of the city was burnt to the ground, while many key documents were stolen, and the Chief of Army, General Max, was killed defending the Parliament Building.

The War Spreads, Early 2017

On the 1st January 2017, Lieutenant General Marcellus Glabella was promoted to the rank of General and appointed Chief of Army. He immediately set about reorganising the Australian defences, and seeing to the promotion of figures such as Matthew Nottingham - made a Colonel in the Army of Western Australia, and Nathan Seacole, made a Major in the same. He coordinated the defence of Brisbane with Lt General Gilliam, with whom he had an excellent working relationship, sending reinforcements from the Army of New South Wales.

The Liberation of the Western Australian Coast

The BEF marched to Onslow and Port Hedland on the 1st January, liberating the two towns with the help of the newly arrived Indonesian Army. The two forces combined as the Combined Anglo-Indonesian Allied Army (colloquially known as Kaia), under the command of General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) General Sir Oliver Martin. The BEF reorganised into two Corps under the CAIAA, the first under Martin's personal command, the second under Rose, promoted to Lieutenant General.

Meanwhile, the Army of Western Australia, under the personal command of General Glabella, liberated Exmouth.

The 3rd January saw further successes on the Western coast, as the Geraldton Reserve - operating under the Army of Western Australia - liberatedGeraldton, and the CAIAA liberated the towns of Northam and Moora. The CAIAA began Operation Potato Sack - the encirclement of Perth - with the Liberation of Fremantle and Bunbury on the 5th January. Augusta was liberated on 6th January, completing the encirclement of Perth and starting the 2nd Siege. However, any hopes of an imminent victory had been dashed as soon as they appeared on 3rd January when the Emus began their attacks in Tasmania, prompting General Glabella to begin transfer most of the Army of Western Australia to Tasmania on the 5th January. General Glabella proceeded to take personal command of the Army of Tasmania. The Army of Western Australia was left more or less in abeyance as the war in the state calmed down, with the CAIAA holding the siege of Perth, and units such as the Kalgoorlie Light Infantry under Colonel Huckleberry Ordericus Bantham fought to liberate the WA outback.

The Battle of Brisbane, 2nd January 2017 and the Beginning of the Queensland Campaign

General Glabella flew to Brisbane immediately after the Liberation of Exmouth, joining Lt General Gilliam in the defence of the city. The Cassowary attacks were repulsed at great cost, allowing Gilliam to begin the Queensland Campaign in earnest, organising the Army of Queensland into a Northern Division (the troops fighting in the Torres Strait, who would landed on the Northern Cape York Peninsula on the 1st January, and the Southern Division, the troops which fought at Brisbane.

Southern Division quickly liberated the Sunshine Coast on 3rd January, while Northern Division liberated Nanum the same day. Rockhampton was liberated on the 6th January and Mackay on the 7th, while Northern DIvision became bogged down in the rainforest. The fighting in Queensland in the Cape York Peninsula was typical of jungle warfare - hard, bloody and slow.

The War in Tasmania

The Army of Tasmania, a single-division force at the start of the Tasmanian Theatre, was unable to hold most of the island against the forces of Emu commander High Master Diomedes Kaaww, with almost all but Hobart occupied. Colonel Nottingham, a native of Tasmania himself, was faked his own death on the 6th January, allowing him to join the Exterminators once again, and begin investigating the Emu superweapon 'The Stone Burner'.

The 5th and 6th January saw fighting in the Port Augusta, South Australia, as Emu forces attempted to delay the arrival of the 2nd Division, Army of Tasmania - the troops formerly of the Army of Western Australia, including Major Seacole and the Geraldton Reserve - in Tasmania. The 15,000-strong Division would eventually land at Hobart on the 7th January - 'E-Day'. These troops quickly saw great success, liberating Ross on 10th January. Following the liberation of East Tasmania, the forces of High Master Kaaww launched a strong counter-attack from his bases in the Pelion Mountains, trapping 2nd Division with 100,000 men at Reynold's Neck on the 14th of January. The ensuing Battle of Reynold's Neck proved to be one of the most stunning Human victories of the war, as the Geraldton Reserve under Major Seacole fought a successful last stand on Reynold's Island, massacring the bottlenecked Emu forces. Both Divisions of the Army of Tasmania then moved to retake the Pelion Mountains. Emu attacks in the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, led General Glabella to believe an Emu attack there was imminent, so he took personal command of the Army of Victoria on 15th January, confident that the fighting in Tasmania would soon be over. However, the situation in Tasmania was complicated by the signing of the Emu-Magpie Compact on 17th January. Fears of Emu resurgence in Tasmania were quelled by the capture of High Master Kaaww the next day, for which Major Seacole was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Magpie air superiority in Tasmania would be broken in the Battle of Woolnorth on 25th January, marking the effective end of the War in Tasmania. Tasmania was deemed secure on the 29th January, and majority of the Army of Tasmania was transferred to Victoria.

