Chester Brigade

The Bishop of Chester was somewhat reluctant convert to the rebel cause, but being tipped off about his imminent arrest by the BUF, he decided to throw in his lot with the League. His escape from Chester with the aid of a dancing bear and a troop of morris dancers is the stuff of legend. The Bishop's war since has been a somewhat more gritty affair of trying to stay out of the clutches of Lord Farndon the Royalists commander in Cheshire. In their first battlefield encounter, the Bishop was wounded by artillery fire. But despite or perhaps because of this the Cheshire Anglican League performed well and honours with the Royalists were equally divided. Receiving supplies along the coast and in a working alliance with the Welsh Nationalists, the Chester Brigade continues to be a problem for the Governments forces.