[FH] Bradley Advance Encounters Sporadic Resistance

L'Armee FSE reports up to 90 casualties among insurgents Tuesday, November 9,
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BRADLEY, Fleischer II (l'Univers) - L'Armee FSE forces have faced less
resistance than expected and suffered minimal casualties, a commander said
Tuesday, as the troops continue their second day of assaults on
militarily-contested Bradley.

Soldiers pushing through the outskirts of Bradley dodged sniper fire and
destroyed booby traps, but not as many as anticipated.

"There has been less organized resistance than expected so far," said
Lieutenant Jean-Luc Chesnot with 1e Compangie of the 2e Division
d'Infantrie. Nevertheless, insurgent casualty numbers mount. Chesnot, sitting
atop his véhicules de combat d'infanterie, said his combat peloton has killed
or wounded 85 to 90 insurgents.

"Thirty hours into the fighting, 1e Compangie has sustained minimal
casualties," Chesnot said.

Jacques Carle, l'Univers' field reporter embedded with FSE soldiers, described
the fighting as street-to-street battles, with sporadic resistance and
no signs of organization among the insurgents. "Most of the insurgents are in
small groups," he said, "with the most being 25 in one place."

Bradley is considered an insurgent command-control center for the rest
of the colony and a base for remnants of the 136th Gloucestershire Regiment,
which had held out for 6 months, cut off from the NAC. Military officials have
said 500 to 700 insurgents may be inside the city, but they acknowledge many
may have slipped away amid widespread reports that an offensive was coming.

Chesnot said that his troops continue to clear the city of suspected weapons
caches and insurgents and that they have found several booby-trapped
areas.

In one area alone, Chesnot's peloton uncovered a weapons cache with two L5
support weapons and several L18P portable guided missile launchers. In another
area, soldiers found mortar systems, and in one building they discovered a
cache of L41 anti-personnel weapons, ammunition rounds, and a suit of
l'armure de resevoir. In southern Bradley, soldiers found a notebook with
photos
believed to be of non-NAC combatants.

While attention is focused on Bradley, insurgents continued attacks in other
areas.

On Tuesday, insurgents attacked two patrol stations near New Gilling, about 50
kilometers north of Bradley, killing four people.

By Monday, FSE troops had surrounded Bradley as they awaited the order for a
full attack in the fifth attempt to subdue the city this year.

Bradley's population was estimated to be 100,000 to 150,000 before the war
came to the Fleischer II colony earlier this year. Now, it is thought that
35,000 civilians remain.

In Bradley, General Henri de Pascalle imposed a citywide curfew that will run
from 8:00 p.m. until 7 a.m.

Meanwhile elsewhere on Fleischer II, at least three people died and several
others were wounded in a suicide bomb attack targeting an FSE army base north
of Bitchburn, officials said.

On Orotrigo, Lord Chancellor Rene Chalmers told reporters Monday that the
battle for Bradley was critical for the success of the Third Solar War.
Chalmers also downplayed the threat to the city's civilian population, saying
FSE forces are disciplined, well-trained and well-led.

"There aren't going to be large numbers of civilians killed and certainly not
by FSE forces," he said.

G'day,

Nice piece, even if my poor Aussie tongue as fun with the fancy French names;)

Did you go the route of inspiration from existing media piece or do you have a
future in the media business yourself?;)

Cheers