With some skillful manoeuvering, the Wurstburp cavalry sweep past the newly discovered bog and head towards the Cassock irregulars. (Below) One of the Kurlandian regiments is on a hill; nevertheless, going full tilt and stirrups in, Pronounski is confident of victory! With the irregulars swept out of the way, the flank of the enemy infantry will be dreadfully exposed!
(Below) There remains one last chance for Pronounski: a frontal assault upon the Kurlandian infantry line! The Wurstburp troops inch forwards to within musket range. Surely the Grand Duchy's infantry will fire a preliminary volley. But no! Due to a stratagem of Unpronounski, there is no firefight! The Wurstburp troops begin limbering up for their charge.
'Fear not!' cries Horace de Saxe to General Unpronounski. 'For I am as excellent a linguist as I am a strategist! I shall inspire the troops for this final climactic charge!''Please don't', says the general earnestly.
'But my Scottish vernacular is perfect!' cries de Saxe. 'Jimmy', he adds.
'Dear God, please, no ...' begs the general.
But it is too late - Horace is already off, speeding along in his carriage down the Wurstburp line!
There is silence.
Then, one of the Wurstburp clansmen pipes up: 'Well, strictly speaking, when we were still in Scotland, we were tied by both duty and custom to a quasi-feudal system of hierarchy and power in which, as tenant farmers, our freedom actually was substantially curtailed by duties and obligations owed to our lairds and landowners'. 'Jimmy', he adds.
De Saxe considers this for a moment. 'Charge!' he then yells. 'Just ... move on!' he shouts.
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