Meanwhile, down the Camberwick Road, at
Lord Belborough is being entertained to a glass of Jenever wine by that old fox, Captain Snort. The mutinous garrison of Pippin Fortress have been paid and fed; and the Captain is more than happy to declare for the King (for now) and to prepare a siege train for Lord Belborough’s army.
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| Lord Belborough and Captain Snort, with the County arming at Pippin Fortress |
Gubbins, Sneed and Clutterbuck are agreed that the Army can march in three days to besiege Trumpton; and end the campaign in Trumptonshire in one swift blow. Oxen and horses are needed, and Mr Crockett will provide. Other volunteers have joined his Lordship from the minor Gentry and the tenant farmers, and a Company of 'Blue' Coats have been mustered in Camberwick Green - they are awaiting the proper green cloth from Treddles Wharf.
Lord Belborough’s Army
Horse – Gubbins
The Lobsters – and lifeguard of his Lordship - 6
The Chigley Horse – a squadron of Gentry and Yeomen - 4
Foot - Sneed
Chigley White Coats - 16
Camberwick Green 'Blue'/Green Coats - 8
Chigley Firelocks – from Pippin Fortress – to defend the artillery train - 5
1 Cannon Royal
1 Culverin – captured at Camberwick Wood with crew
Mortar – the great ‘Roaring Doris’
The Chigley sappers and miners - 6
His Lordship has sent Clutterbuck to scout the Camberwick Gate, and approaches to Trumpton...
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| There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: Ecclesiastes 9 |
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