East Britain would push southwards into the locality of the Isle of Eels in East Cambridgeshire. Their assault would be focused in the area between the Great Ouse and a pair of canals that cut through the countryside. This would culminate in an assault on Ely, thereby creating a bridge across the Great Ouse and establishing for the first time reliable travel on foot between the nations. From this East British Royal Guardsmen, adept at hand-to-hand combat, could supplement Essex and Woodbridge troops in pivotal hand-to-hand combat.