The Battle Of Le Cateau

(half-log, intro and northern room)

After pulling out of Mons, and after a nights march, you spend some brief time enhancing a trench line near a French town this time, a dozen miles down the road from Mons. Having worked your ass off all night with barely any sleep at all, in the morning the orders are, to the apparent disbelief of your immediate superiors, to pull back yet again.

After which there is another day of marching. The roads seem packed, lots of civilians headed west along with you, and you get mixed up with a French unit as well which is also in the midst of retreat. The going is hard, and despite best efforts your company ends up sitting in a field a couple of times waiting for room to resume your march.

Then you finally arrive at your goal where you have been assured at least a few hours sleep in an actual bed, or at least something approaching an actual bed - the town of Landrecies. When you arrive, chaos seems to be in the process of reigning, with French, British and gawd knows what else troops milling around narrow streets. Captain Harris is leading you guys down one of said streets, with you at the head of the column, but it doesn't really seem like he knows where he's going, or even where the rest of your unit is.

Davies is milling about, following Captain Harris more or less, though he's not very good at marching just yet. He lifts a hand to mouth to stifle a yawn, though his eyes look wide and alert enough. He's rather gawking at the countryside and the town, truth be told. "So this is what France looks like…" he mutters to himself, more audibly than he probably means.

Edvar doesn't know where they are going.. and frankly, he isn't exactly in the mental state to be paying attention to such things. The march is going at its own pace, and he manages to keep up. It seems though this man needs a good solid fourteen hours sleep to really even be remotley functional, his eyes bleary, always having to manage to stifle a yawn. THe Draft definetly got the best and worst that the country had to offer to serve in her trenches..

Sergeant Bas is back, a couple bandages, but the Medics said it was a concussion or something, though it was still pretty damn epic, the Boer taking on a whole horde of Huns himself. He's trudging along with the unit, feet sore and belly grumbling, though he's managed to roll a cigarette on the march which he has tucked into his lips and he's striking a match as he slogs along and lighting the cigarette.

O'Neill walks along the group, rifle slung over his shoulder as he admires the city, "Well, if I'm not mistaken we are a bit to the south of Flanders, so you should also expect a bit of Dutch influence around here." The young soldier comments to Davies, seeming content with this break from the fighting.

Mixed up in the mess, Lilian is among the medical staff. They've kept watch over the soldiers who're wounded. She's likely among those watching Bas go back into action, somewhat in awe.

Henry had never been out of England (or really, even far from his home town) prior to his service, so he seems to be taking in the scenery as they go. May as well enjoy it while he's got the chance. "Flanders?" he hears someone say. It might be a helpful reference point if he knew where that was other than 'over there on the continent somewhere.' Which covers pretty much everywhere they've been. "Oh, what with widmills and stuff?" He looks around. No windmills. Very disappointing. The town is a welcome sight, though, even if it is a mess.

For the most part, Adrian remains silent, lost in his thoughts. The best part about the marching is that they could view the scenery around them as they pressed forward. There was hardly any time for real conversation, however, with everyone concentrating on what lies ahead for them. When O'Neill speaks up, he lifts a curious brow, turning briefly to regard the other soldier with a look. "If you know where we are, let us know when we are near a pub of some sort. I could really use a drink." He says in light jest, his attention returning to the road before them as they continue to march.

"So this is what the Dutch look like, then?" Davies replies to O'Neill with a grin. The long march hasn't dimmed his spirits yet, apparently. Well, there's steps to go yet. "Looks right different than England. Well, from the city. I'm from outside London, me-self. Might not look so different from farm country, but I've not seen much of that. Never had reason to, really. Where you from, then?" The question's still vaguely to O'Neill, but he seems to consider himself in conversation with everyone.

Edvar looks up and about now.. no giants.. or donkeys.. or spainards.. just dutch people.. in dutch things.. is that what this is? Dutchland? Eh.. Edvar really isn't in the right state of mind, and the half-garbled, half-noticed words spread about the unit are not able to keep him around.

So, you're all marching away, when you reach a square somewhere near the middle of the town, and the road you are taking curves off to the left, the column having to negotiate the bend, so the captain momentarily vanishes out of sight.

Just about that moment, a half dozen men barge right into your column, in a most unmilitary fashion despite the fact that they are all wearing khaki uniforms. And it turns out one of them is wearing the red tabs of a general!

After piling more or less into Adrian, the general, who is very red faced and bristling, draws a pistol, aiming it down the street, where a column of French soldiers march past in their powder blue uniforms. A French general, looking like death - he clearly hasn't slept much this last 48 hours - is over there, surrounded by aides.

