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=== Clan Invasion ===
 
=== Clan Invasion ===
Stationed on Valentina when the [[Clan]]s invaded,<ref name=20YUp41/> when ''[[Gunji-no-Kanrei]]'' [[Theodore Kurita]] received word from [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] that the [[Federated Commonwealth]] wouldn't launch attacks on the Combine while both states were committed to fighting the Clans, Theodore redeployed units from along the Commonwealth border to the frontline against the Clans, and it was during these months that the Fourth were most likely redeployed to the battlegrounds of the [[Alshain Military District]]. [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] faced the heaviest resistance yet seen from the DCMS, as the bolstered troops fought for every centimeter of ground and even forced the Jaguars to withdraw from a number of worlds attacked during the Fourth Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]] because they had underestimated the strength of the opposition and underbid when competing for worlds to invade.<ref name="ICp59">''Invading Clans'', p. 59, "Fourth Wave: The Jaguar Stumbles"</ref>
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Stationed on Valentina when the [[Clan]]s invaded,<ref name=20YUp41/> when [[Gunji no Kanrei]] [[Theodore Kurita]] received word from [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]] that the [[Federated Commonwealth]] wouldn't launch attacks on the Combine while both states were committed to fighting the Clans, Theodore redeployed units from along the Commonwealth border to the frontline against the Clans, and it was during these months that the Fourth were most likely redeployed to the battlegrounds of the [[Alshain Military District]]. [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] faced the heaviest resistance yet seen from the DCMS, as the bolstered troops fought for every centimeter of ground and even forced the Jaguars to withdraw from a number of worlds attacked during the Fourth Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]] because they had underestimated the strength of the opposition and underbid when competing for worlds to invade.<ref name="ICp59">''Invading Clans'', p. 59, "Fourth Wave: The Jaguar Stumbles"</ref>
  
 
The Fourth was reported to have been heavily damaged by forces from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] on [[Itabaiana]] in [[3050]] and driven into the mountains; with no contact from survivors as of [[3059]], the DCMS declared the unit to have been destroyed.<ref name="FM:DCp97">''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 97, "An Ting Legions: Return to Prosperity"</ref> When forces from [[Clan Nova Cat]] invaded Itabaiana in January [[3052]] the planetary government surrendered immediately to elements of the [[179th Striker (Clan Nova Cat)|179th Striker]] [[Cluster]] because they had no forces to defend the planet with, effectively confirming the destruction of the Fourth.<ref name="ICp119">''Invading Clans'', p. 119, "Itabaiana (DC)"</ref> Despite the destruction of the Fourth, the performance of both the Fourth and her sister regiment, the Second, was enough to convince Theodore to direct additional resources and supplies to the An Ting Legions in the aftermath of the initial invasion.<ref name="FM:DCp97"/>
 
The Fourth was reported to have been heavily damaged by forces from [[Clan Smoke Jaguar]] on [[Itabaiana]] in [[3050]] and driven into the mountains; with no contact from survivors as of [[3059]], the DCMS declared the unit to have been destroyed.<ref name="FM:DCp97">''Field Manual: Draconis Combine'', p. 97, "An Ting Legions: Return to Prosperity"</ref> When forces from [[Clan Nova Cat]] invaded Itabaiana in January [[3052]] the planetary government surrendered immediately to elements of the [[179th Striker (Clan Nova Cat)|179th Striker]] [[Cluster]] because they had no forces to defend the planet with, effectively confirming the destruction of the Fourth.<ref name="ICp119">''Invading Clans'', p. 119, "Itabaiana (DC)"</ref> Despite the destruction of the Fourth, the performance of both the Fourth and her sister regiment, the Second, was enough to convince Theodore to direct additional resources and supplies to the An Ting Legions in the aftermath of the initial invasion.<ref name="FM:DCp97"/>

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