The Second Siege of Perth, 6th January-1st February

With most of the Emu forces in Western Australia subdued, the Second Siege of Perth proved more sedate than the First. CAIAA began shelling the city on the 8th January, with the emus returning fire almost immediately. Severe damage was done to CAIAA by attacks on 14th January, but apart from this, little would occur until 20th January. On the 20th of January, an emu shelling attack struck a routine patrol of the 1st Battalion, Royal Lancers - Lt General Rose's own unit, whom he had opted to join on patrol that day. Rose and 38 men narrowly managed to escape, but were forced to flee North by Emu guerillas. Rose was thought dead by all.

Rose rode to Lake Disappointment and from there to Derby, which he reached on the 29th of January. He returned to CAIAA on the 3rd of February, by which time the Second Siege was over.

Nottingham Undercover

After his faked death on the 6th January, Nottingham, under the guise of 'The Thylacine', worked closely with the Exterminators, taking part in their series of hit-and-run nighttime raids on Emu forces causing great unease throughout the Emus, and creating the myth of The Thylacine, one of their most feared and hated adversaries. In this time Nottingham was also able to locate the Emu 'Stone Burner' their immensely powerful incendiary weapon, capable of burning entire cities to dust. Nottingham, with the help of the Northern Territory Resistance, captured the bomb in Santa Teresa, NT, and set it on a train aimed right for the heart of Perth - arranging with General Martin for it to be let through. The bomb detonated on the 1st February, destroying Perth and its Emu defenders.

The Victoria Campaign

After the initial Emu attacks in mid-January, the Emu assault on the Mornington Peninsula began in earnest on the 18th of January, overwhelming the peninsula on the 20th, and capturing General Glabella. The Army of Victoria fell back to Melbourne, where it prepared to defend the city. General Glabella was rescued on the 22nd of January by the Exterminators, allowing him to prepare the defences of Melbourne. The Siege began on the 28th, with major magpie bombing raids on the 29th. General Glabella proceeded to organise the 2nd Army of Victoria, to relieve the siege, and ordered the forces of the Army of Tasmania to liberate the Mornington Peninsula. The Army of Tasmania was successful in this endeavour, but Lieutenant Colonel Seacole was captured in the fighting, and sent to the emu camps at Santa Teresa - where, by a stroke of luck, he was freed by Colonel Nottingham.

General Glabella's new 2nd Army of Victoria encircled the besieging emu forces, creating a double encirclement of Melbourne. General Glabella promoted Colonel Nottingham to Lieutenant General, and appointed him Deputy Chief of Army, while Lieutenant Colonel Seacole was promoted to Major General, and placed in command of the Army of Tasmania. Together, the Army of Tasmania and 2nd Army of Victoria fought the Battle of Melbourne for five days, until, on the 5th of February, the Emu forces detonated a huge explosion, and, through a series of tunnels abandoned since the East Victoria Campaign, escaped the encirclement. General Glabella disappeared in the debacle, severely wounded amidst the rubble. He managed to escape into the Bush, where he was found by a civilian on the 8th of February, who nursed him until she was killed by Emus on the 10th. Lt General Nottingham was able to find him on the 12th.

The Battle of Perth, 5th-8th February

Following the detonation of the Stone Burner and the return of Lt General Rose, there was much rejoicing in CAIAA. However, as they celebrated, a surprise Emu attack decimated the 1st Corps BEF, killing General Martin. In response, Lt General Rose took over as GOC-in-C, and led over 80,000 CAIAA and armed civilian troops in fighting the emu forces. The Battle of Perth was on an unprecedented scale, with 80,000 Humans fighting roughly 250,000 Emus. The bloodbath lasted for three days, until Lt General Nottingham and Major General Seacole, with the Armies of South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria intervened on the 8th, ending the battle. The rejoicing that followed was not mitigated by any surprise attack.