Adrian can get a nice smell of expensive cognac from the British general as he draws his revolver, aiming it at the French guy - very badly. "That bloody arse, running away!" he yells to any who care. Most of his aides are having a serious WTF moment.

Bas takes a couple puff puffs on his cigarette and he casts a little look over to the lot he's marching along with, "No wonder my family left." He comments in his thick accent, shrugging his shoulders a little. "Just over the next hill lads and we'll be setting up camp." Of course, he's been saying that every hill for the past several miles.

O'Neill blushes a bit as Adrian makes a question, lowering his head and only raising it back when Davies asks him a question, "Oh… Omagh, Norn Iron. It is a small city, but it used to be the home of an Earl. Now it is the intersection of some railroads." He recalls, turning and blinking at the Adrian.

Given that she's likely not in the column, Lilian pokes her head out to watch. Her eyebrows lift again. Interesting. Seems dramatic. And someone is pointing a pistol? She watches people go for now.

Henry startles a bit as the General comes charging into their bunch, waving his gun. He looks concerned, and probably equally concerned that no one else is concerned. That being said, his main reaction is to take a step backward out of the way of the whole thing. If people are shooting at each other, it's best not to be in the way.

Davies blinks as he spots the general. Not behaving in a very general-like manner. For a moment all he does is stare, but the man's his superior officer exponentially, so surely he must have a reason for behaving like that…right?

Ah, a General in their midst, Adrian draws up further, perfecting his posture even as the man practically presses into him when the two groups converge into one, practically. Is that the heavy scent of cognac that he smells? He must be packing a flask of it, unless… Adrian looks at some of the surrounding buildings, there very well could be a pub nearby. That is when he notices the General drawing his weapon and here, he narrows his eyes. Does the man see something which he doesn't? Rather than question the action, he stares out into the distance at the French troop, looking just a touch nervous now.

"Oi, Sir!" Bas calls out to the General, "Those are the french, sir!" he says, the Boer doesn't have any problem calling out Brits on being idiots, it would seem. "They're not the Huns."

O'Neill just stays at some distance from the general, watching warily how this will unfold. He might be young and naive, but he can see the trouble brewing in the air. The private casts a worried look at Bas as the man approaches the General.

Edvar snorts himself awake at the sight of well.. a gun, in a place where guns are not supposed to be waved around, and than Bas is screaming and shouting as there is a heavy yawn, looking about, just keeping quiet, out of the way, he already has to deal with ENOUGH guns pointing at him already.. let the other crazy Gents take care of it

The general fires! Fortunately he's apparently drunk as a lord, and more fortunately he aims too high rather than too low, into the crowded street. The gunshot is almost drowned out by the milling crowd, but not quite, plus a shutter on one of the buildings opposite shatters, and there's a female scream from within. He fires a few more shots, with similar effect.

The French guy, to his credit, is merely standing there exuding contempt with true Gallic panache. "I know they're the bloody French…" he grumbles to Bas, before falling on his butt, pretty much right onto Adrian again as he was almost leaning on him even before he fell.

His aides swarm around, and the gun is swiftly and diplomatically removed from his hand.

Davies sticks with Bas, trying to take his lead from the South African sergeant, and he ducks low when the gunshot goes off. Aimed at him or not. He even shuts his eyes for a moment, and is pleased to find no one's head blown off by the drunken general when he opens them again. As the aides swarm, he tries to stay out of their way.

Bas sighs in relief, muttering something under his breath in the argueably unintelligable afrikaans, "Let's keep moving Lads. We're almost there!" He says, trying to keep the troops on their course instead of gawking at the drunken Brit.

Lilian is in with the medical types. Most of whom are likely watching with wide-eyes and horror. "We should go tend to them?" Someone offers. And they are likely trying to see or hear if anyone's been injured or merely scared. Although, they may not be allowed to split from the others.

With the shots fired, Adrian's lips purse into a grimace, his eyes remaining on the drunken general, a man who obviously had no regard for anyone other than himself. Turning to look over his shoulder at some of the other soldiers around him, he can clearly see that this entire situation has put everyone in a sense of unease. Then before he knew it, the drunk collapses into him and he does his best to attempt to catch the man, lessening the impact of his fall, before the general's aides swarm all over him. The young private is glad that that is over and done with. The man should be in good hands now, but he does wonder what impact the general's action has had on the French citizens all around them.

