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As mostofyou will realise,nextmonthis ourihird anniversary. 16 Photofeatu.e Four demo. gamesat Partian !90
(No cardsplease.) 20 Ianwilsotl A.A.Man sevc! Marlborough
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att€mpt by an unscrupulousrival publisher,aware of our 24 Richidwntson Th€ Grest White Fleet
imminent publication,to coerce the Society into publishing in Aneolf 201hCentut!NavalSenono
their joumal, Slingshot,a letter slurnng us. The Societyof 30 Stephed Th€ [rench campaign in Eg'pt,
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On€ewl began to appear the matler died away. 34 TedBrown We are lhe troysf.om handlwana!
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wargamers haveto fight battlesthat donl involvetoy soldiersl 40 PaulChamberlein Fmm Tabletop to R€ality, Part Three
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A WWllScenario
by Gary Kearley
BACKGROUND TTIE ATTACK
It's early 1942 and whilst the main British war effort is Newsanives in early March 1942that the first of the foul guns
concentnted in North Africa and the Far East, plansare being hasleft St. Malo, boundfor Guemsey.A bombingraid on tbe
drawn up for a strike against mainland Europe, before battery site is quite out of the questionasthe civilian population
Germanycan completethe building of her Atlantic Wall hasto be protectedat all costs.(TheyareBritishsubjectsafter
defences.The Allied High Commandhave chosena landing in all!) With the successof the recent paratroops'attack on
FrancebetweenSt. Malo and Granville(seemap 1). Brunevalin Francestill ftesh in the mind, it is decidedthat
It therefore €omesas an unpleasantsurprisewhen London paratroopswill be usedagainstthe new battery in the Channel
receivesrepons that four massivenavalgunshaveanived in St. Islands.
Malo, for transportationto the ChannelIslandswherea new Intelligencefrom Guemseyfishermensuggeststhat St. Peter
powerfulbattery0ater to be namedBatteryMIRUS) is to be Port theonlyharbourcapable ofhandlingsuch a hugeload-is
built. The establishmentoI such a battery, would clearly too heavilydefended,as is the batterysite itself. The only
jeopardiseany operationsin the Golfe de St. Malo andasthe optior left is to attack the gun on its joumey from harbour to
invasion cannot be brought forward the decision is made to battery site. The destruction of the gun, its specially built
destroythe batteryat the earliestopportunity. [ansporter (with 24 pairs of steerablewheels) and the road
itself (the only practical route) being consideredsufficient to
delay the establishment of the battery long enoughfor the
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NOTTO SCALE
THE GUNS
ln 1914,twelve30-5cmgunswerecastat the Obuchovfoundry
in Russiafor the Dreadnolughr Impenor Aleksande!ll, After
a short but eventful life, the ship, which was commissionedin
1917,cameto be abandoned in Bizertain 1921andwasfinally
brokenupin 1935with the sunsbeingsoldby the French(who
had held the ship in lieu of the repaymentof loansmadero
TsaristRussia)in Finland. \ AIRFIELD
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Eightof the gunsreachedFinland,but the final4 only got as 3 -*L^-""urn
far as Norwaybefore the Winter War betweenFinlandand i'.
Russiaended.The gunsremainedin Norwegianwatersunril
theywerecapturedwhenthe Germansanivedin April, 1940.
Their potential for conveEion to a coastaldefencerole was
immediatelyrecognisedand they were sent to Krupp for
refurbishmentand for the constructionof suitablemountinss
beforebeingshipped on lo St.Malo.Wlrenerenrually inslallA THE GAME
thegunswouldhavea rangeof over5lkm, nore thansufficient I playedthe game solo, with all German movementbeing
to offer protectionto a long stretchoI the Fienchcoasrline. pre-programmed.
The table was set up as per Map 3, being
mainlyflat, but with highhedgesliningthe road.(Anyonewho ( , R ( ) \t l ) \ r ( ) \ I | r H , \ l
hasholidayedin Guemseywill know that a geat manyofthe
roadsare 'sunken'.)[t will be notedthat the roadis not in the
c€ntrc of th€ table, thus giving more room for the fighting
withdrawal.The gun,movingalongthe roadftom ght to left,
travelsat walkingpace,which enablesthe British to choose \l\|\Pll\'
their momeflt.
To win, the British have to destroy the gun and its
transporter, blowaslargea holein theroadaspossibleandthen
retire off the southemedgeof the boardin goododer. The
terain leading down to the beacheshom here is difficult and
wouldbe easilydefended, enablingtheparatroopentoholdout
until nishtfalland rescue.
FORCES
Bitish forces consistedof 20 figures armed with a variety of andduring this period the fiIst tank, a Char B arrivedbehindthe
personalweaponsbut including a mortar team and two PIAT now smokingruios of the patrol and a further patrol consistiflg
anti-tank guns. These should be powerful enough as most of a Kettenrad and lorry arrived at the crossroadsfrom the
Germanarmourin the ChannelIslandswasall but obsolete, nonh. Comingto a halt in the middle of the crcssroads the
consistingmostlyof capturedFrenchChar B's (redestnated cermansdebussed and threatenedboth the demolitionparty
Pzktu Bl) and RenaultFTl?'s. and the PIAT team, the latter now facedby enemyon both
Totat Ge.man forcesavailablewere2 of eachtank t}?e, 20 to flanks. Once agarnthe mortar came to the r€scue,forcing the
30 infantry(319thInf. Div. from 7th Army Group), together Germansinto coveruntil paratroopssupportingthe PIAT were
with a smallescortof guardsand enginee^with the gun. ableto maketheir way behindthe large houseand into the
Theseforcesappearedin a predeterminedorder, but subject
Germanrear.After two missesthe CharB wasbreweduP,the
to a diceroll whichcouldmakeindividualelements arriveearly, PIAT teamshowingheroicdevotionto duty. No soonerhadthis
late or not at all. Having saidthat, I arrangedfor a passing threatbeenneutralised thanawoFT17\ arrivedfrom the same
motorisedpatrol to anive at the scenevery soonafter the attack
begins, forcing the British to defend the ambush site until At this point the gun and transporterwere blown up and the
demolitionwork hasbeencompleted. Britishde€idedit wastimeto go.Theretreatwascoveredby the
Various 'chance cards'were also prepared,which in my mortar,the valiantPIAT crewand a smallrearguardthat had
refightled to a lone Germanon a bicyclealmostspringingthe beenleft behindon the roadsouthftom the crossroads for just
ambushearlywhenhe discovered the Britishlyingin waitwhen thatDurDose. The Germanswerein a stateof shockandtheloss
he went behindthe hedgeto answera call of nature! of one of the FI17's wasenoughto end the pursuit.
