Now The Battle Has Begun

 Taxes are done, and the battle has begun in earnest.

.......to be continued

So! It Begins.

As the armies deploy, and the Commanders begin to form a plan, the morning quiet has shattered by musket fire.

The game will resume in a day or two, when our annual tax forms have been submitted.

It Was A Quiet Sunday Morning.....

The men were gone, summoned to do their duty to God and the King in the militia, but the women and the older boys did the men's work on the farm or there would be famine come next winter. But, it was Sunday. Mass had been held by the priest, and now the women visited with their neighbours before resuming chores when suddenly the bells rang out again and the priest appeared, looking hurried and calling out to them! 

"Les anglais arrive!! Dépêcher  vous au forêt et vite!!"

to be continued....