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The way I read it was that the forces at the Outer Gates were pretty much their own separate organization. Any losses the Fae might have suffered would have been to their local, Earthbound forces. Given that those forces were described as significantly smaller than those at the Outer Gates, I don't think there was any risk of the lines breaking due to that, even if it of course hurts Winter as a whole. Particularly when you consider that Summer seems to reinforce the Outer Gates forces, at least in certain areas.
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The Venatori were trying to wipe out all Fae, though, not just Winter - the way It's My Birthday Too presented it, the key element was that causing mortals to forget they ever existed would weaken or destroy them - old gods and demons, but the Fae apparently followed similar enough rules that they needed the G-Men to save them.

Besides, Maeve as Winter Queen would have had the authority to call forces off the Gates back to Earth, so they can't be entirely separate groups.