Figuresandvehiclesusedwerea mixture of Airfix, Malchbox TheBdtishhadachieved theirobjective,just, with thelossof
andEsciwith a scratchbuilt gunandtranspo(andthe gamewas
10ofth€ir20men.Gennanlossesamountedto3tanks,6other
played using the rules from the book Operation watuoard. infantryaodof coursethe gunandits
vehicles,3 engineers,22
Theserules are simple enoughto give a fast game,but include
sections on demolitionandsurprise, bothof whichareessential IJ you haveneverheardof the MIRUS Batteryor of a battle
to this scenario. beingfoughtin the ChannelIslandsthen readon . . .
Thegamecouldbe extended to covertheparachute dropand
the movementof the troopsto the ambushsitethroughwhatis
friendly,butenemyoccupied,territory.ThiscouldinvolvePure HISTORICALNOTE
mapmovementor evena role play in the mouldof DurSeors In realitytheChannellslandswerefartoo welldefendedforany
andDragons.ln my rcfight I startedwith the British Paratroops seriousmilitary operationsby the Allies apart from the
in positionand waiting- occasional bombingraidon the harbourat St. PeterPon anda
couDleofsmallscale Commando oDerations-butthat'sanother
artiale!Itwasalsofelt that anyatt;mpt to retakethe Islandsby
THE GAME PLAYED forcewouldput the civilianpopulationat too greata riskanda
Asexpe€ted it wasaveryclos€runthing.TheBritishchosetheir decisionwasmadeat a veryearlystageto leavethe Idandsuntil
momentwell and the leadinghalf-trackwashit by the PIAT aftertheGermanforceshadbeendefeated in mainlandEurope.
mid-waybetweenthe two southemroads,completelyblocking There was, to my knowledge,no Plan to invade France
the main road. A hail of fire from the paratroopeE light throughthe Golfe de St- Malo, but it wasto coveijust sucha
weaponstook careof half the escortand engineers,but the possibilitythai the MIRUS Batterywasconstructed. The story
remainineguards foughtbacksurprisingly well considedng the of the Germanoccupationof the Islands,the building and
shock of thb suddenattack and the British beganto take sightingo{the MIRUS battery,the historyofthe gunsandthe
casualties.The engineers disappeared backup the roadwhence routetakenfromtheharbourto the batterysightis all true.The
theyhadcome,followedby theofficerin hisstaffcar,although restispurefiction,andwhethersuchan attackonthe gunswas
the machinegunmount€din the staffcar did greatdamageas Dracticalis oDento seriousdoubt.
the denolitionteammovedtowardsthe strandedtransporter.
Just as demolilionbeganthe roving patrol, consistingof a
Kubelandlorry full of troops,arrivedfrom the directionof the BIBLIOGRAPI{Y
ai ields.Fortunatelythe secondPIAT hadbeenpositionedfor Ititlert Fonreis lslard - Carel Toms
just suchan eventualityand two quick shotsdestroyedboth Islands in Danger - Alzn wood and Mary SeatonWood
vehicles.The Germansin the lorry piledout andthreatened to The Silent war - Frank Falla
'Mirus': The naking of a Brttery - Colin Partridge and John
overrunthe PIAT, but the timelyafldaccurateinterventionof
the mo ar team in th€ farm savedthe day. Wallbridge
Work continuedon the demolition(3 turnsbeingrequired) ChannelIslands Occupied- Richard Mayne
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decisionwas finally taken by Marlboroughto commit it first
thing on Sundaymoming againstthe exposedFrenchcentre
wherethe two commands hadfailedto meetandtum in on the
Frenchight wing in the hopeof crushingit againstCuttswho WARGAMES
was to ignore Blenheimand swing right. This having been
decidedthe Bdtish contingentundertook a sojoum into RESEARCHGROUP
Scarborough in searchof a decentpub.The answertothisquest
was,asthe old handsaheadysuspected, ThereAre No Decent WRG prend pari a I'avancevers 1992 en proposanta nos
Pubsln Scarborough!, and so at closingtime we joined the all'€s francophoDes des regles de jeu de guere en franqais.
