Stalemate Episode 10

Note:  Much of this episode takes place inside a dark mine shaft, so it was very difficult to get screen captures from it.

An Unsuspecting British courier is swept from his horse by a rope stretched across the road.  Jeremy captures the horse and removes the saddle bags, and carries it back to where his friends are waiting.

"Let's see what we've got," Jeremy sais as they pull the letters and documents from the saddlebag.  Henry discovers that a supply column will be passing through the area carrying arms, ammunitions, and provisions, all items that are desperately needed by the Rebel army.

They decide to let the mail go through, but to attack the supply column.  Jeremy retrieves the courier's horse, intending to return it to him. "We'll be close by, if he gives you any trouble," Isak says. "Trouble?" Jeremy retorts.  "I wouldn't  know who set that rope!  I'm a neutralist!"

Word of the supply column is passed to General Lafayette, who supplies troops to assist in the confiscation of the provisions and weaponry.  As the Redcoats pass through a gap between two bluffs, the rebels open fire and easily overpower the British soldiers.  An explosion on the hillside sends dirt and boulders across the road to prevent pursuit as the Rebel troops gallop away with the wagons.

Jeremy watches from the mouth of an abandoned mineshaft, and is spotted by the Redcoats, who have dismounted to fend off additional attacks.  They start up the hillside to investigate, but a second explosion, caused by one of Lafayette's men who has dropped a keg of gunpowder, sends more debris down the hill.  Knowing they will be caught in the landslide, the soldiers hurry into the mine and are trapped when the avalanche of dirt and rocks cover the entrance.

One of the soldiers lights a fire using mining timber, but it is immediately stamped out by the cautious Lieutenant.  "We don't know how many Rebels there are!" The soldiers quickly take a headcount, and discover that one of their men is badly wounded and another is missing, caught in the landslide. "You Rebels!  Surrender yourselves, or we will open fire!" the Lieutenant shouts toward the rear of the mine. "We're well armed and under cover," Jeremy shouts back. "I propose a truce," the Lieutenant says.  "We have a wounded man here!" Jeremy consents.  "You may have your truce.  Bear in mind that you are well covered by our muskets." The fire is lit again.  From the shadows, Jeremy counts the soldiers.  There are only four.