1st Battle of Nuremberg
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Sir Hayden Von Klaus a war veteran born in a second son to a Bavarian knight left home when he was younger to be a mercenary captain fighting for who ever paid the most. Standing at 5'10 with dark brown hair and eyes.

The Western group reached the Danube river crossing it by making a quick wooden bridge made from the nearby forest and crossed safely. The western army was moving a lot faster than expected encountering no resistance up until it reached the small unmarked village that they would use as a resupply point.

Western group rested for a day before traveling again with haste rushing toward Nuremberg in fact Nuremberg was only about 50 miles out before any resistance was found in the middle of a forest clearing. At the battle of Nuremberg.

At 5:30 am a thick fog had set over the soon to be battlefield 

Count Alexander von Coburg had received word that one of the royal armies was marching rapidly toward Nuremberg so to stop them from taking Nuremberg with his army of 1,200 infantry 700 crossbow men and 200 knights. Coburg sent out various scouting parties to find where the army was and once he found out He marched his army to meet them head on.

Klaus had 100 grenadiers 700 Volk troopers and 200 jaegers under his command these soldiers weren't the most well trained in fact of the three armies this was perhaps the worst one in terms of training and discipline. 

The western army was marching in through the forest to avoid being spotted. Coburg was looking through a spyglass at the western Wehrmacht that was marching. Coburg positioned his army so that Klaus would run right into him and Klaus was advancing rapidly but were slowed by several days of rain in the area causing mud.

Klaus was marching with his troops through the muddy ground. Klaus had prioritized speed over logistics so troops were exhausted from the relentless forced march and under supplied as they were detached from their supply wagons and it would be weeks before they would arrive because of mud. 

Noticing the weapons that the soldiers were carrying looked a lot like arquebuses Coburg decided to instead of a direct assault he would try something different. Setting his troops in place Coburg decided to lay and wait for them to come to him. 

within a couple hours Klaus was where he wanted him to be.

Klaus was riding on top of a grey horse in full plate armor directing his troops when...

*Thump*

Klaus fell off his horse as a crossbow bolt managed to nail him in between the armor gaps.

Coburg's troops then got out of their hiding spots rushed down hill charging into the Wehrmacht's lines. 

The shock was visible on the faces of the soldiers as they were being charged by Coburg's troops. Crossbow bolts rained down before many men could get their rifles unslung killing many and wounding many more. The Volk Troopers took the brunt of the charge only unleashing a single volley on the enemy before engaging in a vicious melee. the Jaegers behind them started unleashing rounds into anything that moved hitting friend and foe alike. Grenadiers formed a ring to protect Klaus as the Grenadiers were the most disciplined and were the reason why a forced march was possible as they kept the other troops in line.

The Volk Troopers exhausted and taking heavy losses started wavering before.

"RETREAT!!!" one of the soldiers shouted it was barely heard over the roar of combat still caused a chain reaction that caused the Volk troopers to break they retreated past the Jaegers any straggler was killed by Coburg's troops who despite taking heavy losses themselves were invigorated by seeing some of their enemies retreat then charged into the jaegers who managed to unleash several volleys that managed to break whatever confidence the infantry had who were now charging with few enough troops that the jaegers were able to handle in melee combat.

with Coburg's infantry taken care of the jaegers and grenadiers began to fire their rounds at them however being undersupplied they soon ran out of ammo. the grenadiers charged up hill their armor covering their vital areas took few casualties. before charging the grenadiers threw their grenades that devastated the crossbowmen. the grenades used were stick grenades. Charging with bayonets on the grenadiers shredded the lightly armored crossbowmen.

both sides withdrew from the battle bloodied for Coburg it was a pyrrhic he had achieved his main aim of stopping Klaus's advance to Nuremberg in it tracks but lost the ability to effectively. for Klaus it was a humiliating defeat because the only reason he won the battle was because the junior officers took control and technological superiority that he failed to utilized.

At night Klaus launched a night raid on Coburg's camp destroyed his army. Coburg and a few of his knights managed to escape with their lives.

when the dust cleared Klaus had to wait for supplies and reinforcements before he could continue his advance which was a five week wait and although he was injured he continued his advance towards Nuremberg by the time he had arrived the other groups were already at Nuremberg.

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