"Is he…umm…is that the general who's in charge of us, Sergeant?" Davies asks Bas. Again tentatively. He makes an effort not to look too nervy about the prospect that it is, indeed, their august leader over there.

Edvar should of been born a German.. yes, thats all he has to say on this

"Damned if I know Davies." Bas replies with a shrug of his shoulders. He doesn't seem too concerned with the Nurses, more focused on his own crew, but he glances over at Lilian hearing hearing the question piped out, "Go if you want, we've got our marching orders though."

The general's ass is hauled to his feet unceremoniously, and then the most senior of his associates - looks like a lieutenant colonel - eyes you all fiercely. "Nothing to see here. Carry on!" he commands, and then the drunken guy is ushered away, vanishing into the crowd.

The French general has already vanished. No doubt there will be a little … tension… in the corridors of power over the next few weeks.

Lilian can go check on the building opposite if she wants. Where she will discover that aside from a shot shutter and a bullet hole in a photograph, and several more bulletholes in the wallpaper, no damage has been caused to the house opposite, and certainly nobody has been shot. Though there is a young terrified French housewife in there who thought the Huns had suddenly showed up.

And you didn't recognise the guy, so he's probably not /your/ brigadier general. On the other hand he wasn't looking all neat and squared away like you've always seen them so you never know.

Edvar shakes himself awake than as he looks back towards towards the group, offering to Bas Simply, "IF he is drunk enough to pull a pistol.. perhaps he will be drunk enough not to remember today.. perhaps.."

It's about now one might notice that Lilian is not just a nurse. She's one heck of a sprinter/climber. She moves alarmingly powerfully and quick, darting in between crowds like a determined, angry ferret. She slips through people like an experience brawler on the trail. And up she goes. She looks surprised, as the poor housewife does. Unfortunately, there's one glaring detail. Lilian knows 0 French. "Ehm. Sorry, ma'am!" She apologies, looks apologetic and scampers back down.

Davies just nods quietly to Bas. He does not appear reassured, but he keeps whatever misgivings that display instilled in him to himself. He resumes eyeing the French and/or Dutch architecture, trying to regain his chipperness.

At least Lilian is obviously not a Hun. Which the Frenchwoman seemed to find reassuring. Though the bullethole in the photograph of her husband… well, after she's a had a minute to process that, that causes the tears to flow.

Doesn't get much of a worse omen than that, does it.

"What's he going to do? Put us on the front lines?" Bas asks, quirking a bit of a grin and shrugging his shoulders, "Alright Lads, any of you know any songs?" he asks, looking at the lot of marchers.

Henry is successfully not shot by a drunk, and so his primary objective is completed. He jogs ahead a few moments to make up whatever ground was lost by his 'strategic withdrawl' toward the side of the road, but can't help cast a nervous glance toward the aides and the general as the column murmurs discontentedly. So, he decides to share, just to those marching around him: "You know my pa was a bit of a tosspot, and I once saw him hit a patridge at a fifty yards." Presumably while drunk, or else it wouldn't be all that much of a feat.

That is a pretty bad omen. With that, Lilian will fall in with the medical lot and Teamann, fidgets his way back into greatness.

You get all of an hours sleep at Landrecies before you are roused and you're off again, headed even further southwest. Are you headed to Paris? The marching is all west.

Eventually you arrive at a position which, well, it's not exactly prepared but it is a position. There's a line of guns across a slight rise, and your company is set to digging in in the completely bare and open terrain in front of them.

A few hours spent digging and wishing for sleep later, and … we have caught up with the present.

Death heads off West.

«Entrenchment» Adrian makes a connection between

Forest/Slit Trench

and

Minor road/Slit Trench

«Game» Teamann wields his Lee Enfield SMLE!

«Game» O'Neill wields his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Death arrives from the West.

Death heads off South.

«Lock 'n Load!» You are already wielding something. +unwield first.

«Game» Adrian wields his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Bas the slave driver has been overseeing the digging in their stretch of land, and the trenches are looking pretty decent, all things considered. He looks over the gathered lot, rubbing his chin a bit, "Henry, O'Neill, Edvar, take up the trenches here. The rest of you come with me, we'll be just down the line, shout if you're getting pressed hard."

Edvar nods his head in response to Bas, glancing down at his rifle, frowning for a second as he moves to plant it in the mud and dirt, just leaning back for the time being as he takes a heavy breath.

«Game» Edvar moves into Slit Trench.

Strife heads off South.

Bas sets off down the lines to the south!

«Game» Edvar wields his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Bas heads off South.

