The Battle of Naumelv

The battle of Naumelv is a battle fought during The Third War of the North between The Skilamrilusian Empire and Åsmark.

Cause
After The Red Raid, The Skilamrilusian Empire sendt an invation army consisting of a land force and a naval armada against Åsmark. The land force consisting of about 11000 men were met and defeated by a united Nordic army at The Battle of Gransjø. Unnavare of the land forces defeat, the armada continued sailig uppstream Naumelva.

Åsmark
Total: 2150 men
 * Unkown leader: 150 warriors
 * About 2000 farmers, fishermen and woodworkers

Skilamrilusian Armada
Total: 9450 men - 3120 roers, 6330 soldiers
 * 4 Galleassess: Each - 260 roers, 640 soldiers
 * 13 Galleys: Each -160 roers, 290 soldiers

The Battle
The Armada consisted of a total of 17 ships. The forces from Åsmark where largely outnumbered. Since the main northern army were sendt to confront the Skilamrilusian army on land the river Naumelv were left relatively unprotected. Only about 150 trained warriors were garrisoned in the area. However a large amount of farmers and fishermen banded together to protect their homland when the armada were discovered.

The troops took position on both sides of the river, not far from Gransjø. Here they hid in forests and waited for armada to pass. The ambush started with a huge amount of timber beeing released into the river. The massive amount og logs formed a thick sheat of floating timber, preventing the ships from sailing further. With the ships scattered and confused, the troops hidden in the forest started rushing out. Using the logs as footing to run across the river, the troops started bording isolated ships. The armada soon realised fighting on would be futile. It was imposible to sail further upstream and further fighting would only have caused unnecessary casualties. The armada soon turned and started fleeing away from the battefield.

Aftermath
The battle were over quickly and both parts had relatively few casualties. The Skilamrilusian fleet lost 1 galleass and 2 galleys as well as some crew on the surviving ships.