Frenchcontingentin the hotelbai for furtherrefreshments and REGLES DE JEU D'HISTOIRE
a f€w gamesof'Passthe Pigs',a somewhateruditegamefor AVEC FIGURINES
whichthereis no placein thisarticlefor explanation,although 3000 Av. J.-C A 1485 Ap. J.-C
Eugenefound the idea of playingit againsttwo policemen
highly amusinglEventually Marlborough left his staff to lceite Dublicaton€st la seul€lradu.iion aulonsdede la 7me €dition
continuethe revelry into the small hours with Eugeneand de. reql'<
- IVRCpourldDtrhe dncPnne.Le 'oDwqnt '* pr.pg-tr',
a ; Bibl'o'\?oJeNatonaeBiorriorie
Tallard aboutto start upon an inponed Germanbeercalled
'Elephant'! Prix 15.00
Sundaymomingdawnedbright and clear, (perhapsa little FEisde [@non:
too brightandclearfor one or two?) andwe proceeded to the GraideBretagne - ajouterl0% (5lp ninimuiu
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carsfor a prompt start.Not quite!TheElector'scardecidednot
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nextstepthe Scimitarcontingentclimbedinto their car to find Pour re(evotr dps ren.prgnemenL".urno, dub,, publrdtio-s
that althoughit starred,no gearscould be engaged!Further envoyer deux coupons-reponreinl€marionalrou pn!plopp"
investigation underneaththe vehiclerevealedwhatlookedlike tmbre, pour r6pon)e (bmbrespo{, anqlais)a
the gearboxdrive shafthangingon the road! Utter disaster,a
battlein the balanceand a new car knackered! Wargames Research Group,
"Looks like we needthe AA then," saidPete. The Keep, Le Marchant Barracks, London Road,
"I'n not in the AA," said Richard. D€vizes, Wiltshir€, SN10 2ER, Grande Bretagne
"Christl' saidI, helpfully. Tet (0380) 724558
However,all was not lost. An ingeniousplan was devised Conditions de ventecommerciale sur demande.
wherebyPetewoulduse hiscardtocallouttheAA andpretend
the car washisl Phonecallswerethenmadeto the AA andto
Mike to relate the dhaster and we settled down for the
inevitablelong wait. But incredibly.within fony minutesthe
AA Inan had anived diagnosedthe fault, ("Happensall the
tirnelo thismodel,it\ just the splitpin. ') repairedthe carand
then noved on to son out Andrew! So off we spedto the
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It wasa jubilant Marlborcugh,Eugeneand Cuttsthen that ffie Devizes, Wiltsh ire,_S^N 102ER,UK
gallopedlateontotheElenheimbattlefieldnuchtothereliefofiEEISE*:E rer tuJdu, /z45iit
a beleaguered Orkney r'hecavalryreservehadthankfullybeen +.rffi/En
committedasagreedandsothe batdewason,with the Elector
alsorejoininghis commanda little after the others. We shallbe at the followinoshowsin rhe nearfuture;
The secondday'sfightingIvasasfastandfuriousasthe first
andonceagainwhentimewascalledat fourp.m. all the players
weresurprised.Again in brief, on the Britishleft C'rttsfinally 15th/16thSep Armageddon/Coloure,Feading
sawall histroopsacrossthe saream andbeganto determinedly
pushbackthe enemy,culminatingin the abandonment of the 29th/30thSep Skirm'sh, Chippenham
Bridge Cenire
artilleryhill by the French.lngoldsby'sDutchandDanishspent
the day exchanging fire with their Frenchoppositenumbers,
OFFICIALMINIFIGSSTOCKIST
whichpinnedthe FrenchFoot at the bouomofthe hill, butleft Figurcs
the alliedFootexhausted andunableto presshomethe attack. M r n € l u r eF r o u r i n e sA: | 1 5 m ma n d r o s l 2 5 m m ' a n s e s& F a l P a n h a
The reserveHorseperformedwonderfully.Sweepiflgaway the Heroics& Fos tioures & BoundwavMiniarur$ all lrou.e tarqps
D i r o n s M i n r d i u r € sA-l l 1 5 m m& 2 5 m h r a n s e s ,M L B - s e l e c r erda i s e s
FrenchHorsernovedup to opposethem, they endedthe day Triion. Davco& Firefiohl- selened rdna6s.
poisedto swoopdownon the flanksand rearof the dght wing N,war & N,ismith- selecredranoea
FrenchFoot. Orkney'scommandmade no further progress. Books& Ruls
With Oberglaustill holdingout stubbomlyand its own right waroamgs R8sedrchCroupj TabletopG.mesj Newbury Rules,
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musketryduelwith theoppositionwastheonly courseof action plus selectedthl€sfrom many other publishers,
left. With this, tirnewascalledby Mike and the adjudication Temi. & Mod€l Buildinss
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THEGREATWHITEFTEET
by Richard S.G. Watson
JAPAI{FSE STRATEGY
Unlikethe outbreakof war in 1904,whentheJapanese madea
deliberatelyundeclaredattack on the Russianfleet at Port
Arthur, the attackon Dayton'ssquadrcncouldnot havebeen
part of a long term contingencyplan, m€rely a seized
opportunity.Da)'ton'sshipswouldhavebeenwiihdrawnto the
safetyof the U.S. coast in any case,so in either casethe
Japanese wouldhavehad severalmonthsto mountoperations
in the Pacific with only a few gunboatsto opposethem.
Exaniningtheitineraryof theGreatWhiteFleet,it will be seen
thatit took aboutfour monthsto reachtheWestCoast,sevento
Hawaii, and ten to Japan,this time could be cut in time of
emergency, but neve helessJapanwouldbe ableto fight at a
placeof her own choosing.The U.S. objectivewouldcertainly
bethePhilippines, andthiswouldbe themainprizeforJapanto
grasp,one she could certainlyhavesecuredwith total naval
superiority and her large arny againstthe undeveloped
defences. A bolderJapanese strategywouldbe to moveagainst Itizen
Samoaor evenHawaii,usingfriendlyBritishislandsascoaling Ex Petvisan
stations.Thoughnot at the time developedasfleetbases,they
did at leastprovide the Americanswith coalingstopsin the
central Pacific, and their loss would severelyhamper the
attemptto relieveor recapturethe Philippines.An ambushat
Hawaiimightoffer the Japanese the chanceto meetthe U.S.
fleet *hen it waslow on coal and vulnerablero an extended
battle- thoughdefeatwouldleavethe Japanese ashelplessas
the Russians at Tsushima.Both sidesmight alsoconsiderlhe
possibilityof a U.S.atiack along the northern Pacificrim,
directlyat Japan,althoughon€eagainthe Americanswolld
lack coalingfacilitiesat the end of the voyage.The Japanese
would mostlikely leavetheir capturedRussianbattleships in Ame cans,astheydid the Russians in 1905,andofbreakingup
homewatersto countersucha threar- of lessvaluein a lleet the
Americans'formationwith torpedostrikes.Overall,the
a€tion,they would be sufficientto deal with a raid by the Japanese wereformidableopponents.