«Game» Henry moves into Slit Trench.

«Game» O'Neill moves into Slit Trench.

«Ground Combat» Barnes reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

O'Neill jumps into the trench, taking position by the side of Bas and checking if his rifle is loaded and ready to action, after Mons, there's much less enthusiasm on his part, but his eyes are still bright with a patriotic sense of duty.

«Game» Teamann moves into Slit Trench.

«Game» Barnes moves into Slit Trench.

«Game» Adrian moves into Slit Trench.

«Announcement from Death!» Half need to be in room 1 3, the other half need to move south one

«Announcement from Death!» I leave it to you to decide which half is moving…

From Minor road, a male voice shouts, "Get down here lads if I didn't tell you to stay up there!".

Death arrives from the South.

Death heads off South.

«Game» The enemy is near… Le Cateau is now a war zone!

«Ground Combat» Teamann moves out of Slit Trench.

Death arrives from the East.

«Ground Combat» You are now peeking into Clear.

Henry looks around a whee bit nervously when Bas announces they're splitting up. Safety in numbers is a thing, and theirs are reducin'! He crawls down into the trench and sets up in his typical fashion, barrel just over the rim.

Death heads off South.

Death arrives from the South.

Teamann is scrambling after the others.

Death heads off South.

«Game» That Helpfile Does Not Exist

«Game» You have successfully split off 50 .303 British rounds!

«Announcement from Death!» Off to the east, across the open fields, can be seen the approaching Hun! In nice close order formation. Well out of rifle range at the moment. Visibility is pretty good though, they are a fair old distance away.

«Equipment» Henry has dropped .303 British x 50.

«Equipment» O'Neill has dropped .303 British x 50.

«Announcement from Death!» …and then the guns behind you start firing. It's real Pickett's Charge stuff going on here, as the approaching enemy vanish under a cloud of smoke and shrapnel.

«Equipment» Edvar picks up .303 British x 50.

«Equipment» Edvar has dropped .303 British x 20.

"Wow!" is Henry's reaction to the sudden, decimating blasts on the field ahead of them. "Good thing we're not on the receiving end this time." He pauses, watching as the smoke drifts over the field, obscuring the enemy. "Wonder if there's any left?"

«Ground Combat» Adrian moves out of Slit Trench.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You notice Riedel arrive at Clear.

«Ground Combat» You notice Bethmann arrive at Clear.

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Riedel! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

"Incoming!" calls Henry as he spots one. He aims!

Edvar pokes his head up from the trench as he peers out over the horizon

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

Bethmann suffers 7 wound damage to his left arm.

Bethmann suffers 2 wound damage to his left chest.

Bethmann suffers 6 bruise damage to his left leg.

Bethmann suffers 7 wound damage to his right hand.

Riedel suffers 5 wound damage to his left leg.

Riedel suffers 2 wound damage to his left leg.

Riedel suffers 3 wound damage to his abdomen.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You successfully snipe Riedel! Your accuracy is 85!

«Ground Combat» Henry snipes Riedel and hits!

Riedel suffers 8 wound damage to his left chest.

«Ground Combat» Riedel has been taken out!

Bethmann leads the charge. There are explosions all around! Which tear into poor Fritz, with men falling left and right already.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Adrian moves into Slit Trench.

O'Neill raises his read in time to see his enemies being fired by both the shrapnel and the shots of his companions, scrabling to get into shooting position he prepares to shoot.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann and hits!

Bethmann suffers 2 wound damage to his right chest.

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 75 percent!

Edvar keeps his eyes just above the edge of the trench, flinching and sliding down with every few bangs as he looks towards Henry. "It looks like our guns.. are getting them? I.. wonder how long they can sustain this!"

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Equipment» Adrian picks up .303 British x 20.

Henry aims, aims, aims… BOOM artillery smoke in the way … aims and shoots. Despite the distractions, he hits one of the adancing, battered Germans dead in the chest, felling him. He draws aim to the left then, and fires another shot, hitting a second

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 75 percent!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

Bethmann suffers 2 wound damage to his right chest.

Bethmann suffers 6 wound damage to his left arm.

Bethmann suffers 2 wound damage to his abdomen.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» Bethmann has been mortally wounded!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You notice Lorenz arrive at Forest.

Lorenz holy shit, he made it. He can see trenches!

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Lorenz! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Bethmann is too busy rolling around on the field clutching an arm-stump to be thinking of advancing.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

Henry squeezes off a second shot after the last, missing, but it doesn't matter much. They're hit again, and when the artillery smoke clears, his target is on the ground. "More coming!" He draws aim again.

