Scotland's got a beef with England

[Acca Dacca]

Scotland's troops will be in ENgland to see through that the loyalty that was dictated by England's former king, Ethelwulf, will be seen through. That they will infact be alright with Scotland's ruling. With that, Many Scottish troops and Irish troops were posoitioned on the edges of the city, in English barracks. There was another reasoning for this. King James also wished to have the troops coexist. Have them unify under one flag. And nothing beats unity rather than having a common enemy. He looked to the West of England, there, Wales still had troops mobalizing.

He turned to Wales and spoke,

"We ask that Wales remove there presense from our soil. I, King James II, hold position of England and have thier trust and loyalty. Attempting to pillage, or even take part of England will be a declaration.

Do not test us, or may God have mercy on your souls."

He then turned to the nations that stood by him for the short lived battle that was the English's defeat.

"Thank you, brothers, for even though the battle was less bloody then it seemed to have been, we seem to have won it, and your standing on the battlefield may have been that small step our enemy could not have taken. I ask that you, the soldiers, return to your homes, and bring with you a pact. A pact that has been signed by the Scottish, the British, and the English. It states that we, as a whole, will take to the battlefield if ever need be for your freedom."

Then he turned simply to those of that serve King Kenneth,

"Brothers, tell your King that the duke who serves the people at Shetland, shall now be under his rule."

[Maelstrom Vortex]

The attrition campaign waged by the English went with some mild success with 100 men being lost 75 casualties, 25 deaths, by the Welsh in the first few days of the fighting. The response to the attrition campaign was a strategy of forceful riposte, whenever a scout went missing a massive counter-raid was made into the region where the scouts were lost by the highly mobile cavalry units. Counter raids were made based on the estimated size of the raiding party based on combined espionage reports and any reports that made it back from the patrols and foraging parties.

The Welsh had a very potent edge in battlefield espionage that they were using to their advantage with nested spies having been staged throughout the front in both England and Scotland to report on troop movements.

A response came shortly to King James II. "We will be bringing our armies to a halt in their current positions in lieu of England's capitulation. We wish to hold talks regarding the current ties of Scotland, England, and Wales. There is no need for any further bloodshed if we can come to working agreement on the governance of the Isle. There are a variety of options to be explored and I'm quite open to suggestions." noted King Arthur of Wales.

Edited November 30, 2009 by Maelstrom Vortex

[Acca Dacca]

Then we shall meet, but we wish for you to remove your forces from England. Once you do that, you may meet us in Edinburgh.