survivinsU.S. armouredcruisers. The U.S. fleet appearedmuchstrongerin termsofnumbers
and firepower,and would probablyhave had to rely on this
strength to fight a defensivebattle againstthe Japanese,
TACTICSAND SHIPS althoughthe Americanshipswere capableof complexfleet
The Japanese wouldprobablyhavebasedtheir taclicson their manoeuvres which the Russiansat Tsushimawere not. Their
success atTsushima. Torpedoboats wouldhavemadetheinitial gunnerywasalsoadequate,althoughboththesefactorswould
attacks,followedby concentrated gunfirefron the battleline havebeenoffsetby theirinexperience in battle,evenamongthe
till darkness;.after harassingnight torpedoattacksthe fleer seniorofficers.The Americanswould inevitablyhave been
wouldrenewits bombardmentthe followingmorning,wirh a {orcedonto the defensiveby their lack of scoutcruisersand
torpedoboat coup de grace. torpedovessels (the sixtransferred
wilh the GreatWhite Fleet
Since1905the Japanese had addedtwo battleships and two wererepoted in poorconditionfor actionandlackedrangefor
l2in armedarmouredcruisersto the four batrleshiDs andeiqht oceanpassage-there wasevena planfor thearmouredcruisers
8in armedcruisersLheyheldedat the end of rheN;r. To lhase to tow them acrossthe Pa€ificl).
could be addedfour captured,repairedRussianbattleships. Althoughmainlyofmodemconstru€lion, andheavilyarmed,
Apart from the latter,all thesewerc modern,firstclassvessels therewerea numberoftechnicaldeficiencies in the U.S. ships
of Europeandesignor construction,with highlytrainedand vis'a-viscontemporaryEuropeanwarships.Somernight be
experienced crews.The Japanese werealsowell providedwith madeup lack of 6re controlequipment,alterationsto allow
scoutingcruisers,destroyenand torpedoboats,althoughthe anti-torpedoboatgunsto depresssufficientlyto engage targets
latter were limited by their rangeif attackswere to be made at closerange,and grey-painlingthe ships,whosebuff and
acrossthe Pacific.They hada goodchanceofout-scoutingthe whiteDeacetime colourssavethe GreatWhite Fleetits name.
However, two seriousfaults remained,and were to beset
severalmoreclasses ofAmericandesigned battleships.
Firstly,
the turrets were designedwith open handlingroons and
magazines, rather than two stageturretsas in the Japanese
ships.This wassupposedto facilitateammunitionsupply,but
meanta turret hit had a high probabilityof detonatingthe
magazine.Secondly,the battleships weredesignedto float at
normalfull load.not their actualbattleload,which,with extra
coal.ammunitionandstores.couldbe a thousandtonsheavier
thanspecified. As aresultthe shipswereovedmught,someby
asmuchastwo feet,submerging the upperedgeofthe armour
belt and leavingthem little better protectedthan cruisers.As
might be expected,low mountedcasemate gunswereinoper-
ableundersuchconditionsin anysort of seaway.Thesefaults
were seriousenoughto offset the numericaladvantagethe
Americanspossessed, and rnake heavylosseson then side
likelv.
First Squadron,SecondDivision
BBIS Ceorgia 14,948t;441ft oa; 19kts;4-12inl45,8,8ir/45,
12-6inl50;4'21inTT (1906-07)
BBI3 Viryinia
BB16New Jersey
BBll RhodeIsland
SecondSquadron,Third Division
BB22 Minnesota As Vermont
BBl0 Maine 12,846t;393ft oa; 18ktsi4-12inl40,16,6in/50;
2-18inTT
BBll Missouri 12,362t;otherwiseas above
BBl2 Ohio 12,723t1otherwiseas Maire (1902-04)
Torp€do Boats
Whipple, Lawrcnce, Truxtun, Hopkins, HuI, Stewart
Darton'scruiserswereall sistemto Soutr Daftot ; the fleet at
war might also deploy the cF.isersC7 Cincinatti. C8 Raleigh,
New Orleans,Albany ^nd six auxiliaries.
IIIinok
U.S. ArmouredCruis€rs
Tennessee
Washingtonlacked
forwardmiddlemast
- platform
KeaBage
Kentucky
I
Third Division
Kasuga7,62att366ftoat20kts;1-10in,2-8in,14-6in;4-18inTT
(1902-03)
Ntsrir As aboveexcept4-8in
Yakumo9,6461l'434ftoa; 2lkts; 4-l8in, 12-6in;5-l8in TT
(1899)
Virginia Adzuna 9,307r;4521toa;20kis;4-8in,r2-6in;s-rSinTT ( 1899)
Georyia Fourth Division
Idzumo9,750tt4341toa;21kts;4'8in. 14'6in;4-18TT (1899)
lwate As above (1900)
Asama9,700t.442ftoa;22kts;4-18in,14'6in;5'18inTT ( 1898)
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CAMPAIGN
IN EGYPT,
1798.1801
PART II - The Uniforms of the French Army
by StephenEde-Borrett
TABLtrI
Facingsof the CavalryRegiments
in Egypt
Rect. Lapels&
no. Turnback Piping"
3 scadet green
14 pink green prnk pink'"
15 pink pink grcen pink
18 pink pnK green pink
20 yellow grcen yellow
22 Ereer, orange orange orange
Note: In dragoonregimentsfacingcolour collar, cuffs, etc.
werepipeddarkgreenandviceversa,the shoulderstrapswere
alwaysin dark greenand piped.The 22ndChasseurs haddark
greenshoulderstrapspiped orange,and greenpiping to the
collaror1y, the lapeh may havebeengreenpipedorange.
