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Friday, May 2, 2008

Military Maneuvers ... part one

Gideon Lewdon, newest Knight of Marie Teaser, surveyed the columns moving in the valley below.

His task was to break the Altmoranian siege of Oldmütz, currently being lead by their young arch-duke jungmeister "Fritz".

The fortifications would easily hold for the summer, whether or not they could weather all of autumn or into winter was another question altogether.

The Altmoranian attempt at storming had not worked and now siegeworks were in progress, ultimately the Altmoranians were also not ready for an extended siege it would seem as their heavy ordinance was not in place and the supplies for keeping such a large force static were going to have to run thru some mountain passes.

This was where Brigadier Lewdon came in, Maj. General Done had set him the task of harrassing these supplies. First the Hussars would have to work with local Jagers and Grenzer formations in determining the routes of Altmoranian supplies. Once these were found then his new columns could be brought into action!