Battle of Oxcross

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Battle of Oxcross
Oxcross.jpg
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Conflict War of the Five Kings
Date 299 AC
Place Oxcross, The Westerlands
Result Stark-Tully victory
Combatants
Stark-Tully army Lannister army
Commanders
Robb Stark,
Brynden Tully
Stafford Lannister +
Strength
6,000 10,000
Casualties
Light,
Ser Stevron Frey+
Army scattered,
Ser Stafford Lannister+,
Ser Lymond Vikary+,
Lord Antario Jast

The Battle of Oxcross was a event during the War of the Five Kings. The army of King Robb Stark routed and scattered the Lannister army of Ser Stafford Lannister who was killed.

Prelude

After his victory in the Battle of the Whispering Wood and Battle of the Camps Robb Stark planned, with the aide of Ser Brynden Tully, to take the war to the Westerlands. As the main Lannister army was in the Riverlands the west would be lightly defended. It would also force the Lannisters to make a choice of trying to defend their lands and leaving King's Landing undefended or letting the Northern army plunder the west at will.

Battle

The Stark-Tully army, made up entirely of cavalry, avoided the (strong) castles at the border and invaded the Westerlands through a previously unknown path. Meanwhile Lord Tywin Lannister had ordered his cousin Ser Stafford Lannister to raise a new army. Ser Stafford did as commanded and was training the inexperienced recruits near the town of Oxcross. Thinking himself safe in their own lands he did not bother to set enough scouts. During the night Robb sent his vanguard, led by Brynden Tully, to kill the few sentries and then Robb attacked with the main army. The battle was more a rout then a real encounter as the untrained and surprised Lannister army could not put up much resistance.

Ser Stafford was slain by Lord Rickard Karstark while running after his horse.[1] Ser Stevron Frey, Lord Walder Frey's eldest son and heir, was mortally wounded during the battle and died shortly after it.[2] Among those reported dead, missing and wounded were Ser Lymond Vikary, Lord Roland Crakehall and Lord Antario Jast - these men were all actually captured by the Stark forces, along with Martyn Lannister, Lord Jast's sons and half a hundred more.[3]

Aftermath

The remnants of the Lannister army fell back to Lannisport, where Ser Stafford's more competent son, Ser Daven Lannister, collected them up and made a new army. Robb Stark continued attacking the Westerlands, sacking Ashemark.[4] Galbart Glover and Rickard Karstark raided along the coast. Maege Mormont captured thousands of livestock and began driving them back towards the Riverlands. Greatjon Umber captured the gold mines at Nunn's Deep, Castamere and in the Pendric Hills.[5]

The singer Rymund the Rhymer composed a tune commemorating the northern victory, Wolf in the Night.


References and Notes