Friday, December 31, 2010






Household Infantry Completed (after only 20 years) - Finally, after two decades of wars both foreign and domestic, His Majesty can proudly announce the completion of the infantry arm of the Royal Household Legion. This is the one, and only, battalion of the converged grenadiers de St. Maurice. The variety of uniforms is simply because they are, indeed, converged, with six troops from each of the eight line regiments of the army. They carry the colors of the king as well as the drapeau blanche, relegating them to the position of second battalion of the household infantry behind Maison du Roi. Indeed their officers all come from the ranks of the "senior battalion." This has not been without it's problems. In a most recent altercation with a Grand Duck (sic) who shall remain nameless, the grenadiers covered themselves in glory when they drove two enemy battalions from the field and were poised to visit mayhem on yet a third. They were left unsupported by the senior battalion however, and His Majesty's forces were obliged to withdraw due to severe losses elsewhere. Investigations are currently in progress. Meanwhile, the boisterous boys with the funny hats have been venting their collective spleen with a quaint little tactic involving their sycophantic officer corps that Vietnam era American soldiers will refer to as "fragging."
next - War comes to St. Maurice - Who'd have thought...

3 comments:

ColCampbell50 said...

Such a colorful unit with all the troops intermingled instead of being divided into their individual regimental groups. It sure draws one's eyes!

Jim

Gary said...

The Grenadiers were unsupported because their advance took place after lunch. Only a fool would follow closely behind hundreds of San Mauricians who are digesting.

Bluebear Jeff said...

If war is coming to St. Maurice, we in Saxe-Bearstein suspect that those vile Stagonian fiends are behind it . . . even if they are not the actual enemy, their vile agents probably instigated it.