Battle of the Ridge of a Thousand

The Battle of the Ridge of a Thousand was fought on at a ridge west of Redwall. It was fought amongst the Redwallers, the Rapscallions and the Long Patrol.

The Rapscallions, a barbarous army of rats, weasels, stoats, foxes and ferrets, numbered roughly one thousand, which, in the Redwall series, is huge. They had recently landed at the southeast coast after suffering a huge defeat by the Long Patrol on the western coast, and came inland led by Damug Warfang.

The Redwallers, the Mossflower Woodlanders, and even some patrolling hares of the Long Patrol had joined up at Redwall Abbey, east of the ridge. Even so, they numbered only three hundred, which was what Damug expected.

The Long Patrol itself, minus the patroller hares in the Redwall army, numbered about five hundred, and were led by the powerful Lady Cregga Rose-Eyes, and were currently marching east from Salamandastron.

Damug took the initiative in the battle by stealing a march on the Redwallers. But the Redwallers fought ferociously to hold the ridge, despite the odds. As night fell, they set a fallen tree afire and pushed it over the ridge, causing havoc in the Rapscallion ranks. Over half the Rapscallions fell in the battle, but they were still more than a match for the depleted Redwallers. Then the Long Patrol arrived, and the Rapscallions were sandwiched. Damug was killed fighting Cregga, who he blinded in the fight, and several major Redwall leaders also fell.

The battle was marked for its bloodiness, and for the boldness of some of the warriors taking part. These included Cregga, Major Perigord, Sergeant Torgoch, Rapmark Bluggach, and Gurgan Spearback.

The battle occurred in The Long Patrol.

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