G.J.M.FIGURINES
Wa4amesFigu.espainiedto colledoGstandard.
smm to 30mm.5mn samplelrcewilh SAEor 5lRCs
ForsamplarSmm liqure6ndlisrssendfl.95or f2.95
\c'90
tor 25mmsampl€figur€payableioGerardCronin,
24ChelslleldMerc, StanlonClos€,Oeingion,
Examplesof the lT98patternhelmet-
Blackleatherwithleather
5mmasp.ci.lily. T.lcphone:06392011512"ht orcottonneckcoverandcolouredwoollen crest(seeTableII).
After Marrion & Fosten.
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TABLE II
Crestsof the Demi-Brigades
AreYOUusing
DemnBrigade
S€ptemb€r1798
Cr€st
stMoN'ssotDtERs?
9th de Bataill€
l3 blue Thepointingseryicefor worgomeGby o worgomer
18 black
19
All scolescoteredfof but lsmm o speciolily.
32 blue & white Send9l.50 for lsmm sompleor contoctl
6l black& white SimonChoreswodhon 0656768556for detoils.
69 yellow& white
75 blue & red
85 yellow& red 14 Co9 Ffynnon,Brqcklq,Brldgend
88 yellow& blue Mld Glqmorgon,CF3l 2HO
2meL6gere green
4 green& while
21 green& yellow
22 green& red
GuideeA-Pied lricoloured
Notei Bi colouredcrestscouldbe dividedequallyone colour
abovethe other, or in altematebandsalongthe length.
TABLE III
The KldberOrdinanceof October1799
Demi-
Brigad€ Coat Collar Cuffs Turnback Piping
Creen green green whrte
9 Bataille
blue white white red
13 dk.blue puce puce green
yellow yellow yellow white
18
scarlet blue blue blue
25 blue blue blu€ white
32 scarlet lt.orangelt.orange white
dk.blue dk.blue dk.blue yellow
61 dk.blue lt.green ll-green white
yellow lt.green ll.green 1
69 scarlet white whiie white
sky blue sky blue sky blue white IllDstration II
85 scarlet yellow yellow white Exampleof the Kl6berOrdinancepatierncoat.The 1798issue
88 blue green green white cottoncoatwasprobablyoften similar.After Rigo.
2 Leqare rr.green dk.blue dk.blue dk.blue white
4 rr.green crimson crimson crimson white NOTES:
zl sky blue It.orangelt.orange red white 9. Stripedtrousersareoftenshownin contemporary pdnts,in
22 sky blue crirnson crimson crimson white a numberof hues.I haveevenseenone print of an Officerin
Italy wearingtrouserswith altematered and blue ioops on a
Io{t whiteground.
Artillery blue red red red red 10. The buttonson thesecoals (and on thosemade{or the
yellow yellow yellow v. ^r KldberOrdinance) $ereclorhco\eredlor all e\ceprOlfice$
Miners blue black black blue red brttons, but ;s brassbuttonswere in useiocallyas a form of
Balloonists blue green red blue red curren€yit seemsunlikelythat suchwouldhavestayedon th€
Engineers blue recl green green white coatfor long.
11. Althoughone sourceafterthe KleberOrdinancegivesthe
'dark blue'.
Note: Pipingwason the collar,cuffs,turnbacksand,for some blue as
demi-brigades, down the front openingof the coat. 12. This unit'suniformshavebeenthe sourceof manyarticles
Wheretwosetsof€oloursaregiven(gth, 18th)orthree(61st)by many authorities,mostof whomdo not agreein detail.lt
thenauthoritiesdiffer andI haveno firm evidencein favourof seem,lhar a number of,lighrlydiffenngunitonn,werein u.ear
one or the other. Possiblyboth uniformsexistedsideby side, thesametime, likewisethe headwear wasofa numberof forms
but it is alsoworth considering how colourschangein bright from czapskato rurbanto shako.
sunlight for exampleir the 6lst, crimsoncanappearasbrown 13. Whenuniformswereissuedin Egypt in October1798the
if grubbyor badlydyed,andbluefadesto greenafterprolonged pipingmay not havebeenpresent.
exDosure to sunlisht. 14. Rigo (seeSourcet showsthis as a very dark pink.
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WorgomeRuleslol lhe Anglo.ZuluWor of 1879
by Ted Brown
* ,t "k F,!
The Natal Native Contingent was rightly distrusted by the
regular officers and men as being likely to buckle under any
pressureandso wasusedmainly for scoutingand the chasingof
beatenZulus. In this latter task rheyoften restrictedthemsetves
to dispatchingany Zulu woundedthey cameupon. The Naral
,(3 Native Pioneen were used to help the field companiesof the
Royal Engineersin improvingtracks.drifts over rivers,erc,
"+'
e,?-" .,t * althoughboth troop tlpes could alsofight asinfantry if needed.
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The British infantry was equipped with the fint rate .45
Martini-Henry single shot breechloader and a long bayonet
that wasfound to outreachthe Zulu assegais in hand-to-hand
combat. Cavalry caded lance - if 17th sword - and Marriri-
Henry carbine. Local volunteers carried various carbines,
mostly Maftni-Henrys. The artitlery used the Tpdr rifled
muzzleloaderand later the gpdr rifled muzzle-loader. The
SKETCHMAP OF NATAI & ZULTLAND c.l8?9 Natal Native Contingent's fireams varied fiom smoothbore
musketsto Martini-Henryrifles.
KEY 7: Gingindlovu Supplieswere carriedin wagonsand somecartspulledon
1: Isandlwana 8: Ulundi occasionby horses,moreoften by mules,but in mostcasesby
2: Rorke'sDrift A: Eshowe slow'moving oxen. Supply convoys, stretched out to great
3: Inyezane B: Death of distances, we(ewlnerablewhenon the march.Crossinerivers
4: lntombi Prince Imperial or dry dongascouldbe a slowbusiness. The rateof maichof a
5: Hlobane C: Capture of British column varied from aslittle asfive or six miles on a bad
6: Khambula King Cetshwayo day to as much as eighteento twenty over very good going.
