Bridgeman clamored up the hillock, limping towards Topaz and Vogts. “What is going on? I thought we were being pushed back. I come up here and see we're routing them.”
“Even you won't believe what happened. This is even better than one of your tall stories, Bridgeman,” Vogts replied. “Just as we were being pushed back, Cliff rode down upon us. We all thought we were done for. So, too, it seems, did Hampstead. He'd been there battling Cliff's red crest all morning long and must have thought he joined our side. As soon as Cliff came into view, Hampstead attacked him and they ended up fighting each other instead of us. We just waited and finished them off. We turned a narrow defeat into a crushing victory but a hard-won one.”
Topaz scanned the battlefield, shuddering at the sight of the cor
