To keep up with all the changes that I have made for House Stark and their numbers in the War of the Five Kings, I shall be putting up brief descriptions of the battles from A Time for Wolves, so that I can keep track of the numbers for the armies in the war.
MASSACRE ON THE GREEN FORK
Conflict: War of the Five Kings
Date: 299 AC
Place: Eastern bank of the Green Fork, between the Twins and the inn at the crossroads
Result: Lannister victory
-Combatants-
• House Lannister
• House Stark
-Commanders-
• Lord Tywin Lannister, Ser Gregor Clegane, Ser Kevan Lannister, Ser Addam Marbrand
• Brynden Stark, Lord Roose Bolton, Lord Medger Cerwyn, Lord Halys Hornwood, Ser Wylis Manderly, Harrion Karstark
-Strength-
•~20,000: ~7,500 horse, ~300 mounted clansmen, ~12,500 foot
• 17,300: Strike force of 1,100 men
-Casualties-
• Light losses
• 1,100
The massacre on the Green Fork is an early battle in the War of the Five Kings and is the first to involve forces of House Stark. The battle occurs along the Green Fork of the River Trident in the riverlands.
Prelude
With the riverlands forces scattered, most of their land under Lannister control, and Riverrun besieged by Ser Jaime Lannister's host, his father, Lord Tywin Lannister, occupies the ruby ford over the Trident. He plans to intercept the Stark host at the only crossing available to them over the Trident, other than the Twins, where Lord Walder Frey remains neutral in the conflict and is thought unlikely to join them.
However, Catelyn Stark persuades the Freys to join her sons Robb and Brynden, opening the way over the Twins. Robb, who does not wish to stake everything on one battle with Tywin, splits his host in two. The foot and one tenth of the horse under Brynden Stark march down the kingsroad east of the Green Fork to engage Tywin, while Robb himself commands the rest of the cavalry and crosses west of the river, in the hope of lifting the siege of Riverrun by taking Jaime unawares.
Battle
The Stark army commanded by Brynden Stark, marches along the Green Fork with barges to distract the Lannister army while Robb rides for Riverrun to lift the siege. Not wanting to risk losing more than he has to, Brynden sends only 1,000 men against Lord Tywin's host while sending another hundred on barges to attack their baggage train. The Lannisters win a crushing victory, but they soon learn that the battle was a feint as Brynden retreats with the rest of his men back to Moat Cailin. Lord Tywin fails to give chase, on his account to help Jaime.
Aftermath
Despite his loss, Brynden Stark's march down the Green Fork, prior to the battle, distracts the Lannister army long enough to give his brother the chance to fall upon Ser Jaime Lannister's force unmolested in the battle in the Whispering Wood.
I'm posting it in the Game of Thrones section just because, :).