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|battle_title = Battle of the Ridge of a Thousand<br />
|location = [[Ridge of a Thousand]]<br />
|result = [[Long Patrol]] & [[Redwall Abbey|Redwall]] victory<br />
|hero_leader = *[[Lady Cregga Rose Eyes]]<br />
*[[Perigord Habile Sinistra]]<br />
*[[Abbot Arven|Arven]]<br />
*[[Gurgan Spearback]]<br />
*[[Log-a-Log (The Long Patrol)|Log-a-Log]]<br />
|villain_leader = [[Damug Warfang]]<br />
|hero_faction = *Redwall Defenders<br />
*[[Waterhogs]]<br />
*Long Patrol<br />
|villain_faction = [[Rapscallions]]<br />
|hero_strength = About 120 Redwall Defenders, 163 [[Guosim]] Shrews and Waterhogs, and 500 Long Patrol Hares<br />
|villain_strength = 1,000 Rapscallion troops<br />
|hero_casualties = 30 Long Patrol hares, about 150 Redwallers<br />
|villain_casualties = Wiped out; dispersed<br />
|hero_species = [[:Category:Mice|Mice]], [[:Category:Shrews|Shrews]], [[:Category:Otters|Otters]], [[:Category:Moles|Moles]], [[:Category:Squirrels|Squirrels]], [[:Category:Hedgehogs|Hedgehogs]], [[:Category:Hares|Hares]]<br />
|villain_species = [[:Category:Rats|Rats]], [[:Category:Weasels|Weasels]], [[:Category:Ferrets|Ferrets]], [[:Category:Stoats|Stoats]], [[:Category:Foxes|Foxes]]<br />
|books = ''[[The Long Patrol]]''<br />
|ment = ''[[Taggerung (book)|Taggerung]]''<br />
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The '''Battle of the [[Ridge of a Thousand]]''' was fought on at a ridge west of Redwall Abbey. It was fought amongst the Redwallers, [[Rapscallions]], residents of [[Mossflower Woods]], and the [[Long Patrol]].<br />
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The Rapscallions, a barbarous array of rats, weasels, stoats, foxes and ferrets, numbered roughly one thousand, an unusually large army. 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]].<br />
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Fifty Redwallers, 163 shrews and [[Waterhogs|waterhogs]], 30 Mossflower squirrel archers, 40 otters and 12 patrolling hares of the Long Patrol had joined up at [[Redwall Abbey]], east of the ridge. Even so, they numbered only about 300.<br />
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The Long Patrol itself, minus the patroller hares in the Redwall army, numbered about 500, and were led by the powerful [[Lady Cregga Rose Eyes]]. They were currently marching east from [[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]], and had been on a mission to find and destroy the remaining Rapscallion forces.<br />
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Originally, Damug was going to attack Redwall Abbey directly. However, [[Midge Manycoats]] and [[Tamello De Fformelo Tussock|Tammo]] disguised themselves as wandering vermin and infiltrated the Rapscallion camp. They convinced Damug to move the battle to a different location, because Redwall's Southern Wall had collapsed. The ''Ridge of a Thousand'' was actually a place that gave a strategical advantage favoring the woodlanders.<br />
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Damug took the initiative in the battle by stealing a march on the Redwallers. But this didn't help him as the Redwallers spotted him in time. Damug first sent 500 of his force and the Redwallers repelled the first attack with slings and arrows, then mounted a counter charge with spears. <br />
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After the first wave was repelled, several more waves were sent and the Redwallers were pushed back from their positions. As night fell, as a last ditch attempt, they set a fallen tree afire and pushed it over the ridge, causing havoc in the Rapscallion ranks. Many of the Rapscallions were killed by the tree, but they were still more than a match for the depleted Redwallers.<br />
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Meanwhile, the 500 hares led by Cregga saw the burning fire and immediately, after sending gallopers (scouts), began to make their way to the battle site. After the tree had fallen, Damug Warfang then encircled the Redwallers who couldn't see him because they had been blinded temporarily by the burning tree. In a pincer movement, Damug sandwiched the Redwallers between the ridge's summit and a tall standing rock in the middle of the summit. Then the Long Patrol arrived through a giant rift behind the Rapscallions, and the vermin were sandwiched.<br />
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Damug was killed fighting Cregga, who he blinded in the fight. The losses were severe. A score and a half of Long Patrol hares perished. The Redwallers and their allies suffered more serious consequences, but nothing compared to the Rapscallions, as they were practically wiped out.<br />
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The battle was marked for its bloodiness, and for the boldness of some of the warriors taking part. These included Cregga, Major [[Perigord Habile Sinistra]], Sergeant [[Torgoch]], Rapmark [[Bluggach]], and [[Gurgan Spearback]].<br />
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This battle is mentioned in ''[[Taggerung (book)|Taggerung]]'', though not by name, by [[Drogg Spearback]] as "some ancient battle" in which [[Cregga]] was blinded.<br />
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===Casualties===<br />
The following characters are known to have died in battle:<br />
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====Rapscallions====<br />
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*[[Bluggach|Rapmark Bluggach]]<br />
*[[Damug Warfang]]<br />
*[[Henbit|Rapmark Henbit]]<br />
*[[Skaup|Rapmark Skaup]]<br />
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And presumably<br />
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*[[Gribble]]<br />
*[[Gaduss|Rapmark Gaduss]]<br />
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====Woodlanders====<br />
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*[[Reeve Starbuck]]<br />
*[[Furgale]]<br />
*[[Morio|Lieutenant Morio]]<br />
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