Battle of Dover Strait

The Battle of Dover Strait was a battle between the magical forces of the United Kingdom and France which occurred in the Strait of Dover during World War III.

World War III Arc
In the early stages of the battle, the French forces used a salt manipulation spell to solidify the ocean's surface, robbing the Anglican's ships of their maneuverability and giving themselves a foothold. Immediately afterwards, an initial wave of over 1000 magicians ran straight across the salt from the French border. Over half of the strategy that the Anglicans had planned was useless without the ships and the surface was unstable to them, leaving them at risk of falling through into the sea if they dropped down from the stationary ships. However, Carissa's unit soon placed a film-like coating over the salt to give the Anglicans a proper foothold, allowing them to fight properly.

The Anglicans were able to push forward despite the numerical disadvantage, though they weren't able to completely repel the French forces, augmented by spiritual items supplied by the Roman Catholic Church. The knights were initially on the defensive, focused on protecting Carissa, however the appearance of the Mobile Fortress Glastonbury allowed for power from the Curtana Second to be supplied to the knights, enabling them to go on the offensive. Long distance attacks with lightning, apparently from the Maiden of Versailles, were launched at Carissa during the advance but these were largely ineffective.

Eventually, the Maiden of Versailles herself took to the battlefield, wielding Durandal, and attacked Carissa, who revealed the Curtana Second shards in her possession, chipped off from the sword during the clash of Curtanas, and used a sword of light produced by a fragment to fight the Maiden.

The battle continued until certain details emerged from Russia, including information on the Kremlin Report, which allowed Carissa to convince the Maiden of Versailles to put an end to their hostilities and switch their focus towards Fiamma of the Right.

Trivia

 * There were two naval battles during World War I which have both been referred to as the, in and.
 * In the anime, the design of the sailing ships used by the Anglicans is that of the 17th-18th century.