Adrian hurriedly ducks down into the trench to join the others before picking up some much needed ammo. He keeps his head low as he fumbles with the bullet. Then taking a peek over the trenches, his rifle lifted, he gauges the direction where the shots are coming from and takes aim.

«Ground Combat» You successfully snipe Lorenz! Your accuracy is 52!

«Ground Combat» Henry snipes Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 1 wound damage to his left leg.

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 6 wound damage to his right chest.

«Ground Combat» Lorenz has been mortally wounded!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

Bethmann suffers 5 wound damage to his left arm.

Bethmann suffers 3 wound damage to his right hand.

«Ground Combat» Bethmann has been taken out!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Edvar is himself taking a potshot or two at the Germans as they move into range of the guns, his brow arching as he tries to line up the sights, but the screaming, the explosions, its all a bit much

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

Lorenz was lifting his rifle to shoot Henry, but there's a report of a gun, and he falls over, shot through the chest.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

Bethmann suffers 3 wound damage to his abdomen.

Bethmann suffers 6 wound damage to his abdomen.

Bethmann suffers 6 wound damage to his right chest.

Bethmann suffers 2 wound damage to his head.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

O'Neill aims and aims, but seems unable to find a good spot, so he decides to fire it anyway, however his shot isn't even good enough to reach Lorenz. "Good shot, mate." He says to Adrian after the German is wounded and falls over, "Let's see if they will have reinforcements this time."

"Hard to shoot the buggers in all that smoke," Henry laments, although its only a half-serious complaint. He likes these explosions. He fires off another shot, clipping Lorenz before Adrian hits him as well. "Nice shot."

(#84) Lorenz is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, landing near Slit Trench!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, landing near Slit Trench!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Lorenz expires. To be reborn, as another one of the faceless horde.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

Bethmann suffers 2 bruise damage to his left hand.

Bethmann suffers 6 wound damage to his abdomen.

Bethmann suffers 6 wound damage to his left leg.

Bethmann suffers 3 wound damage to his head.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Adrian doesn't so much as say a word in response to the others, he simply nods. The sound of artillery fire is making him tense as he keeps his finger on the trigger of his rifle.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, landing near Slit Trench!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You notice Bittner arrive at Clear.

«Ground Combat» You notice Latimer arrive at Clear.

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Bittner! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

«Ground Combat» You notice Lindemann arrive at Clear.

«Ground Combat» You notice Lorenz arrive at Clear.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Fritz is nothing but stubborn. The next line approaches - already having been messed up pretty badly by artillery further out.

Edvar seems to grow a bit more relaxed for just a second though off in the distance.. the german's are returning! He looks over about his comrades and offers aloud. "It looks like a nother wave is incoming!"

"Another wave," Henry murmurs, drawing bead again.

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bittner but misses!

O'Neill points to the incoming Germans, "More of the Fritz!" He calls out, pulling his rifle up and readying the next shot.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You successfully snipe Bittner! Your accuracy is 85!

«Ground Combat» Henry snipes Bittner and hits!

Bittner suffers 3 wound damage to his right arm.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Bittner walking along with his buddies. It feels safe somehow, shoulder to shoulder with your friends. That is, until a bullet slams into his elbow.

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 3 wound damage to his right arm.

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bittner and hits!

Bittner suffers 4 wound damage to his head.

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bittner with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 75 percent!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Latimer and hits!

Latimer suffers 8 wound damage to his left hand.

Henry draws aim and fires once, twice, using the first shot to adjust his aim upward toward his target's head.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bittner and hits!

Bittner suffers 7 wound damage to his left hand.

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bittner with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 75 percent!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 1 wound damage to his right hand.

Bittner is wanting to advance, but, explosions all around! gunfire all around! who ordered this???

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

Lindemann suffers 6 wound damage to his left chest.

Lindemann suffers 5 wound damage to his left hand.

Lindemann suffers 7 wound damage to his right hand.

Lindemann suffers 3 wound damage to his left chest.

«Ground Combat» Lindemann has been taken out!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

After his first miss, Adrian crouches down once more, gaining his baring, before rising again to pull off another shot. This time his bullet hits.

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Latimer but misses!

Henry keeps firing on the same target. It's the sort of thing he'll feel bad about later, watching the man twist under gunfire. But right now…

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bittner and hits!

Bittner suffers 3 wound damage to his left chest.

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bittner with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 75 percent!

