Capitaine Opless had received information that a British Spy was operating in the area so he decided to scour the local countryside to find and arrest them.
The British learning of the spies predicament sent a force to retrieve them before the French did.
The French quickly advanced their entire force towards the buildings in which they hoped to find the spy, with the British only starting to deploy their advance guard.
The rest of the British arrived on scene but looked on as the French had stolen a march on them. All the luck was not with the French as the British rifles opened up on the dragoons, killing Lt. Horsenabout.
The French started to search the church and small building to the south but found nothing. Meanwhile the dragoons screeched to a halt by the stables and realised that their officer was missing, merde...
As the dragoons dismounted, the British rifles snuck into the rear of the stables, securing their agent. Luck was now turning away from the French.
Capitaine Opless ordered his troops forward to try and take the fight to the British.
The rifles having rescued the agent proceeded to withdraw from the stables.
Capitaine Opless ordered the voltigeurs to fire into the flank of the British line.
This was the final straw for the Britsh and they started to withdraw.
The British had managed to secure their agent, whilst only receiving a few casualties, compared to the many French dead.
Capitaine Opless once again living up to his name. What looked like an easy victory turned into a bloodbath, although the French line managed to push back the British in a fairly even firefight; very unusual.
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