One Of The Great Unanswered Questions Of Modern Music Is About to Be Answered..............

Buddy was really fast, Bonzo was really powerful:

but who will drum their comrades on to victory?

Carry On Up The St Lawrence

I've been wanting to do a Sharp Practice campaign for a long time now, and the day before Rich of Toofatlardies  put the Dawns and Departures video on YouTube, I finally drew up a map for a small ladder campaign.

It will be a short campaign of four battles set in 1814, with a force of Canadian Fencibles and Select Embodied Militia falling back along the St Lawrence to Montreal before a force of US Infantry. They will try to inflict as much damage on the invaders as they can until the regulars arrive after the fourth battle.

I've drawn up a map and  six tables.  The table and scenario for each battle will be chosen at random.

The forces are commanded by the usual suspects:

His Britannic Majesty's Loyal Citizens of Upper and Lower Canada

(This  is a predominantly Francophone Force)

Major Thomas Brackenreid (III)

Drummer: John "Bonzo" Bonham of the 6th Battalion S.E.M

Sergeant Henry Higgins (I)

3 Groups of 8 men from the centre companies of the Canadian Fencibles

Captain William Murdoch (II)

2 Groups of 10 men from the 6th Battalion of the Select Embodied Militia of Lower Canada

(This battalion never actually moved out of Montreal in real life)

1 Group of 6 men of the Voltigeurs Canadiens

Mr James Pendrick (possible criminal mastermind) (I)

1 Group of 6 local scouts.

A Sad Group Of Malcontents Who Think That The Conquest Of The Canadas Will Be

 "A Mere Matter Of Marching"

Major Thomas Magnum (III)

Drummer: Bernard "Buddy" Rich of the 9th US Infantry

Sergeant T.J. Hooker (I)

3 Groups of 8 Men from the 9th US Infantry

Captain James Rockford (II)

2 Groups of 6 Flank Company men from the 23rd US Infantry

Captain Brett Maverick (Who can easily be mistaken for a younger Captain Rockford) (II)

Sergeant Columbo (I)

2 Groups of 10 men from the Pennsylvania Militia

1 Group of 6 men from the 1st Rifle Regiment

So as Bonzo belts out the intro to "Rock and Roll", Brackenreid's men move out to confront the enemy.

It's been a long time, been a long time, been a long lonely, lonely, lonely lonely, lonely time...........