The battle in Mytilene has started before the Shahanshah shah sha sha shah (known in Tuam as Hey Jude) of Phanagoria's army arrived so we fully expect to have beaten him before he knows it.petergarnett wrote:The Kappadokians have heard of your fierce reputation & withdrawn into the city to carry on feasting & enjoying the latest CharlieChap scrolls (it's the one where he plays the role of an inspired general dressed in a chicken costume). The timing of the relief army's dispatch has been noted.Triarius wrote:Armies of Tuam stir from their winter quarters and :-
1) Resume their righteous fight to liberate the province of Mytilene from the Yorkist/Kappadokian oppressors where an experienced army has overwintered.
2) March into Englandia (Nanotuck) to prosecute the war declared last year.
3) Continue the Whiskey Wars - Invade the lands of Clan Brave (via the lands of our relatives of the Delian Confederation) after the swift ejection of their invasion of last autumn in the campaign to put the 'e' back in 'Whiskey'.
4) Follow up the Declaration of War presented to the Utopians during the winter season and advance into their territory (via our allies of Crimea and Egypt) to teach them the difference between win and draw.
This has become known in Tuam as the Press Complaints Campaign!
The battle has become necessary as, unfortunately, the attempt of one of our spies to distract the three remaining Yorkists beseiged in Mytilene with glorious technicolour scrolls rather than the black and white scrolls they have been reading came to naught.
And further news from the Tuamanite mound is
The challenge in Nanotuck has been posted - password 'Up Down'
The challange to Clan Brave has been posted - password (with crushing inevitability) 'WhiskEy'
The challenge to the Utopians has been posted - password 'Grubb Street'