Fall of Edinburgh

== General Information ==
The Fall of Edinburgh was a battle in The Reddit War fought on November 16th, 1852. This battle is very significant, as Edinburgh is the historical capital of Scotland. After the battle, Big Chungus would use this history to proclaim himself "lord protector" of not just Scotland, but of all of the British Isles. This battle served as a rallying cry for Scottish troops, as well as for the rest of Britain.
== Background ==
4 months before the Fall of Edinburgh, Reddit Forces in Scotland surrounded the city in a siege. This siege's impact was lessened by its port and its defenses. Still, the people were gradually wavering, and Horse Guards was calling for Major General DeGroot to act. In one last attempt, he drew up plans to defend the city, clearly laying out a route of escape for his soldiers if they were unsuccessful. He argued with horse guards heavily for around a month before the battle, claiming that this battle was not winnable and they should begin evacuation, but Horse Guards called him cowardly. Thus, Scottish forces attacked the Reddit army on November 16th, 1852.
== Battle ==
At first, the British 2nd army were performing quite well against the Redditors, as they had artillery more suited for infantry combat, as well as the element of surprise. But, Big Chungus himself was present on the battlefield, which improved the Redditor's morale. After some fighting, the Redditors seemed to be taking heavy losses. But this all changed when a force of Sewer People came to support the larger Reddit force. Despite being only about 2,500 men, their ferocity, speed and general hygine left the British troops shaken. Around this time, the infamous 28th Cuirassier company charged into the Scottish flank, disrupting them further. Despite all these setbacks, the men fought on. Eventually however, the redditors became overwhelming, and the British troops began to withdraw behind the walls of Edinburgh. It looked as though the seige would return to a standstill, but unbeknownst to the Scottish, the Sewer People had been digging tunnels underneath the city's walls. Big Chungus gave the order to blow the walls, and thus the mighty walls of Edinburgh had fallen. The 2nd Army tried defending the city, but many were routed. Major General DeGroot enacted his retreat plan, and almost all remaining soldiers escaped the city via a British Naval fleet stationed in the City in the case of this very event.
While a small amount of "reddit" ships (they were actually just stolen civilian ships repurposed by the Redditors) tried to block the Firth of Forth (that little indent in the east of Scotland that looks like a really big river no clue who decided to call it that), but the far superior actual naval vessels blew them to pieces. The 2nd Army would later be deployed in northern England.
== Aftermath ==
=== Lord Protector Big Chungus ===
After seizing the city, Big Chungus orderedhis troops to begin organizing a "ceremony". This "ceremony" began with the Reddit officers standing on opposite ends of the city square, facing each other to make a corridor and parsing the crowd of soldiers in twain so that they all stood behind them. They hoisted their flags into the air, adorning the city center with that blood orange banner. Then, Big Chungus walked between these men with the 28th, 27th and 14th Cuirassier Companies following behind him. Big Chungus then climbed the stairs of a makeshift stage (whcih was ensured to be VERY sturdy to accommodate the Rabbit's weight) and the Cuirassiers lined along the front of the stage, facing back towards the corridor. When completed, Big Chungus addressed his troops in an infamous speech, paraphrased below."Before I speak of what we have done here today, I would first like to point you all towards our past, how we have lived since time immemorial. Think for a moment of your fathers, your grandfathers and their fathers, what they have achieved. The Caves and crevices of this world has been our cradle, our one safe haven in a world that rejects us. Many of our Forefathers were once like the people above were, but were stronger, better willed. They had the instincts, the power and the will to rule them all. But were they hailed, praised, crowned as kings? No! they were cast away, driven out by the weak, forced to live in a place so harsh that only they could withstand it. Some of which, all alone. Many of your forefathers wandered the heart of the earth for longer than you have been alive searching for others like them. When they finally did meet, they were disconnected, divided. They fought amongst themselves over rocks and stones while those on the surface, weaker than us lived in castles, on farms, in temples, manors and halls. Then, I had come along, and I showed you all that we were the same. Although our forefathers and their forefathers all came from across this world and some, perhaps, beyond it, we were all outcast. We had strength brutality, the traits that could allow us to rule over the weak of the world above. And thus, we ruled over those caves united. But even so, we all lived in the shadow of the world above, our rage and might contained by the rocky heart of this earth.
But now...we have put our forefathers to shame! We emerged from our rocky cradle, ready to seize our destiny! Ready to stand as gods among men and rule them all! We emerged from our caves and fought the greatest enemy we have ever known, the strongest nation on this earth. And we have proved ourselves indomitable! And now, we stand in this wretched place, the place these 'Scottish' of the surface hail as their greatest city, and we have conquered it! We have vanquished our enemies, stood strong against them despite the overwhelming odds we have all faced. We have far surpassed any achievements that your forefathers have ever even hoped to imagine!! We now stand in a great city, which is the seat of power in this country, and we have shaken this British 'union' to its core. The time has now come for these people to know something above those Lords which rule over them, something much stronger and mightier than their accursed democracy. I shall stand atop them as the one true rightful lord, and they shall bow to us all, in our might and our power. But I shall be much more than any leadership these people have known since the loss of their king, I shall be much mightier than even the old kings of England and Scotland themselves. The closes phrase that these people have to what I shall be to them is what I shall chose. I shall be their Lord Protector, and you all shall stand alongside me in the mightiest nation this earth will ever know!" Big Chungus ends his speech to thunderous applause, and many chants of "CHUNGUS! BIG CHUNGUS!". lower officers raised their swords into the air as their men threw fedoras into the air in victory
The usage of the phrase 'lord protector' has its roots in the English civil war, in which Cromwell proclaimed him self 'lord protector' in defiance of the Prime minister (who was scottish born Charles Stuart, and was also executed). After Cromwell's death and the abdication of his son in the position, James Stuart was chosen as the next prime minister, but he fled during the glorious revolution, which gave rise to the Jacobite faction who believed that this revolution was unjust. While the movement had largely died down, romanticism had led to a resurgence in Jacobite thought. Thus, bringing the english civil war back into memory through his language galvanized the Scottish people. This event would increase resistance to Reddit occupation, as well as an increase to the devotion of British troops.
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