Marvels of Modern Warfare

The townsfolk were ready and bravely engaged the redcoats, but then came the first whizzing, smoking rocket,  bursting amid the town with terrifying effect!

 Undaunted by the death and destruction, the defenders stood their ground. The Company's troops  pressed forward but in those days, it was a brave man who advanced in front of his own rockets,

As if summoned by the rogue rocket, the head of an enemy column appeared.  The battle had barely begun.

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A spell of good gardening weather interrupted  the game a few turns later. The game will resume in the morning.