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===The Northern Bridge Falls=== | ===The Northern Bridge Falls=== | ||
Despite a valiant defense by the Marines, there was no way they could hold the bridge for any longer. With Brute forces surging over it and hitting the Marines vulnerable flanks, there was only one choice. At 14:00 the order came through the destroy the bridge, so to force the enemy | Despite a valiant defense by the Marines, there was no way they could hold the bridge for any longer. With Brute forces surging over it and hitting the Marines vulnerable flanks, there was only one choice. At 14:00 the order came through the destroy the bridge, so to force the enemy 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 begun to surge down there with the destruction of the Bridge. | ||
===The Hill=== | ===The Hill=== |