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Kalistani War Dispatches: Fourth Fleet utterly destroyed in Artanian Sea
Kundrati suffers major losses and significant damage to Naval Infrastructure
Artanian Sea, Artania
July 30, 5611

Flash:

In a series of brutal naval battles at the start of the Artanian War, Kalistani IV Fleet is completely destroyed.  Early reports suggest that all offensive weapons in the Fourth Kalistani Regular Fleet, including all submarines attached to the fleet, have been sunk or scuttled with a very high casualty rate acknowledged.  Kundrati Navy also destroyed as elements of the I Fleet arrived in theater too late to reinforce IV Fleet.  First Fleet however did complete its mission and destroyed as much as 60 percent of the Kundrati Naval Capacity, crippling Kundrati's ability to project force at sea.

First Fleet has been ordered to return to Lodamun with rescued casualties.  Loss of life is estimated to be anywhere between 90 and 95 percent from Fourth Fleet, as only several hundred survivors were able to be rescued from the water north of Luthori.  

More details to follow.  Flags across the Empire have been ordered to fly at half mast to honor the dead.