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|battle_title = Late Rose Summer Wars
|location = [[Redwall Abbey]]
|result = Major Redwall victory
|hero_leader = *[[Matthias]]
*[[Constance]]
*[[Abbot Mortimer]]
*[[Winifred]]
*[[Ambrose Spike]]
*[[Foremole (Redwall)|Foremole]]
*[[Jess Squirrel]]
*[[Basil Stag Hare]]
|villain_leader = [[Cluny the Scourge]]
|hero_faction = Redwall Defenders
|villain_faction = [[Cluny's Horde]]
|hero_strength = Unknown number of Redwallers, eventually included 500 Guosim shrews and 1,000 Sparra warriors
|villain_strength = About 600
|hero_casualties = Small number of defenders, including Abbot Mortimer
|villain_casualties = Wiped out
|hero_species = Mostly [[:Category:Mice|Mice]] plus other woodlanders
|villain_species = Mostly [[:Category:Rats|Rats]] plus other vermin ([[:Category:Stoats|Stoats]], [[:Category:Weasels|Weasels]] and [[:Category:Ferrets|Ferrets]])
|books = ''[[Redwall]]''
|ment = ''[[Mattimeo (book)|Mattimeo]]''
}}

'''The Late Rose Summer Wars''' occurred during [[Summer of the Late Rose|the season]] when [[Cluny the Scourge]] came down from the [[Northlands|North]] with a [[Cluny's Horde|horde]] of about 500 rats and laid siege to [[Redwall Abbey]] for approximately two weeks. Based initially at [[Saint Ninian's Church]], Cluny soon press-ganged and recruited about a hundred rats, weasels, stoats, and ferrets from [[Mossflower Woods]].

The young mouse [[Matthias]], hoping to save the Abbey, embarked on a quest for the [[The Sword of Martin|sword]] of [[Martin the Warrior]] which eventually led him to the old [[Quarry|quarry]] where [[Asmodeus Poisonteeth]] the snake made his lair.

During Matthias' quest, Cluny attempted a variety of schemes in order to capture the Abbey. First he stole the [[Redwall Tapestry|Tapestry]] and captured the Vole family. He attempted to use ladders and grappling hooks to scale the wall, but the Redwallers poured dirt and rubble over the battlements, destroying the ladders. Next he tried to use a plank to bridge the gap between a tree and the wall; [[Constance]] dislodged the plank, and Cluny fell, injured.

Meanwhile, Matthias and [[Basil Stag Hare]] rescued the voles. When Cluny recovered, he ordered his rats to build a battering ram and a [[Siege Tower]], as well as start construction on a tunnel. The Redwallers dumped a barrel with a hornet's nest inside onto the ram in response. [[Cornflower]] set the siege tower on fire with a lantern she happened to be holding, and Constance and the other Redwallers collapsed the tunnel after pouring boiling hot water upon the vermin within.

Matthias was able to kill Asmodeus and take the sword back. He returned to Redwall with [[Guerilla Union of Shrews in Mossflower|Guosim]] and [[Sparra]] allies, but not before Cluny had taken it over by forcing a [[Plumpen|dormouse prisoner]] to open a gate. He challenged Cluny, and their fight across the lawn eventually led them to [[The Bell Tower]]. [[Friar Hugo]] was at that time tolling the [[Joseph Bell]] and upon hearing the fight, hid under the stairs. But as the two were battling, the mouse sneezed. Cluny, seeing an opportunity, grabbed the Friar and used him as a hostage to try to get Matthias to surrender.

Matthias, who had climbed up to the belfry, told Cluny that if he let Hugo go, he would come down. Cluny agreed to this, thinking that this would be the last he'd see of the mouse warrior. He was right, because at that moment, Matthias cut the rope supporting the Joseph Bell. The huge bell came crashing down on Cluny, killing him. The remains of Cluny's army were routed by the defenders, then slain by [[Captain Snow]] and [[Squire Julian Gingivere]], who were waiting for the vermin on the fringes of Mossflower woods.
[[ru:Осада Рэдволла Клуни Хлыстотом]]
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imported>N. Harmonik at 19:39, 5 October 2025