Blancheland's Great Triumph

Prince blancheland was on his way to the tip of the southern peninsula. In the steep mountains above lacai, a slave force had taken over a region called platon and declared themselves to be the kingdom of platon. The governor's forces set out in three columns up into the mountains. But even the experienced colored troops struggled in the steep and rugged turrain. Then they all ran into a dizzying array of booby traps,. And then giant boulders started getting rolled down on their heads. They never had a chance. By august h eighth, the defeated and demoralized french soldiers straggled back into lacai. Rather than being his great triumph, the battle at