The initial Covenant invasion began on August 18th, 2552 following a Covenant offensive in the Epsilon Eridani system. The invasion of Manassas had been planned to take place around the same time as the Siege of New Alexandria, in order to prevent the UNSC from utilizing all available military assets.
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| - The initial Covenant invasion began on August 18th, 2552 following a Covenant offensive in the Epsilon Eridani system. The invasion of Manassas had been planned to take place around the same time as the Siege of New Alexandria, in order to prevent the UNSC from utilizing all available military assets.
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| - Siege of Manassas
- —(Part of the Fall of Reach of the Human-Covenant War)—
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- *Major General Nathaniel White
*Colonel William Kilroy
*Lieutenant Commander Mark O'Neill
*Second Lieutenant Daniel Funderburg
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| - The initial Covenant invasion began on August 18th, 2552 following a Covenant offensive in the Epsilon Eridani system. The invasion of Manassas had been planned to take place around the same time as the Siege of New Alexandria, in order to prevent the UNSC from utilizing all available military assets. The first attacks by Covenant forces in Manassas began at roughly 17:00, when local police agencies reported masses of infantry moving into Virginia Park, a predominately American suburb three miles from the city center. Initial scouting reports had placed the number of Covenant forces in Virginia Park at roughly 23,000 combatants, though it was later recorded as being nearly 30% larger. With the majority of the suburb having been abandoned earlier during the attack on Reach, no evacuation order was immediately issued and nearly all remaining civilians were killed by the approaching Covenant infantry. During the civilian retreat, unorganized groups began looting various stores, as well as burning down their own houses in order to prevent the Covenant from salvaging items. As the Covenant marched through Virginia Park, the Manassas Regional Guard was activated and ordered to entrench outside the suburb. However, the majority of soldiers who had been activated had deserted their units for their own safety. As a result, only three hundred troops arrived at the Virgina Park exit, where they were quickly overrun.
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