Castleton, ninth of July in the year 2009

Pursuit of Rebels from Fort Ticonderoga

The 4^th had disembarked from gunboats on the Eastern shore of Lake Champlain and, once again, turned into billy goats to scale the mountains. In pursuit of rebels, they had fled Fort Ticonderoga and another peninsula defence. Our engineers had surprised them by bringing cannon to a nearby Mount Defiance. The Americans ran quickly.

Our pursuit was to end their Northern Army, once and for all. Near Castleton, we discovered their rear-guard. The 4^th circled their forces to cut American retreat, while Crown Forces pressed. Jagrs held in reserve.

King's Own entered a clearing and took a hiding position behind a stand of trees. However, we were espied by a superior numbers and deemed a retreat into the woods prudent. We marched further to the North and entered the field again. We could hear a fierce action not far away.

The American force that had spied us was under attack of equal number to our comrades. The 4^th engaged the enemy on their flank, turning them. The Americans, still outnumbering us, thought we were an easy kill. They turned their attention solely too us.

The King's Own was in the kill zone, but for our light infantry feet. Parallel to our forces, we retreated quickly and the Americans pursued. Too late they realized the trap. The 4^th had drawn them in so our forces could get behind them. Immediately, the rabble begged for quarter.

At end of the day, the Crown Forces had taken the field but were bloodied. In truth, we were saved by Jagr relief. We could push no further at that time. The Americans had staged a bloody rear-guard action. They paid dearly, but their main force escaped.