shelling outpost 279

Grenada Reconquest- Iberian campaign- Iberia, outpost 279- As part of the Imperial siege of outpost 279 regular artillery bombardments of the fortified outpost began to occur.  Imperial forces did this to allow their units to dig trenches closer to the outpost under the cover of the bombardment as well as to soften up potential strongpoints and degrade Stygian forces with attrition prior to launching a breaching assault.