Bittner ducks, and thus narrowly avoids a hail of shrapnel. But not the bullet.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» Artillery barrage at Clear has lifted!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

«Ground Combat» Latimer moves West <W>.

«Ground Combat» You notice Latimer arrive at Forest.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Latimer breaks from the line! chaaaarge! out of the killing ground!

Latimer is HIT by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun (Ferdy) mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

Latimer suffers 1 wound damage to his head.

Latimer suffers 3 wound damage to his abdomen.

Latimer suffers 1 wound damage to his abdomen.

Latimer suffers 2 wound damage to his head.

(#4) Death is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bittner but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bittner with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 75 percent!

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Latimer and hits!

Latimer suffers 5 wound damage to his left leg.

Latimer runs into the giant shotgun which is behind the trenches. Luckily the Entente soldiers are in them, as that shrapnel is practically at ground level…

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Latimer and hits!

Latimer suffers 6 wound damage to his right hand.

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

«Ground Combat» Lorenz moves West <W>.

«Ground Combat» You notice Lorenz arrive at Forest.

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 1 wound damage to his right leg.

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Lorenz with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 46 percent!

(#14291) Latimer is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

(#4) Death is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

(#84) Lorenz is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

«Ground Combat» Adrian reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Latimer is HIT by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun (Ferdy) mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

Latimer suffers 4 wound damage to his abdomen.

Latimer suffers 6 wound damage to his abdomen.

Latimer suffers 6 wound damage to his right hand.

Latimer suffers 5 wound damage to his left leg.

Latimer suffers 6 wound damage to his left chest.

Latimer suffers 1 wound damage to his right leg.

(#4) Death is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

(#84) Lorenz is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

«Ground Combat» Latimer has been taken out!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 8 wound damage to his left arm.

«Ground Combat» Henry reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Henry keeps firing for a few more rounds until he sees the Germans closing with them. He shoots one in the leg, maybe slowing him down before he vanishes in an explosion. Henry takes that moment to duck down and reload his rifle.

Just as Adrian's head pops up to fire off another shot, he notices that one of the enemy shoulders had rushed forward in the chaos, giving him this time to fire off one decent shot. He then crouches down low once more as he works to reload this firearm as quickly as possible.

Edvar keeps up with laying down a field of fire.. its not as fast as a vickers, but at least Lorenz won't be finding much use for his arms and hands

«Ground Combat» Lorenz fires his Gewehr 98 at Henry but misses!

(#14291) Latimer is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

(#4) Death is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

(#84) Lorenz is missed by the 75mm M1897 Infantry Gun mounted on (#141) 75mm Saucy Can!

O'Neill switches targets as Latimer breaks line and rushes towards the trenches and it's finally able to hit. Grinning broadly at his feat, the young soldier tilts his head back to aim at the other Germans.

«Ground Combat» Bittner moves East <E>.

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Lorenz with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 44 percent!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 3 wound damage to his left leg.

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Lorenz and hits!

Lorenz suffers 6 wound damage to his right chest.

«Ground Combat» Lorenz has been mortally wounded!

«AngelOfDeath» Lorenz breathes his last…

«Ground Combat» Edvar reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

«Ground Combat» Henry reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

«Announcement from Death!» A lot of German companies have been sent in by now. Most of them never even made it to the line; at least General Pickett's men got /that/ far. But that was 70 years ago and artillery is a LOT better since then. So the fields of Le Cateau are filled with field grey clad corpses.

From Minor road, a male voice shouts, "You boys doing fine up there??".

Henry shouts, "UH, I THINK WE'RE HOLDING ALRIGHT.".

Edvar shouts, "THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO GET OUT ALL THE BLOOD FROM THESE FIELDS I THINK..".

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Forest ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Forest ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

From Minor road, a male voice shouts, "Incoming!".

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Forest ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage batters Forest ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

"… Those don't sound like our guns," is Henry's ominous declaration as another round of booms sounds in the distance. "Get down!" He takes his own advice, huddling down against the wall of the trench.

«Game» Your combat stress is currently 36.

«Announcement from Death!» Nothing worth losing your head over, Bas.

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage rips through Forest to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage rips through Forest to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage rips through Forest to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

«Ground Combat» You notice Von Stroheim arrive at Clear.

«Ground Combat» You notice Bethmann arrive at Clear.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Ground Combat» You notice Riedel arrive at Clear.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You notice Christoph arrive at Clear.

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Von Stroheim! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage rips through Forest to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Von Stroheim but misses!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Von Stroheim has fire support this time. He sees the Britisher scum getting proper trashed up ahead. The Kaiser is with him.

