Pennsic 46 - 1: Getting Yourself out of a Bad Situation - 4th Field Battle

So much to write about Pennsic and so little time, so I thought I would just put these together in small pieces.

I overheard fellow Kinsman Seamus give some advice to a newer fighter, and I think it really summed up possibly the most important factor regarding large scale melees.  You need to be able to recognize when you are in a bad situation and figure out how to get out of it.


Field Battle #4

The bog started off on our far right flank, we were identified in the following video as "aaaaaand who are these people?" at the 3:40 mark.

Pictured here with Atlantia in the background:

The Tuchux took the far right, we were next to them, and Atlantia and a smaller group were behind hind us.  The Bog consisted of Anglesey, Galatia, The Concusare, and also had Red Branch and Mountains Keep in with us.

The above picture represents a little more than 1/3 of our side.  The rest of our side, moved quickly to engage on the left flank.  We were content to stay where we were as the East Kingdom as well as other units were holding the top of a hill and appeared to have us outnumbered.


The Bad Situation

Eventually the East marched down the hill and into the Tuchux.  Their right flank was exposed to us, so we started to move in on it.  However, at the same time, another unit started to pinch in on us from our left, which placed us in a very bad position sandwiched between two large units.

Above you can see us positioned in an arc on the bad side of a kill pocket.  This is a very bad situation.  How do you get out?


Getting Out 

Ultimately we pulled our line back so that we were even with the Tuchux.  As this happened,  Atlantia marched around us on our left and into the middle of the field (or maybe around us to envelop the East).  Its unclear to me if they engaged any of the units that were threatening our left, or if they merely posed a threat to them, but it seems as though they went into the middle of the field.  Nevertheless, by pulling pack, we managed to turn their kill pocket into our kill pocket.

Ultimately after we pulled back to redraw the front, we were able to sweep all the way around them and envelop them with another unit (Atlantia?).

The Tuchux commander saw our maneuver and thanked us for securing victory in this fight by giving as a rarely used Tuchux salute, which was pretty cool.  =)