CAMPAIGN NEWS !

It is no great secret that Major - General Everard, C-in-C of Crown Forces in the County of Herefordshire, is planning a massive counter-offensive. The only question is where - and that calls not just for military judgment, but some delicate diplomacy.....

A highly stylized view of Herefordshire, but sufficient to orientate a campaign newcomer.

The main factions' campaign centres as follows:

(1). at HEREFORD, Major General Everard and his "Forces of the Crown";

(2). at ROSS ON WYE, Captain Teddy Jermingham and his Hereford Anglicans;

(3). at HAY ON WYE, Eustace Spode and his Fascist Blackshorts;

(4). at KINGTON, (and Presteigne, not shown) Comrade Colonel Professor Winters' Communists;

(5). at LEOMINSTER, the Bishop of Ludlow's Anglican Ludlow Expeditionary Force;

(6). at BROMYARD, Councillor Arthur Dribblesnot's Democratic Socialists (or Social Democrats);

(7). at LEDBURY, the "Mailed Fist Battlegroup" of Mosley's British Union of Fascists.

Apart from the main factions, there are any number of Independents, Landowners Local Defence Associations, Farmers Co-Operatives, heavily armed Women's Institutes and other kinds of local (and visiting) militants. 

In the south of the County, in alliance with the Herefordshire Anglicans, Sir Gilbert Hill and his Golden Valley Invincibles hold extensive territories from Pontrilas up to Clifford, the last stop on the Golden Valley Railway before Hay on Wye. At Wigmore in the north-west, Sir Barrington and Lady Deirdre Patchpole KC maintain the independence of "Mortimer Country". Scattered across the County are sundry "County personalities" determined to defend their estates, such as Lady Helena Gleichen (with her "Much Marcle Watchers") and Baron Somers of Eastnor Castle (and his scout troops). The Herefordshire police, led by Chief Constable Recurrin-Lockdowne, attempt to "maintain law and order" (invariably suffering heavy casualties in the process), while the capitalist  "Corporate Guards", together with Commander Camshaft of the Automobile Association, attempt to "keep commerce flowing" despite the Civil War chaos, and defend their varied corporate interests in the County.

Having triumphed against the Communists at the Battle of Hope under Dinmore and assisted Sir Charles Tite-Wadde's Corporate Guards successful defence at the Battle of Marlbrook (see HERE), Major General Everard, in order to provide a "masse de manoeuvre" sufficient to take the offensive, must now negotiate with any number of factions and individuals....

Note - click the "Gossip" blog label to the right of this post for all of the campaign background over time...