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PE-WJ-Diplo [BoldlyGo]: News from the Front
Date:Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:33:54 +0000

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Following the collapse of the southern, south-eastern, eastern,
northern and north by northwest fronts during the summer the recent
loss of the western front during the holiday period has upset the
General Staff.
Brigadier General Montgomery-Haig is reported to have choked on his
double pink gin and was saved only by the quick action of Marshal
Ponsonbury-Brown in removing the bottle from the table.
Montgomery-Haig immediately recovered and grabbed at it before a
nearby orderly took it away. Chief of the General Staff Field Marshal
Sir Gordon Bennet is reported to have offered to resign but his
colleuges refused to hear of it.
However the newly promoted Brigadier Charles Bromley-Hugh (he of the
former Raging Bastards) has been given the task of re-organizing the
various brigades and divisions into the new Home Front Defence Force.
It is understood that his first step is to amalgamate the 72 foot
regiments, 31 horse squadrons, 17 artillery batteries and the various
other groups, sections, units, special companies, mobile bases, dumps,
control commands, field kitchens, bands, scouts, camps, outposts,
stables, latrine supports, recreational facilities and the navy (never
used) into a more flexible arrangement.
In the meantime the task of holding off the advancing Arizonian forces
has been given to the 3rd Foot Regiment, (motto We Do or Die)  The
Doddies, as they are known, traditionally go into battle in parade
dress and use a 36 inch bayonet instead of the regulation 18 inch to
prevent blood and guts getting on their uniforms.