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Great Siege of Lesser Damantyne
Date M31
Location Lesser Damantyne
Outcome Loyalist victory
Combatants
Loyalists Traitors
Commanders
Warsmith Barabas Dantioch[1] Warsmith Idriss Krendl (WIA)[1]
Strength
Sons of Dantioch (incl. 14th Grand Company loyalists)[1][2b] Iron Warriors' 14th Grand Company traitors[1]
Traitor Imperial Army[1]
Traitor Mechanicum[1]
Casualties
Heavy[1] Very heavy[1]

The Great Siege of Lesser Damantyne,[1] also called the Siege of the Schadenhold,[2a] was a battle of the Horus Heresy.

Battle

Originally the world of Lesser Damantyne was garrisoned by Iron Warriors of Warsmith Barabas Dantioch after its conquest during the Great Crusade.[1] Dantioch's force consisted of Iron Warriors who had been disgraced during the Sak'trada Deeps Campaign; most had belonged to the 14th Grand Company.[1][2b]

However as the Horus Heresy erupted, the Iron Warriors 51st Expeditionary Fleet led by the new, reconstituted 14th Grand Company under Warsmith Idriss Krendl arrived on Lesser Damantyne announcing the allegiance of Perturabo to Horus and demanding Dantioch's forces take part in traitor operations. Dantioch, based from the mighty fortress of Schadenhold, refused.[1]

A brutal 366 day siege set in, with Krendl's forces backed by traitorous Imperial Army and Ordinatus engines proving unable to breach Schadenhold. Eventually a mass traitor offensive led by an Emperor Titan managed to take the fortress, but as it fell Dantioch teleport his forces aboard Krendl's own flagship and escaped. As the loyalists left, they detonated Schadenhold, inflicting heavy traitor casualties, destroying the Emperor Titan, and badly wounding Krendl.[1]

Aftermath

The pro-Traitor 14th Grand Company was disgraced by its failure during the battle. Many of its troops were censured and reorganized into badly-equipped hunter-slayer units such as "Battle Group Kurghan", tasked with destroying The Shattered Legions warbands.[2a]

Meanwhile, the loyalist survivors of Dantioch's force would continue to fight for the Imperium. His main force would end up on Sotha,[3a] where he met with death,[3b] though another contingent including Khragan fought in the Constantinium Incursion.[2b]

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