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[[Image:Halo3 diorama 1352-1-.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Brute advance is halted by the destruction of the northern bridge.]] | [[Image:Halo3 diorama 1352-1-.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Brute advance is halted by the destruction of the northern bridge.]] | ||
==The Northern Bridge Falls== | ==The Northern Bridge Falls== | ||
Despite a valiant defence by the Marines, there was | Despite a valiant defence by the Marines, there was no way they could hold the bridge for any longer. With Brute forces surging over it and hitting the Marine's vulnerable flanks, there was only one choice. At 14:00 the order came through the deostroy the bridge, so to force the enemy forces down into the Valley where UNSC Trenches lay to slaughter the enemy with fire from elevated positions. However, this was not to be as the Covenant forces had already began to surge down there with the destruction of the Bridge. | ||
[[Image:Halo3 panoramaC 001-1-.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Marines fall under the relentless advance of the Covenant War Machine.]] | [[Image:Halo3 panoramaC 001-1-.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Marines fall under the relentless advance of the Covenant War Machine.]] | ||
==The Hill== | ==The Hill== | ||
The most ferocious and bloody bottleneck in the battle, the UNSC forces sent to defend it took 2/3 casualties. After second bridge was destroyed, the treches at the foot of here, a last ditch defensive measure, came under heavy attack, garnering heavy Marine casualties. | The most ferocious and bloody bottleneck in the battle, the UNSC forces sent to defend it took 2/3 casualties. After second bridge was destroyed, the treches at the foot of here, a last ditch defensive measure, came under heavy attack, garnering heavy Marine casualties. | ||