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The elfective useofthe ttuops dcpendson thc contnlexe'te.l by officers and NCOS.As a rc-enactnent unitgrows in sizeso the
commandstructureofthe unit nust adaptto copewith thegteatctn]nberi of troopsto march.manoeuvreandfight in thefield.
The contrcl factor is inportant both in rc-enactmentand waryaning. This pictute showsAnteican infantry ofthe Revolution.
Smokeis an inportant factot on the baulefield. and doeslinger in fo ifications. Here we seeartil|ery of the English Civil War
Societyin action ;llustrating this fact.
Music had an inpo ant nlc bPla!in the s'arfarc oftht: horse andmusketpctiod Marching hehin.l aband doeslilt the spirhs,
especiallyon a lonejourner. and helpsto keep the trcopsin ttep sith eachothc.. This bxnd is that ofNapoleon s InperialCuard.
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4 cavalryunits of 6/8 figureseach (2 brigadesof 2 regts.)
Secondline, left to right consisring of l unitofdragoons.I ofhussarsandtwo ofHorse
Brigade,4 sqnsApchonDragoons 780cav. I heavygun
2 sqnsRougravecav. (Walloon) I mediumgun
Brigad€,2sqnswurttemberecav.(Cernan) 780cav. 2 battalionguns
2 sqnsRoyalNassaucav. (walloon)
Hessian
2 'qn, Ro)alAllemand.dv.(Cerman)
5 battalionsof 12 figureseach( 2 l i n e , 3 m i l i t i a ) .
Arfillery 1 grenadierunir of 6 figures
12 batlalionguns: 4 pdrs I j:iger unil of 6 figures
8 guns:8 pdrs (medium) 2 cavalry regts. of 6 figures each (1 of dragoons, l or
8 guns:12pdrs (heavy)
approx.240gunnen 3 batlalionguns.
(Thesecanof coorsebe adjustedto your figurescale;we use
Total Str€ngth:app.ox.7,200 1:50)
Ratingsof the Troop Types
HESSIANORDER OF BATTLE Mostgoodrulesystensfor mid'eighteenth centuryconflictuse
t$'o-tiaredratings.one for moraleand anotherfor discipline/
Lt, Gen.Prinzzu Isenburg firing. The followingratings.therefore.usethis convention
Iront line, Right to left
l coyJeger 200lt.inf. FrenchRatings moral€ disciplin€/ftring
5coysGrenadie^ ,100inf. Frenchline infinrry Average Poor
l bn lsenburglnf-Regt. 700inf. Swissin{anlry Good Poor
l bn LandRegt.Wurmb 600inf. Light infanlry Poor Average
I bn LandRegt.Gundlach 600inf. Grenadiers Good Average
l bn CanitzInf.Regt. 700inf. Artillery Average Poor
2sqnsPruschenk Cuirassier
Regt. 360cav. FrenchHolse Average Average
I sqnPr. FriedrichDragoonRegt. 160cav. FrenchDragoons Average Poor
1sqnHessianHussars 180cav. FrenchHussars Poor Poor
l bnLandRegt.Freywald 600inf. HessianRatings morale disciplineriring
2coysHanoverian Jager 320x.inf. Hessianline Average Good
Hessianmilitia Poor Average
Grenadiers Good Good
2coysinvalidi (reservists) 600inf. Jager Good Good
Artillery Average Average
A.lillery HessianDragoons Average Average
i0 battalionguns:3 pdls Hessiancuirassiers(Horse) Good Average
80 gunners
As crn be seen ftom the table of ratings above. the Hessians
Tobr St.en6h: 5,500 have the better firing, with morale on both sides being fairly
equal. TheFrench havethe advantageof nurnbers-This leadsto
a battle where either side can win.
WARGAMING SANDERHAUSEN
The battle of Sanderhausenwas chosen becauseit was; FICUREAVAILABILITY
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victory. (This is surprisingly rare in histoical battles.) of Front Rank Figurines.Thesecan be supplemented by old
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The terrain can be represenredby a flat battlefield. 'f a slighl the'Lacewars andfrom Motto s Uniloms olthe Sewn Yeo6
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by Alan Buckland & the EssexWariors
INTRODUCTION The Citadelwasplacedin the centreof thehallon top of two
stageblocks,therebymakingit higherrhanthe ptayingtabtes
Over the years, I have r€ad many very good articlesin and
a naturalfocalpoint for defendersand attackersalike.
wargaming magaTines. describingeilherspec'alscenario games
or campaigns,especiallyof the "potted" variety. I cannor
howeverrecallseeingnany articleson the subjectof mulri- THE RULES
playergames.Myclub, EssexWarriors, islbelieve,developing I have already mentionedrhe naturaltendencyfor siegesto
something of anexpertisein thistypeofgameandthefollowing developinto sloggingmatchesand thiswassomerhing that we
is a gamethat we foughtwith over 30 peoptetakingpart. soughtto avoid.We thereforedecidedto use WRG Ancient
To beginwith I think thatI oughttodescribe somethingofthe Rules(6th Edition) as a foundation,but with cerrainexcep-
background to thisparticulareventandthescaleofpreparation tions.Theruleswereto beusedonlyformovementandcasualty
that is necessary for a gameof this size. calculation:se usedour own reaclionlesLrulesdnd umprre
We wantedto devisea gamethat couldbe playedby a large controlledKreigsspiel wasusedto ac€ommodate the innovative
numberof members,but all playershadto feel that they were genemlandto coverfor unforeseen difficultiesthatwerebound
integralandthat they couldmakea contributionto the overall to cropup with ambushes andthe like, whichWRG coversso
picture.We thereforedecidedthatthegamewouldbefoughton inadequately.
