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| {{Era|HCW}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Siege 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]]
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| |date=August 23, [[2552]]
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| |place=[[New Alexandria]], [[Reach]]
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| |outcome=5,000+ civilians and soldiers evacuated
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| |key=*[[SPARTAN-B312]]
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| |participants=*[[UNSC]] [[UNSC Army|Army]]
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| *[[UNSC Marine Corps]]
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| }}
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| {{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]]}}
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| 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>
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| ==Background==
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| 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.
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| ==Evacuation effort==
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| [[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.
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| ==UNSC forces==
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| ===Military units===
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| ====Army====
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| *[[SPARTAN-B312]]
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| *[[Romeo Company]]
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| *[[Evacuation Team 7]]
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| *[[Kilo 26]]
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| *[[Kilo 40]]
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| *[[Yankee 9]]
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| ====Marine Corps====
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| *[[Bullfrogs]]
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| ===Airborne assets===
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| *[[Delta 15]] (Destroyed)
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| *[[6 Echo 2]] (Destroyed)
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| *[[7 Echo 3]]
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| ===Personnel===
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| ====Army====
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| *[[Fox Actual]]
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| *[[Evacuation Dispatch]]
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| *[[Echo Dispatch]]
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| *[[Kilo Dispatch]]
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| *[[Sergeant Major]] [[Duvall]]
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Halo: Reach]]''
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| **''[[Exodus]]''
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| ==Sources==
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| <references/>
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