«Artillery» 105mm Haubitzen artillery barrage rips through Forest to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» Artillery barrage at Forest has lifted!

Edvar more of the Krauts have arrived.. and Edvar is all the way shooting

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Forest (1 3).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (1 2).

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You try and snipe Von Stroheim but miss! Your accuracy was 18 percent!

«Ground Combat» Henry snipes Von Stroheim with his Lee Enfield SMLE but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Von Stroheim and hits!

Von Stroheim suffers 6 wound damage to his left hand.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Von Stroheim! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

Riedel suffers 4 wound damage to his head.

Riedel suffers 5 wound damage to his left chest.

Riedel suffers 7 bruise damage to his right arm.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» Riedel has been mortally wounded!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

O'Neill holds his helmet after the pounding, "It seems to be coming closer." He says, trying to focus solely in the task of shooting the Germans.

I don't see that here.

Von Stroheim goes to ground, this time, along with the rest of his company. Rifles come up, being aimed west.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

Riedel suffers 4 wound damage to his right hand.

Riedel suffers 3 wound damage to his left chest.

Riedel suffers 7 wound damage to his left leg.

Von Stroheim suffers 3 wound damage to his right hand.

Von Stroheim suffers 5 wound damage to his head.

Von Stroheim suffers 5 wound damage to his left leg.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» Riedel has been taken out!

«Ground Combat» *boom* Headshot!!! Von Stroheim has been taken out!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Von Stroheim and hits!

Von Stroheim suffers 7 wound damage to his right arm.

Obviously that one German has a funny hat. "Look at that one's hat! He must be important!" declares Henry, trawing to draw a bead on the fancy German… until he explodes. Ooops. Guess the fancy hat is no protection.

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Christoph! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

Riedel suffers 6 wound damage to his right chest.

Riedel suffers 6 bruise damage to his right chest.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Riedel but misses!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» Bethmann fires his Gewehr 98 at Edvar but misses!

«Ground Combat» Christoph fires his Gewehr 98 at Edvar but misses!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» You attempt to snipe Christoph but you think you'll miss, and hold your fire a moment waiting for a better shot. Try +snipe again to set yourself up once more.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» Artillery barrage at Clear has lifted!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph and hits!

Christoph suffers 5 wound damage to his left arm.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Christoph! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

«Ground Combat» Bethmann fires his Gewehr 98 at Adrian but misses!

«Ground Combat» Christoph fires his Gewehr 98 at Edvar but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» Adrian tries to fire his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but his weapon is jammed!

«Ground Combat» You attempt to snipe Christoph but you think you'll miss, and hold your fire a moment waiting for a better shot. Try +snipe again to set yourself up once more.

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» Christoph fires his Gewehr 98 at Adrian but misses!

«Ground Combat» Bethmann fires his Gewehr 98 at Adrian but misses!

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

Adrian has been unable to get a clear shot, but once he ducks down back into the trenches, he hears the sound of a shot whizzing just overhead. Carefully, he moves to take a peek. Someone has apparently targeted him. As he attempts to return fire, his rifle locks up and he quickly crouches down to try and unjam the damn thing.

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Christoph with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 12 percent!

«Game» Adrian unjams his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Edvar as a bullet whizzes by overhead, Edvar is soon kneeling down at the edge of the trench, inhaling quickly

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» Your accuracy hitting Christoph is :-

«Ground Combat» Bethmann fires his Gewehr 98 at Henry but misses!

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 13 percent!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph and hits!

Christoph suffers 8 wound damage to his left leg.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Ground Combat» Adrian tries to fire his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but his weapon is jammed!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 13 percent!

«Ground Combat» Bethmann fires his Gewehr 98 at Adrian but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Christoph but misses!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

O'Neill shots aren't finding any targets now and the young soldier now needs to lay down and reload his weapon, all this whilst coping with the pounding, "Good Lord, these guns are nosy."

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

Christoph suffers 2 wound damage to his abdomen.

Christoph suffers 6 bruise damage to his abdomen.

Christoph suffers 5 wound damage to his right hand.

Christoph suffers 4 wound damage to his left arm.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 13 percent!

«Ground Combat» O'Neill reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Edvar moves to slide down as he starts to fiddle with the bolt action on his gun calling out, "Reloading!"

«Ground Combat» Edvar reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Adrian isn't have any luck with his rifle either. This is the second jam in the span of a few minutes really. "I'd cover you if I could." He mutters to Edvar.