The Fall of Sydney

The victory at Perth was followed within hours by news of the Fall of Sydney. General Eustace Redime had orchestrated the entire series of Battles in Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia specifically so he could marshal his forces in New South Wales unopposed. The Army of New South Wales was shattered on the 7th February, with Sydney falling to his forces the next day. Redime set up his new headquarters in Government House, and prepared his grand plan to end the war.

The Queensland Campaign Continues

Townsville, one of the first towns to fall to the Cassowaries, was liberated by Southern Division on the 10th of January, while Cairns was besieged on the 15th. Both Southern and Nothern Division became bogged down in the rainforest, as the Cassowaries began to defend their home turf. Cairns was finally liberated on the 20th, followed by Port Douglas on the 25th. The Cassowaries were now completely penned into their original territory.

This proved a major advantage for Beak and the Cassowaries, as they were able to launch a successful attack on Northern Division, pushing it back to Mapoon on the 1st of February. Meanwhile, Southern Division's attempt to push North to Cooktown was routed on the 5th, falling back to Cairns and Port Douglas, where Beak besieged them on 9th of February. Northern Division pushed back to Nanum on the 7th.

Sideshows

The Argentine Conflict

The Rheas of Argentina, inspired by the exploits of their emu brethren, overthrew the Argentine government on the 24th of January, establishing the state of Argenrheana. War quickly broke out with Chile and Bolivia, and would last until well after the end of the Second Emu War.

Rhea troops would be sent to Australia to aid the Emus in the final Battle of Sydney.

The War Comes to An End, March/April 2017

Operation Trident

In Perth, General Rose, Lt General Nottingham and Major General Seacole organised their forces into Alpha, Bravo and Charlie Columns. Alpha, under General Rose, consisting of CAIAA and various militia organisations, advanced through the Northern Territory to Queensland; Bravo, under Major General Seacole, consisting of the Army of Tasmania and 2nd Army of Victoria, marched through the centre of Australia; while Charlie, commanded by Lt General Nottingham and consisting of the Army of South Australia and 1st Army of Victoria, marched to Adelaide. The plan was to comprehensively destroy the remaining emu forces and to then converge for the liberation of Sydney.

The Army of the Blue Mountains

Glabella travelled to the Northern end of the Blue Mountains where he took command of the remnants of the Army of New South Wales, joining it up with remaining forces in Victoria and the ACT, to form the Army of the Blue Mountains. He stationed the Army in Canberra, where they defended the ruins of the city from Emu attack.

Operation Pitchfork

Redime caught wind of the Human plans almost immediately, and planned his counter-attack. Emu forces were divided into four 'prongs' Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Omega. Alpha was to defeat Alpha Column, Beta Bravo Column, Gamma the Army of the Blue Mountains and Omega Charlie Column.

Pitchfork and Trident set out on the 11th of February.

Snake's Tongue

Bravo Column was the first to meet Pitchfork. Major General Seacole, planning to join up with General Glabella and defeat Beta and Gamma prongs together, set a series of bushfires forcing the two prongs to meet. The combined force, formed on the 15th of February, was known as 'Snake's Tongue'.

However, General Glabella's forces were unable to reach the battle on time, and Snake's Tongue all but annihilated the 50,000-strong Bravo Column at the Battle of Durham, albeit at great cost. Snake's Tongue was reduced to 16,000, while the 3000 survivors of Bravo Column began a hard-fought guerilla campaign.

The Battle of Cairns, 17th of February

Alpha Column reached Cairns on the 17th February, where in cooperation with the Southern Division of the Army of Queensland, the Cassowaries were decisively defeated in the Battle of Cairns. Beak lay dead on the battlefield. Southern Division was able to march through the Peninsula, and the Army of Queensland joined Alpha Column.

The Battle of Toowoomba, 18th of February

Alpha Prong and Alpha Column met in the Battle of Toowoomba, where the 80,000 men of Alpha Column under General Rose soundly defeated the forces of Alpha Prong under High Chieftain Aurus Cawrium, who was killed in the fighting.

Charlie Column

Adelaide was evacuated on Lt General Nottingham's orders on the 15th February. Charlie Column met Omega Prong on the 17th of February, and was forced to retreat Adelaide. Overwhelmed, Lt General Nottingham fell back on Adelaide, ordering the raising of a conscript South Australia Militia under Major General MacCurtain. A fleet of the Royal Australian Navy under Rear Admiral Horsten rushed to Adelaide to prepare to evacuate Charlie Column, reaching the city on the 21st February. As the defences of Adelaide crumbled, the South Australia Militia was left behind in the confusion. Charlie Column was taken by the RAN to Flinder's Island.

