When the news reached the Origawn Provisional Government that the Dominion had launched an expedition against the Q'ree, they had ordered General Lannigan to launch an attack into Dominion territory to draw off some of the pressure on their allies. When the Origawn cavalry reached Pine Ridge, they found a scratch force of Dominion infantry and artillery blocking the ridge. Lannigan ordered an immediate attack!
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| Grey's Brigade, supported by cavalry and artillery, attacked up the North Road. |
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| Along the North Fork, Colonel Nolan's Black's Black Hat Brigade attacked on the far right where Dominion cavalry had arrived to extend the line while General Strombecker led his men straight up the road to deliver the fatal blow. |
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| Just as the Dominion line began to waver, the 5th Royal Scots arrived, pipes wailing and deployed at the double, filling the gaps. The fight was on! |
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The fighting was prolonged and bloody but at last the Dominion troops were forced back off the ridge. The Grey Horse were around the enemy line and poised to cut the mainroad but the obstinate garrison of an old stone house still blocked the North fork.
One more push should do it, but already the sun was sinking toward the horizon. |
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| The final charge was heroic and seized the fork and the ridge but it didn't break the Dominion line. The road forward was still blocked as the light faded, and the attacking army which had marched hard and fast to get here and had also suffered tremendous casualties. There was nothing to do but fall back, regroup and try again another day. |