a circulartablepatternwith the attackerson the outsideofthe Our reactiontestrulesare still in ahe"testing"stageandare
circle,facingin andthe defenders "trapped" inthe middlearea very simple;we €all them Initial MoraleValue (IMV). These
of rhe hall wherewe meer. sprangfron a deep dissatisfaction \rith the WRG Reaction
The scenariobecamethat of a siege,and becauseof rhe Test,wheresubjectto dicethrow, it is possible for a givenunit
prevalenc€ of"Dark Ages"armiesatourclub,the protagonists to changefrom beingnonetoo happywith life one period,to
becameNormanbesiegers andLate Byzantinedefenders. The impetuositythe next, and backagain.We wanteda consistent
membersall contributedtowardsthe scenicelementsand rhe systemthathadan elementof luck withoutbeingalmosttotally
armies,whichexpanded rapidlyasour organisarionalambitions dependentupon it.
Under the WRG systemit matterslittle whar "ractical"
factorsaffectthereactiontest,asin mostcasestley cancelea€h
THE CITY otheroutwith asmallresidualfaclorwhichis added/subtracted
Rightat the outset,we wantedlhe Byzantinedefenders to feel to/from the dice throw. The WRG test is almost entirely
coopedup andgenerallyunderthreat,astheywouldhavefeltin dependentuponrhedice lhro$ I amnorcomplaininB aboutrha
a realsituation,andso we cameup with four mainbatrleareas dice throw as there must be an element of luck; but the constant
located1(rthe North, South,East,and Westand righr in the reassessmenl of a unit'sreactionsunderWRG. eachDeriodin
middleof the hall we placedtbe citadel.whichwasro be rhe \ o m e c a s e \ , m e r n r l h a l t h e d r c e l h r o w -maximum
c r n o b v r u s tarr. r n i h e o
Normans'objective.Havingplannedandplayedin a numberof leasl.rangef'oma-minimum one period roa ihe
largegamesI havefoundthatthe physicallocationof tablesand next, and back again. The r€sults can therefore be unrealistic
playerscan createan atmosphereof threat which helpsthe andareobviouslyunpredictable because thevaryingdicethrow
playersto play in characterwith the table top situation. playssuchan importantpart in the testingprocedure.
The mainassaults would take placein the North and South Withoursystemea€hunit'sintialmoraleisdecidedbelor€the
usingtheNormantroopswithancillaryattacksin tbeWestand game and it remainsthe samethroughoutthe game (well,
East using Viking type mercenaries. The North and South almost). This has three benefits: firstly, it provides the
tableswere 12' x 5'each and five plaversa sidein eachzone, consbtencythat is la€kingwith WRG; secondly,it allowsthe
with the West and East tables,occupying8'x 4,, had three generalto planhisbattlein the full knowledgethat someunits
playersa side in eachzone.There were in addition.Z ioint trll do as they are ordered,whilst sone will definitelynot; a
Byzanrine Commander*rn-Chret in rhe oladel and va;ous generalshouldbe allowedto know his army'smoraleat the
aidesde camp. outset.Thirdly it speedsthe gameup without the incessant
Then we had to designthe City in sucha way that it was ritualof dicethrowing.Thisdoesnotnecessarily m€anthatunih
realistic, defendablewithout becoming an impasse,and wiihagoodIMVwill a/rraFdo astheyareordered,but theycan
conversely,vulnerable to an attack withour rhe defence be relieduponexceplin extremecircumstances, whi€his to my
collapsingafter half an hour- In short,we had lo srrikea fine mind a fairly realisticconcept.
balance,andwereveryawareofsiegehistorybeingoneofdour In history,therew€reveryfewgenemlswhodid not knowthe
sloggingmat€hesfor the mosr parti sloggingnatchesdon't morafeof their noops beforcthe battlei thosewho did not
alwaysnake for interestingwargamesand we wanted to botherto find out usuallydid not live for very long!
encourage innovationand strategy. The "initial morale"is decidedas follows:
Wethereforecameupwirh theCiryplandetailedinFig.l. AI Aclassunits=2xdice+6
tableshad naturallysited defensivepositionsupon which a Bclassunits=2xdice+4
defensiveline could be based,but coverselyall of these Cclassunits=2xdice+2
po!ition\were\trdregically rurnable.We al,o cater€d Ior the D classunits = 2 x dice only
"strategically aware"generalin tbat it waspossiblefor unirsto
switchzonesandhaveanimpactuponevenrsin areasorherthan Wild dice are used for Inegulars, and average dice for
thosewherea primaryresponsibilityexisted.This had to be Regulals. Dic€ are thrownonly oncefor eachunit beforethe
donein a relativelylow key fashionas we did not want every troopsareactuallydeployedon thetable.In usethroughourrhe
army crossrng to anothertable in a gameof..musicalchairt'. game * a chart split into Strategicand Tacticalfactorse.g-
"everytime an enemyunit is broken"a strategicfactor I is
For this reasonofftable moveswere Denatised witb a time of
factor;it couldbe severalperiodsbeforetheyreappeared, but addedto thevictoriousunit'sIMV pernarenlry;otherstrategic
whenthey did it cold be crucial.