The Defeat of Snake's Tongue and Omega Prong

Hearing of the defeat of Bravo and Charlie Columns, Generals Rose and Glabella agreed that Alpha Column would defeat Snake's Tongue, while the Army of the Blue Mountains, which had previously been en route to do so, would march to Adelaide to defeat Omega Prong.

General Rose defeated Snake's Tongue at a cost of 20,000 men on the 20th of February, while General Glabella defeated Omega Prong on the 27th.

The Melbourne Conference and the March on Sydney

For the first time in the war, all the major Armies stood in one place - Melbourne, on the 1st of March. A conference was held to determine the future course of the war, to discuss the course of Operation Trident and the aftermath of the war. It was agreed that a United Allied Army would be formed, commanded by General Rose, for the final assault on Sydney. It was further agreed that nothing less than an unconditional surrender would be accepted from the Emus. However, discussion of Operation Trident opened up serious grievances in allied command, as Major General MacCurtain accused Lt General Nottingham of abandoning Adelaide, while Lt General Nottingham suffered from bouts of paranoia, causing him to believe that General Rose and Major General MacCurtain were plotting with the Indonesians to overthrow Australia and kill him. General Glabella, meanwhile, succumbed to depression, while General Rose slipped into alcoholism.

Once the march began, however, the issues died down - Lt General Nottingham's paranoia dissipated, and a partial reconciliation with Major General MacCurtain was reached.

The quick respite at Melbourne also saw the appointment of Connor Allen, a staunch follower of Lt General Nottingham, as commander of Lt General Nottingham's cavalry, at the rank of Colonel.

The Liberation of Sydney, 7th of March - 17th of April

Allied command was established at Bathurst on the 7th of March, and the blockade of Sydney by the United Allied Army (UAA) and Royal Australian Navy was set in place. General Rose issued the plans for Operation Final Hour on the 11th of March, organising the United Allied Army into Army Group A under General Rose, attacking from the North; Army Group B under General Glabella, the North-West; Army Group C under Major General Seacole, the South-West and Army Group D under Lt General Nottingham, the South.

The plan was set in motion on the 14th March. Simultaneously, troops from the New Zealand Volunteer Rifles (NZVR), ferried over by the RAN, landed at Sydney Airport, taking it into allied hands. Major General Seacole's forces captured the Warragamba Dam on the first day of operations. By the 22nd of March, the UAA had established a ring surrounding central Sydney, however, on the 23rd, the NZVR was pushed back into the sea, with the death of Rear Admiral Horsten's son Lieutenant James Horsten.

The Royal Australian Navy then came into combat with the Rhea Navy, which had sailed from Argenrheana. The two fleets fought tooth and nail for the rest of the battle, ending only with the sinking of the HMAS Adelaide on the 16th of April, at which point both fleets retreated.

Army Group D met a large Emu force at Georges River on the 23rd March, and was only able to push on with the help of Army Group C. In the fighting, Lt General Nottingham disappeared in combat with an elite Emu unit known as 'Extinction Cadre', led by an Emu warrior known only as 'Typhon'. Major General Seacole took command of both Army Groups and marched on to Bankstown. General Glabella led Army Group B to Parramatta on the 22nd. On the 24th, General Glabella reached Rozelle, Major General Seacole reached Earlwood, and General Rose managed to cross the harbour, leaving a force on the Sydney Harbour Bridge to prevent a Northward Emu retreat. General Rose reached Sydney Airport on the 25th March. However, his forces became stuck their, suffering from heavy shelling on all sides - on the 9th of April, General Rose finally managed to break out from the Airport, pushing North to Sydney Park, where, realising he could not push through to Emu HQ, he prepared to fight to the last with his remaining 7000 men, in the Last Stand at Sydney Park. Army Group B crossed from Rozelle to Darling on the 7th of April, but its advance was halted in the Rocks. At the same time, an Emu attempt to overwhelm to the defenders of Sydney Harbour Bridge is defeated when the Bridge is brought down in a huge explosion. The arrival of Army Groups C and D, coupled with the diversion caused by Army Group A's last stand, allowed General Glabella to lead his forces into Government House on the 17th April. General Rose was shot dead by the last Emu forces the same day, while Lt General Nottingham and Typhon both died in a duel.

The war was over.

Sources

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External links

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