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| conflict   = Battle of Skye
| partof     = [[Third Succession War]]
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| startdate  = [[2895]]
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| planet     = [[Skye]]
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| faction1   = [[Draconis Combine]]
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| command1   = [[Fifth Sword of Light]]<br/>Other Combine Units
| faction2   = [[Lyran Commonwealth]]
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| command2   = [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]]<br/>[[Eighth Donegal Guards]]<br/>[[Narhal's Raiders]]<br/>Twelve conventional regiments
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In [[2895]], [[Archon]] [[Elizabeth Steiner]] sent the [[Eighth Donegal Guards]] to [[Skye]], with [[Narhal's Raiders]], and twelve [[Combat Vehicle|armor]] and infantry regiments. The force assisted the [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] in their defense against the [[Draconis Combine]] in what would become known as [[Battle of Skye (2895)|Battle of Skye]].<ref name=HS(LC)p69>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 69, "The Battle for Skye (2895)" - 8th Donegal sent in to help with defense of Skye.</ref> The Eighth, along with other forces that were sent, fought a fierce, 13 month battle for the planet. The battle was a huge success for the Lyran forces, but use of a tactical nuclear weapon against a strategically important dam and the many atrocities of the Lyran forces involved tarnished the victory.

In the pivotal battle of the invasion, a battalion of the [[5th Sword of Light]] and a tank regiment where ordered to take New Glasgow, the capital city of Skye. The [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] managed to stop them in what became known as the Battle for Bannockburn Bogs.

The [[Eighth Donegal Guards]] earned its nickname, 'Mud Wrestlers', at the battle of [[Coopers Creek]] on Skye, when an ambush on a Combine patrol degraded into close-combat in wetlands.<ref name=FMLA69/>

The unit, while not involved in the use of nuclear weapons, was judged guilty of other atrocities during the Skye battle. As a result the officers of the unit are not considered gentlemen, and forbidden to use braids on their uniforms.<ref name=FMLA69>''Field Manual: Lyran Alliance'', p. 69, "8th Donegal Guards Unit Profile"</ref>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Field Manual: Lyran Alliance]]''
* ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]''
* ''[[Sorenson's Sabres (scenario pack)]]''

[[Category:Third Succession War Era Military Operations|Skye (2895)]]