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"The Wind That Shakes The Barley"
County Cork, Ireland: 1921 We played this scenario 6-7 years ago, and we used a friend's rule set. Background: It is 5 months after the Kilmichael Ambush (November 28, 1920), and although the British Government has increased the number of Crown Forces in County Cork and declared martial law, the West Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) is still causing chaos, and the Royal Irish Constabulary's (RIC) Auxiliary (Auxies) Divison and the Black and Tans are frustrated with their failure to engage their enemy in the open. Commandant Tom Barry is leading the Flying Column and gets word that the Crown Forces are concentrating patrols on the Bandon - Cross Barry -Cork road. Barry plans another ambush, but is unsure of his opposition . . . . The Flying Column hid in the fields and hills and waited patiently, as a Heavy British Army patrol passes on its way to Cross Barry. Commandant Barry knew he did not have the means to knock out a...