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| ====== The Encounter at Rylands Hey ====== | ====== The Encounter at Rylands Hey ====== | ||
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| Arch-Duke Mikal sat on his charger as his troops plodded around the low hill he had halted on. The army had been following the Kellerite force for two days now. Periodically the retreating Kellerites would turn and fight a small rearguard but would quickly leave once the Hoysee troops had deployed. Frustrating but if the Kellerites did not stop soon they would reach Kleine Hoysee. | Arch-Duke Mikal sat on his charger as his troops plodded around the low hill he had halted on. The army had been following the Kellerite force for two days now. Periodically the retreating Kellerites would turn and fight a small rearguard but would quickly leave once the Hoysee troops had deployed. Frustrating but if the Kellerites did not stop soon they would reach Kleine Hoysee. | ||
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| The Arch-duke’s revelry was disturbed as a dispatch ride from the 4th Brigade’s scouts arrived and was intercepted by on on Mikal’s aide-de-camps. News perhaps he urged his horse down the slope to where his staff were studding a hastily unrolled map. | The Arch-duke’s revelry was disturbed as a dispatch ride from the 4th Brigade’s scouts arrived and was intercepted by on on Mikal’s aide-de-camps. News perhaps he urged his horse down the slope to where his staff were studding a hastily unrolled map. | ||
| - | The small village of Rylands Hey stood in a defile formed by an old long silted up arm of the Great River and a substantial area of wood land. It looked like finally the retreat was over and finally the armies would get to grips. Mikal had studied the map if they could break through here the way was open to Kleine Hoysee. From reports it looked as if the village was defended by a single Kellerite brigade. | + | {{ :img_1352.jpg?200|}}The small village of Rylands Hey stood in a defile formed by an old long silted up arm of the Great River and a substantial area of wood land. It looked like finally the retreat was over and finally the armies would get to grips. Mikal had studied the map if they could break through here the way was open to Kleine Hoysee. From reports it looked as if the village was defended by a single Kellerite brigade. |
| The approach had started during the dark after some discussion on whether to await the rest of the Reserve brigade before engaging. But the forces seemed to favour Hoysee so the 4th Brigade advanced on the left while what of the reserves that had arrived were on the right. In the light of day it was obvious that a small rivulet and hummock, missing from the map, narrowed the defile further leaving just enough space to fully deploy the 4th. | The approach had started during the dark after some discussion on whether to await the rest of the Reserve brigade before engaging. But the forces seemed to favour Hoysee so the 4th Brigade advanced on the left while what of the reserves that had arrived were on the right. In the light of day it was obvious that a small rivulet and hummock, missing from the map, narrowed the defile further leaving just enough space to fully deploy the 4th. | ||
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