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2 Irregularslosingtheir general 60Light Infantry m-ost:ly
bow
3 everytime that unit experiences
a rout l0 VarangianGuard,Super
HeavyInfantry
Strategic factorc have a permanent effect upon the IMV. l0 KlibanoDhoroi
SuDerHeaw
Tacticalfactorsonly affect a givensituationfor the purposesof a
reactiont€st.A testis conducred ar the requestof eitherplayer
or at the behestof the umpire.The final resultof rhe testis 50HeavyInfantry A{e 35Hea!ylnfantryLongSpear
compared to theWRG charttodererminewhataction,if any,is 50MediumInfantrySpear 50LighrInfantrySpear
takenwiththeprovisothatdisordered unitswouldtakethenext l0Berserks I0Kataphractoi
"band" on the cha( ,elow rhat of their
moralevalue_I think 50LightlnfantryBow(ship 25 Light Infan.ry Bow
that the WRG "carnp"doesnot believethat disorderhasany bomeassault)
bearingupon a unit's morale,however,any u r in a stateof
disorderwould experience confusionat least,andin manycases East East
a hostof other negative "vibes" as well. 4{lHeavyInfantry d{e 35HeavvlnfantrvLonsSDear
As mentionedabovethe "IMV" is still at the testingstageas 30MediumInfantrySpear 50Lrqhilnfantrv'SDear"
'lactical" l0Benerks l0Kalaphractoi
fhr asthe factorsareconcerned, but the resultshave 30LightlnfantryBow(after 25LightlnfantryBow
beenvery encouraging. Onceyouhavesomeexperience ofthis deductionfor casualties in
systemyouareabletomerelylookata unit'sposition,askfor its themanh) Rcserve
lMV, andcandecideinseconds whatits reactionwili be.Thisis 28Kataphractoi Guard
remarkablytime savingand, aboveall it providesconsistent, 40Varangiancuard (mounted)
realisticreactions,giventhe unit\ baseIMV. You soonleam 40Healy Infantry(nounted)
not to placeunils with low IMV'S in exposedpositionswhich
meansthat playersstartacringandthinkinglike generalsfor a Therewere in addition,and as mentionedabove,38 Extra
change. HeavyKnightsandup to 50 Heaiy Cavalryresenesthat coutd
be made availableto the Normans
I know that the WRG apologists will saythat the .,Reaction disaste(lhesewereundercontrol in the event of an earty
Tesl"isnotjusta reflectionofmorale,but surelyanyreactionto ot the Umpires.
No goodgameis without its metaphorical'lpannefsin rhe
a given situationhasitsIoundationin the stateof moraleofthat works and rheselook Lheform o[ porentialcivilianuDnsrns5
lhat couldoccurin falour of eitherside;agarn,rheseueie
umpirecontrolledandcouldbe thrownin to divertanyonerhat
TIIE ARMIES wasdoins too well too earlv!
Both armieshad to be eoualin caDabilities if not in size.The I musr;mphasise rhatrhe!amewasplanned roatlowup rol0
Normansweresplitintofour assauliforceswith the mainarmies people to enJoylhemselves lor a wholedry. Eadyvrdorywasto
being in the North and Sourh.There was in fact a reserve be drscouraged. dnd rhisqas wherethe umprreshad ro prove
Normanforceaswell,althoughtheplayer werenot awareofiis
sizeorcomposition,andhadno controloverwherherthisforce
wasintroducedandwher€;this wasumpireconrrolled. TI]E STORY
The Byzantineswere split into five forces,four of which Everygame shouldhave itsscenarioandthiswasnoexception.
directlyfacedthe Normans,with a centnl reservebasedonthe The City was called Ephigeniaand locatedon the Westcoast
Citadei. of the Creek mainlandaround the year 1070.The Norman
I do not proposeto givetoo muchdetailofthe variousforces Baronsof Italy were castingcovetousglancestowardsthe
involvedasrherewerein fad almostI,500figuresin use,but I ByzantineEmpire.
will describethe loosemake-upof the differentannies. Itjust sohappened thatthe burghersof Ephigeniahadgrown
We did not wanteachopposingforcero be equalasthiscould tired of the militaristicrule of the Byzantinegovemorand
"invited' the Normans to come and liberate them. The
leadto sralemate situations.We wantedto encourage sirategic
thinkingregardingthe deploymentof reserves and decidedto Normansacceptedthis kind invitationand despatched a large
givetheNormanattacktheadvantage in termsof resources invasion
that "had forceaidedand abetted by bandsofViking raiden who
were inmediately avail^ble. The Normans therefore had the nothingbetterto do" at the time.
initiative and an immediatenumericalsuperiorityithis was The ByzantineEmperor,forewarnedof the Normanartack
"grapevine"had despatched
offsetby the prepareddefensive positions,includingambushes, the irfamous
by elementsof his
ofthe Byzantines andthefactthattheByzantineswould beable Western Army including 2 regiments of the feared Varangian
to deploytheirreserves at a laterstageonce thevariousNorman Guard, tosupplem€nt the existinggarrison, and holdtheCity at
attackshadbeenassessed andthe areasof weakressidentified. all costs.A militaryengineerwasalsosentto adviseuponthe
We thereforedecideduponaresources allocationasfollows: defenceof the City.
But the Normanslandedunopposedin Creece,with the
Normans Byzantiner Byzantine navylrid up in pon wrthstormdamage froma recint
North North gale. They de€ideduponan assaulttuomall four sideswith the
60HeavyCavalrywith Lance 30Kataphractol Viking raiderslandingin the port to the West,andpenetrating
q0Hea!)Inlanrryvdrious armso0Hea\ InfanlDLongSpear the supposedly impenetrable marshesto the East;thh Eastem
l0MediumlnfanrrySpear 10| ichrInfanrr)mosribb$ force had its morale reducedby 3 becauseof its d€cidedly
60 LighrInfantrymosdybow armed uncomfortable 24 hour splashthroughthe marshes.
-. armed l0varangianGuard,Super The defendersin the North felt securebehindthe massive
SiegeTrainincluding2 siege Heavttnfanrry
towers Citywall, but in th€Souththewall hadfalleninto disrepairand
10KlibanophoroiSuperHeavy
Lavary couldoffer little hindranceto a seriousassauh
The scenewasset.At dawna heavyseamist shroudedthe
South South City and the defenderscould see no further than 50 yards
T0HeavyCdvulrywith I ance J0Karaphracror outsidethewalls.Noisescould be heardfrom theNorthcomins
60HeavyInfantryvariousarms60HeavylnfanrryLongspear closerand closer,and thensuddenly. . .
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