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|date= Before July 30, [[2537]]<ref name="Onyx">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 81''</ref>
|date= Before July 30, [[2537]]<ref name="Onyx">'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 81''</ref>
|place=[[New Constantinople]]
|place=[[New Constantinople]]
|result=Covenant victory. New Constantinople is [[Glassing|glassed]]
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|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]
|side1=[[United Nations Space Command]]
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|side2=[[Covenant Empire]]
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|forces1=*[[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] (300 Spartans)
|forces1=*[[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] (300 Spartans)
*Numerous UNSC personnel
*Numerous UNSC personnel
|forces2=*Unknown number of Covenant Ground Forces
|forces2=*Unknown number of Covenant ground forces
*Unknown number of Covenant ships
*Unknown number of Covenant ships
|casual1=Unknown number of UNSC personnel
|casual1=Unknown number of UNSC personnel
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'''The Battle of New Constantinople''' was a major engagement in the New Constantinople system between [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces that occurred some time in late [[2536]] or early [[2537]]. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] distinguished himself in the battle and was awarded several decorations for his actions.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 179''</ref> [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] fought well in the engagement and were highly distinguished for their actions during the engagement.<ref name="Onyx"/> Nevertheless, the Covenant succeeded in glassing the planet.
'''The Battle of New Constantinople''' was a major engagement in the New Constantinople system between [[UNSC]] and [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] forces that occurred some time in late [[2536]] or early [[2537]]. [[Vice Admiral]] [[Danforth Whitcomb]] distinguished himself in the battle and was awarded several decorations for his actions.<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]''', ''page 179''</ref> [[SPARTAN-III]] [[Alpha Company]] fought well in the engagement and were highly distinguished for their actions.<ref name="Onyx"/>


==Trivia==
==List of appearances==
*Constantinople, for which the system was named, was once the capital of the Roman Empire and its successor state, the Byzantine Empire.
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]'' {{Mo}}


==Sources==
==Sources==
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The Battle of New Constantinople was a major engagement in the New Constantinople system between UNSC and Covenant forces that occurred some time in late 2536 or early 2537. Vice Admiral Danforth Whitcomb distinguished himself in the battle and was awarded several decorations for his actions.[1] SPARTAN-III Alpha Company fought well in the engagement and were highly distinguished for their actions.[2]

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo: First Strike, page 179
  2. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named Onyx