Battle of Mato Grosso

"The second you make a breakthrough, exploit it, and destroy all resistance. We're here to kill enough that they stop fighting. No more."

- Colonel Vincent Xavier to the other commanders before the start of the offensive

The Battle of Mato Grosso was an engagement that occurred between the and  in the  province on the colony of  in. The plan devised by the commanders was to gather up huge swaths of land, and force the  forces on the planet into a long guerrilla war to take them back. The first few days of the offensive went according to plan, with the combined rebel force seizing towns in the province, and then disappearing back into the population, only to return when forces came to take the towns back, inflicting heavy casualties against any force in guerrilla attacks.

With the unable to take back the province without unacceptable casualties, on March 6th,  the supersoldiers of  arrived and were given orders to wipe out the rebel forces. Within seventy two hours, the unit had effectively swept the province clean of activity, inflicting such losses on the rebel forces that, outside of sporadic attacks, actual combat with them did not resume until the mid-2540's.