The Reclaimers were all issued with bright yellow sashes so they could identify each other and they had been told what was needed to be done, but not how to do it as a unit, and so Redchurch was soon being pillaged by a dissolute band of ruffians, especially as the farming community seemed completely defenceless.
About two thirds of Redchurch had been grilled when the Reclaimers approached Quakers Farm, a large house at the top of a hill. At the base of the hill was a small orchard while the rest of the land was recently ploughed, offering hardly any cover.
As the rest of Redchurch had capitulated so easily, the majority of the Reclaimers had grown lazy and arrogant, exacerbated by the ale they had stolen. Weighed down with loot, a group of twenty Reclaimers simply strolled up the lane t
