Monrovia has been gathering information on the Fenwick forts and military presence along the border area in the upper reaches of the River Oudear. The presence of von Stuffart their main spy in Fenwick has been detected, he has gathered vital information and Serrani's marauders have been sent into Fenwick territory to get him out - they have to cross the Mansteldt valley and get across the border - they are heading for a sideline crossing over the river by the mill at Kornhof. Fenwick troops and revenue men patrol the valley ...
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At a farm in the valley, a farmer tries to get his donkey to move ....
Not far away, a small group of Fenwick revenue men patrol by the river which denotes the border with Monrovia, they have just passed the mill at Kornhof ...
Serrani's marauders approach a side channel to the River Oudear, there is a ford, and the channel is wadeable....
As one group crosses the channel, they are confronted by a detachment of Fenwick river Rangers, the sound of gunfire disturbs the quiet of the valley ...
Serrani, with von Stuffart and the rest of his men cross the channel by the ford. Another detachment of Fenwick river Rangers blocks their way...
As the Rangers and Marauders exchange fire, a patrol of Fenwick Regulars moves towards the sound of the nearest gunfire ...
The Rangers have been shot to pieces by the Marauders as the Regulars approach ...
Serrani and the other group of Marauders move against the Rangers in their way, shots are soon exchanged...
They soon outmatch them, one survivor falls back and joins the Revenue men who had come up to investigate...
The Revenue men with the surviving Ranger fall back to defend the hedge line ...
The Regulars engage the other group of Marauders ...
The Revenue men can't hold off the Marauders and fall back from the hedge ...
The Regulars hold off the other group Marauders and start to pick them off, the Marauders fall back and move to catch up with Serrani's group..
The group of Marauders with Serrani move forward, crossing the hedge line; a Revenue man and a river Ranger run for it ... after a short exchange of fire ...
The Regulars are slowly following up the other group of Marauders who are trying to catch up with Serrani...
Meanwhile Serrani, von Stuffart and some Marauders head for the border crossing ...
The Regulars catch up and shoot down the rest of the Marauders
Serrani, von Stuffart and the surviving Marauders cross the pack horse bridge by the mill at Korndorf into the safety of Monrovian territory ....
A bad day for the Fenwick River Rangers.. News of the trouble in the Mansfeldt valley and the escape of von Stuffart is reported back to the local authorties who in turn pass it on in their regular dispatches to the Fenwick capital for the attention of Duke Maurice - his is greatly displeased - the slowly escalating border skirmishing worries him greatly - it could easily erupt into war.
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3 comments:
Really liked the scenery of today’s post,particularly the water mill and river. What size table did you use?
Lovely photos and a gripping account of the action!
My table is 7ft 6in x 3ft -- designed to go against a wall so I can reach the to the back of the table, the scenic backdrops are permanently fixed to prevent things falling off the back and sides.
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