«Game» Adrian unjams his Lee Enfield SMLE!

«Ground Combat» Bethmann reloads his Gewehr 98!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

Bethmann fumbles with bullets, as the artillery starts up again. Oh noes.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Henry is, well, in a fairly evenly matched firefight with a few of the germans. Even in that neither side is hitting much of anything. Still, they're out there in that artillery fire, so it seems like he's getting the better deal. "I can't see much to hit a barn out there," he grumbles.

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 14 percent!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

Announcement: Afterlife shouts, "Albert has been revived!"

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

Edvar shakes his head as he calls out to Henry "LEts just keep them out on the bridge and pray the Artillary will take their souls to hell, Eh?!"

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 14 percent!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage batters Clear ineffectually.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Bethmann fires his Gewehr 98 at Adrian but misses!

Bethmann somehow still lives, he's found a nice little hillock or something to hide behind.

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

Christoph suffers 3 wound damage to his right chest.

Christoph suffers 4 bruise damage to his left arm.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 15 percent!

«Artillery» 18pdr gun artillery barrage rips through Clear to deadly effect, filling the air with lethal shrapnel!

«Artillery» Artillery barrage at Clear has lifted!

Christoph suffers 6 wound damage to his right chest.

Christoph suffers 3 wound damage to his left chest.

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Minor road (2 2).

«Ground Combat» Christoph has been taken out!

«Artillery» You hear artillery pounding Clear (2 3).

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Bethmann fires his Gewehr 98 at Adrian but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 15 percent!

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann and hits!

Bethmann suffers 6 wound damage to his left hand.

«Game» Adrian tries to inspire the troops!

«Ground Combat» Henry fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You shoot at Bethmann with your Lee Enfield SMLE! Your accuracy is 15 percent!

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

Edvar manages to lodge a good bullet in a certain hiding german's hand, keep track of those hands now!

«Ground Combat» Henry reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

«Ground Combat» Edvar reloads his Lee Enfield SMLE!

Adrian shakes his head in frustration, keeping low as he waits for an opening to rise and fire. "Let's hurry and finish that this up. The sooner we get through with this, the sooner we get to enjoy a cig, a stiff drink with a lady on your arm." Well, he's speaking for himself anyway.

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann and hits!

Bethmann suffers 6 wound damage to his right leg.

Bethmann crawls away. Goddammit! there's a gunshot, and searing pain runs up his leg. Now he's crawling real slow. It's time for the white flag made out of underpants.

«Ground Combat» Not a valid target.

«Ground Combat» You fail to line up successfully on your target. Try again!

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

From Minor road, a male voice shouts, "Either go away or come at us, you German idiot!".

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Bethmann! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

Edvar peers southward for a second, sliding back down into the trench, taking his gun with him as he tries to peer over down the line to see what exactly is going on.

Edvar shouts, "DO YOU NEED ANY ASSISTANCE?".

«Ground Combat» You successfully snipe Bethmann! Your accuracy is 23!

«Ground Combat» Henry snipes Bethmann and hits!

Bethmann suffers 4 wound damage to his right hand.

«Ground Combat» You have successfully drawn a bead on Bethmann! Do not move, change fire mode or unwield, or you will lose the bonus!

O'Neill shoots and shoots, his hands trembling as he prepares for another shot and it isn't able to find the target once again, "This Fritz knows how to hide." But then Henry hits him and the young Ulster boy forms up a smile, "That's how we do it!"

«Ground Combat» O'Neill fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Adrian fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann but misses!

«Ground Combat» Edvar fires his Lee Enfield SMLE at Bethmann and hits!

Bethmann suffers 4 wound damage to his right leg.

«Ground Combat» Bethmann has been mortally wounded!

Henry reconsiders his strategy, not pumping out any more quick shots. That poor crawling german is sighted carefully, slowly, and then he squeezes off a shot. Still, in all the smoke, all he manages is a hand. But another shot rings out a second later, and the poor German stops moving. "Feel kind of bad for that one."

Bethmann gets riddled with rifle fire, and moves his last. Though, mortally wounded, it's slow and obscene for him.

Edvar sighs as he shakes his head, pokes his head up agian, moves to settle his Rifle in just the right way so that he can peer down the sight.. and a bullet moves to find his mark

«Announcement from Death!» There's a lull in the battle. The Hun has been given a six of the best pants down thrashing. Unfortunately, to the west, you can see the gunners manning the field guns are busy taking the guns apart, smashing the firing pins, and generally trying to deny them to the enemy.

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