Battle of Duro (Clone Wars)

The Battle of Duro was one of the many battles in Operation Durge's Lance of the Clone Wars. At 0221 local time, Operation Durge's Lance had broken through the outer system defenses of Duro, destroying four Golan Arms battle platforms, and three Acclamator-class ships- Anvil, Coronet, and Boilde. Also destroyed were two Dreadnaught-class heavy cruisers- Prominence, and Atirisian Iron.

One of Duro's largest space cities, Jyvus City, had surrendered to the Confederate Navy. Divisions of battle droids transformed the floating city into a field command station for the Office of the General. At the same time Duro Chief Representive Officer Hoolidan Keggle had gone missing. Intelligence speculated that Keggle fled the city down to the planet below.Though in the system there was still four more Acclamators, a Victory-class Star Destroyer, and another Dreadnaught.

The First and Third Fleets of the Confederate Navy, the original task force launched from Yag'Dhul, had been provisioned by supply lines from Sullust and Thyferra. Techno Union ships had launched Seismic EMP countermines to clear the way for an easy attack.

To counter the Confederate fleet, the Republic sent a squadron of Jedi starfighters and two wings of V-19 starfighters. But Vulture droids and Tri-fighters easily broke through the Republic counter-attack. The Confederate forces were then positioned to cut off all Republic reinforcements from Kuat or Nubia.

After capturing Jyvus City, the Confederacy was able to drop the planetary shields protecting Duro. Separatist drop-fighters began orbital bombardment of planetside industrial factories.

The bombardment let the troops land and during a week of hard fighting, city after city began to fall to the Confederacy until Hoolidan Keggle signed General Grievous' capitulation to the Separatists.