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CAG 1925 Nov 2012 12:42 p.m. PST

"It had been a miserable week. The raising of a force to oppose Edward across the heartland had taken its time and the incessant rain had made travelling a miserable task. Gloucester and Hastings were reported moving up to join Edward addressing the numerical advantage held by the Lancastrians. Gloucester was close with Hastings still a day away.

Somerset, Wenlock and Courtenay had agreed to strike as early as possible before Edward had time to integrate his forces. Scouts and Agents in the area had forewarned them as to the approach of the elements of the Yorkist host; Edward and Gloucester had already joined forces and Hastings moving south to join them. Hoping to gain an advantage Somerset's plan was to set out once their forces had assembled and strike the Yorkist forces before they could be joined by Hastings.

However, as the early morning mist cleared the alarm was raised by the picquets. It was now apparent that Hastings forces had marched through the night and joined with the main Yorkist Army. With the banners of Gloucester, Hastings and Edward advancing to the fore, the order to stand-to was rapidly issued through the Lancastrian force.

Wenlock, in the centre, took a deep breath as he observed Edward's Royal standard; fighting for ones affinity against a rival was one thing but to take arms against the King…..Looking rearward he could see the units at the far side of the encampment would take some time to reach the battleline His plan, observing the difficulty of the heavily armoured York household crossing the minor stream in front of the Lancastrian position, was that he could engage and defeat the discomfited Mainward before they had reorganised.

Somerset on the Left flank looked across at Wenlock's standard on the hill. "I hope he knows his duty", he muttered under his breath. He knew of the reservations expressed at the Council they held at the Inn last night but hoped that the oath they had undertaken would steel the minds against the task they faced. Defeat Edward, march to London and retrieve Henry from the tower.

Courtenay looked on as his forces arrayed themselves for battle. He had been fortunate to lead the vanward battle, the early reveille to start them on their advance had meant that they were more prepared that the Main and Rearward battles when Edward's troops appeared. Now, his troops were trading ribald comments with the levy that had come up to support them. That spoke volumes, they were in a good position with the attackers having to come up the hill to them and his men could shoot as well as any in England. It would be for god to decide the victor"

The narrative above was generated using the Bloody Barons "Events" system. This generates unique engagements and a large element of unknown in any engagement in this period. My opponent had pressed for the attack committing 21 dice out of 25 to attack. I had opted for an even handed 14. Poor rolling on his part meant I was the attacker but with a poor advantage. Only two Lancastrian units were going to be late, one opposing my right flank, and one in the Centre. My left flank would be evenly matched.

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martin goddard Sponsoring Member of TMP25 Nov 2012 2:22 p.m. PST

Putting those 15mm to battle . Excellent.

Martin

KTravlos25 Nov 2012 2:38 p.m. PST

Nice!

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