Loyalist repel raid at Hussaria

Following on from the initial events at Hussaria, the crusade were aware that the loyalists still controlled Hussaria Minoris, garrisoned by a force of Novgorod Guard. The Dark Angels set off for the smaller world to remove the loyalist presence and capture more guardsmen for Inquisition interrogation, but they found the Novgorod well prepared for the assault.

Outnmumbering the Dark Angels significantly, the Guard used their numbers to their advantage, and bitter fighting soon bogged down the astartes assault. The Crusade had hoped for a quick victory, decapitating the loyalist command structure then mopping up the rest. However, the Novgorod made this strategy impossible, and by 3004.018M42 the assault was called off. The Dark Angels withdrew having reduced the Novgorod Numbers somewhat, but the loyalists remained stubbornly in control of the second world of the system.