Editing Evacuation of New Alexandria

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{{Event
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|name=Evacuation of New Alexandria
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|conflict=[[Fall of Reach]], [[Human-Covenant War]]
|date=August 23, [[2552]]
|place=[[New Alexandria]], [[Reach]]
|outcome=5,000+ civilians and soldiers evacuated
|key=*[[SPARTAN-B312]]
|participants=*[[UNSC]] [[UNSC Army|Army]]
*[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
}}
{{Quote|Covies are all over my missile batteries, and I've got 5,000 civilians across the bay waiting for passage out.|Sergeant Major [[Duvall]]}}
The '''Evacuation of [[New Alexandria]]''' was a mass evacuation carried out by the [[UNSC]] during the [[Raid of New Alexandria]], which was part of the larger [[Fall of Reach]]. More than 5,000 civilians and soldiers were successfully evacuated out of the city; however, hundreds more were killed as they tried to escape.<ref>'''[[Halo: Reach]]''', ''[[Exodus]]''</ref>

==Background==
New Alexandria had been [[Raid of New Alexandria|under siege]] by the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] for five days. The UNSC had come close to breaking the siege just prior to [[Operation: UPPERCUT]]; however, the arrival of the Covenant fleet and the scattering of the UNSC fleet resulted in widespread destruction across the planet. By August 23, three [[Covenant Corvette|Covenant corvettes]] were stationed above the city, with a large invading ground force patrolling the streets.

==Evacuation effort==
When [[SPARTAN-B312]] arrived in the city, Army units were currently in the process of organizing a civilian evacuation off the roof of [[Traxus Tower]]. However, when one of the Covenant corvettes moved into intercepting position over the Starport, the UNSC forces were forced to evacuate off a smaller landing pad in a different section of the city.

Several large [[Unnamed civilian transport craft|civilian transports]], each capable of carrying more than 600 people, were also filled with civilians at the [[New Alexandria Starport]]. However, Covenant ground forces soon began moving on the starport, forcing at least one of the transports to launch prematurely. It was immediately destroyed by the hovering corvette.

[[Sergeant Major]] [[Duvall]], who appeared to be in charge of at least 5,000 civilians across the bay area, ordered SPARTAN-B312 to reactivate six missile batteries placed around [[Caracalla Park]]. With the missiles, Duval hoped to distract the corvette for long enough so that the other three civilian transports could slip past and escape the city. SPARTAN-B312 was successful, damaging the corvette and forcing it to retreat, resulting in thousands of civilians escaping the besieged city.

==UNSC forces==
===Military units===
====Army====
*[[SPARTAN-B312]]
*[[Romeo Company]]
*[[Evacuation Team 7]]
*[[Kilo 26]]
*[[Kilo 40]]
*[[Yankee 9]]
====Marine Corps====
*[[Bullfrogs]]

===Airborne assets===
*[[Delta 15]] (Destroyed)
*[[6 Echo 2]] (Destroyed)
*[[7 Echo 3]]

===Personnel===
====Army====
*[[Fox Actual]]
*[[Evacuation Dispatch]]
*[[Echo Dispatch]]
*[[Kilo Dispatch]]
*[[Sergeant Major]] [[Duvall]]

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
**''[[Exodus]]''

==Sources==
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