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I told my boss this was a job I didn’t relish Reports so far deemed this Elfin war rather hellish. Troops had crossed the border and entered the valley. So far we didn’t have a death or injury tally. I entered the tavern, only a mile from the enemy line. The locals seemed relaxed and all seemed fine. I sat at a table with three burly men drinking beer. They didn't seem to mind me being here. Introduced myself as a war correspondent. After I ordered them all another beer they were very respondent. Eager to tell me what they knew of the Elfin war. At that time, I didn’t realize what I had in store. I urged them to go on and tell me much more Soon others in the pub, heard the tales and began to chip in. First hand accounts of fighting they saw, I hardly knew where to begin. Seems the fighting was very tactical. The rebels would advance to attack, The allied Army was ready and their weapons would force them back. Evidentially a local man, a sergeant of note, was injured by a blast. He wandered in the way of a hand grenade, on his patrol as he passed. Most stories were of artillery fire being heard in the morning hours. Patrons of the tavern didn't seem too perturbed about the rebels powers. Confidence reined in the army from what they could see. The publican joined us with a round of beer saying these are free. ”Laddy, I am sure you’ll want to mention this home spun brew. The best brewed beer and everyone loves it, your readers will too. It’s called Ellery Tavern Lager. We make it right here in town.” “He’ll only be interested if the mongrels burn the factory down” I was feeling light headed, lost count of the number of beers I had. Went to stand up and realized I was feeling rather shaky and quite bad. My trusty tape recorder, had some good stories for me to write. Wandering out to get some fresh air I took some photos before night.
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